Does anybody think I'm the "Karl Rove" of DU? Am I elite?

[bobthedrummer]

I heard a rumor. It's a funny rumor, that's why I started this thread here in The Lounge.

Sign in and sound off, please. I need to laugh.

Does anyone doubt that I'm anyone but bobthedrummer?

[ewagner]

1. Well.....

you have "ducked out" on meetups......

and

nobody has ever actually seen you at a party function.....


things that make you go hmmmmmmmm>......

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[northzax]

2. but on the flip side

I respect, fear and loath Karl Rovem and the first two don't apply here. interesting.

[bobthedrummer]

3. I suggest we have a meet up at Bay Beach in Green Bay.

I'll recruit a guitarist or two and we'll have a blast.

[ewagner]

9. Bay Beach?

Not familiar with that.......how do you get there?

[bobthedrummer]

11. It's right off 43-John Edwards had a rally there last year.

They've got inexpensive amusement rides, lots of picnic tables-it's easy to find. PM me if you want.

[sui generis]

4. I am not suigeneris

just sui generis (with a space). I'm having an identity crisis.

:hide:

also some yahoo could pop up at any moment swinging a sword and say 'THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!' (cue soundtrack from Highlander).

[bobthedrummer]

6. I am bobthedrummer, nobody else has ever posted using my account.

Now that that's on record, who says there can only be one?

[youthere]

5. You are not Bobthedrummer....

You're Yente!

[bobthedrummer]

8. Only to those that are in the know, squints!

:hi:

[fob]

7. Nah, I heard you're more like the neil bush* of DU.

:evilgrin:

[bobthedrummer]

10. The anti-fascist that is me is underwhelmed at such a Bush comparison.

Small potatoes.

[In_The_Wind]

12. I know for a fact that you're not Freebird

I've no reason to doubt that you are bobthedrummer :shrug:

maybe we'll see each other at a meet-up somewhere

I'm Joani to my friends :hi:

[bobthedrummer]

13. Hi Joani! There's several DUer's with Freebird in their usernames.

Are you near Wisconsin?

[In_The_Wind]

17. I'm the east coast variety of a free bird.

I've never been to Wisconsin but I like the cheese

I can account for 2 of the Freebird names ~ I joined as Freebird12004 and then changed to freebird1 before I introduced myself in my own name. :toast:

[bobthedrummer]

19. Hey, then we've virtually met before-when you were Freebird12004.

:hi:
:smoke:

[In_The_Wind]

23. guilty as charged

:hi:
:smoke:

But I promise to try to stay just as lovable as Freebird was ~ geeez ~ I hope but somehow I seem to be a bit more outspoken in this persona :shrug:

[bobthedrummer]

25. Joani, regardless of username, how long have you been a DUer?

[In_The_Wind]

28. My first post was December 14th, 2004

I've never posted any where (in any user name) on a political forum before joining DU and PDA.

[uppityperson]

14. I know bobthedrummer isn't me

I want to come to a meet-up, except I think I'd feel really, well, old.

[bobthedrummer]

16. We all have an angry teenager somewhere inside though. I'm 55.

Will be a grandfather in near future. And I still rock.

[uppityperson]

20. I'm 50 & have an angry teenger outside so I must behave, somewhat

I would like to meet DUers, and sometimes feel they are all so young except for a few of us. I rock too.

[In_The_Wind]

21. You're only as old as you choose to feel.

I was at the Boston meet-up and shared my room with someone young enough to be my granddaughter {which BTW I don't have} it was fun. I wasn't the oldest person there. Go to a meet-up. I'm sure they are all different as DUers are but each one will be interesting.

:hi:

[bobthedrummer]

22. Yep, just look at Kleeb for example.

:smoke:

[uppityperson]

24. Is Kleeb an old fart? oops, chronologically challenged?

[bobthedrummer]

27. He knows I'm bobthedrummer and not Karl Rove or a RW DU "mole",

I've always said that boy could go far.

[In_The_Wind]

26. Kleeb is really nice

:smoke:
:rofl:
:smoke:

[bobthedrummer]

29. Thanks for setting us straight.

:smoke:

[In_The_Wind]

32. oops

I really must learn to focus :smoke:

[uppityperson]

31. What did I miss?

where or who is Kleeb, I remember a kleeb, is there no longer a kleeb or is kleeb transformed or am I just ?

[In_The_Wind]

34. You didn't miss anything !

I was multi-tasking :smoke: a bit too much :silly: me :blush:

[bobthedrummer]

35. John Kleeb is a young longtime DUer and he is nice.

:smoke: He'll probably read this thread and post.

[madrchsod]

15. you are living in wisconsin and

that is enough to convince me -"you are"-karl rove.

[bobthedrummer]

18. I'd expect no less from a flatlander.

Hi neighbor:hi:

[ProfessorGAC]

30. No. Nobody Thinks That

We just think you're a drummer, which is insulting enough!
The Professor

[bobthedrummer]

33. I've been working on becoming a musicologist, and my wife is a bass

player! Did you know that my instrument (the oldest outside of the human voice) was banned in North America for centuries because of the fear of slave communication and rebellion?
:smoke:

[ProfessorGAC]

36. I Actually Did Know That!

But, you're not in ancient times, so we must denigrate all drummers! Sorry, i don't make the rules, i just enforce the rules!

Now, your wife the bass player, is totally cool with me. (That's my third instrument, and i like playing bass with my boys!)

The musicology thing is also very cool, but still, YOU ARE A DRUMMER, and we just CAN'T respect the drummers! It's a rule!
The Professor

[bobthedrummer]

40. I've worked with your kind before, they usually threw the money on the

floor-after picking out the most used bills to throw at us drummers.
You sound all right, but you probably own a drum machine too.

[ProfessorGAC]

43. Mixed Bag

One of my three best friends (not counting my wife) in the world is a drummer. But, i do have a drum machine. Drum machines can't pretend to be musicians! Hee Hee!
The Professor

[bobthedrummer]

45. Drum machines can't reproduce a real pressure wave, nor duplicate

attack/decay characterisitics of the cymbals. Can't be done on a machine.

OTOH, I don't want to be programmed at 150 bpm either.

[ProfessorGAC]

49. I'd Never Play Live With A Machine

Unless we were specifically doing something that REQUIRED a machine like feel. (We used to do Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" and we opened the first 2/3rds of the song completely automated. Everything. Then, at the point in the song prior to the final chorus and into the solos, we would kick everyone in, and when the drums were real, you're right. Pressure wave, city.)

I know machines ain't nothing like the real thing! But, for practicing my shredding, i gotta have drums and bass.
The Professor

[uppityperson]

37. Hey now, what's with the anti-drummer talk? Don't like us drummers?

Drumming is in our blood and is our heartbeat. (I know you're joking so don't take me wrong, just giving it back)

[ProfessorGAC]

38. A Drummer Cannot Insult Me

Another rule in this little book i've got right here. Like i told Bob, i don't make the rules, i only enforce the rules.

Nothing a drummer says matters, so you cannot dish it back. I laugh at your attempts to get back at me! (OK it's just a little chuckle, not a whole laugh, but i did chuckle derisively.)
The Professor

[uppityperson]

39. I shall come drum outside your bedroom window late at night

and sneak away. Laugh laugh laugh and see what happens next.

[ProfessorGAC]

41. My Anti-Drummer Alarm Will Detect You Before You Can Run

However, my dog does like drummers, so maybe you could just come in and have a beer.
The Professor

[uppityperson]

42. Give me a dark beer and I'll drum for you! You can dance along.

dum dum tek tek dum (hand drumming of course)

[ProfessorGAC]

44. A Dark Beer? Is There Some Other Kind?

The Professor

[uppityperson]

46. "some" have tried to pass millerlite as a beer.That is against my rules

What is the GAC in your name? (back in a couple minutes, must go shower, another morning spent on DU, then I must get off to work soon)

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Answer

Those are my initials. I had this address given to me when i was teaching grad courses at UIC. Free AOL for all faculty. When i left there, i just kept the same email address, but at a different ISP. (Didn't want to pay for AOL.) When i joined up at DU, i just used it as my screenname too.
The Professor

[bobthedrummer]

48. Well, this drummer thought it was a chord progression-lol

:dunce:
:smoke: