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Now that it appears that we all have had to put our collective heads
back into the sand,  I would like to say thank you to Konkuro for
dropping the cigarette in this forrest that led to the firestorm of
communication this past week.

I suppose that it is adversity that exposes what we are made of, and
this weekend showed that there are some very smart and passionate
characters that are lurking close by. 

It may be obvious to many of us our differences, but the truth of the
matter is that this it was great fun. 

I, for one, am very proud to be counted with the likes of those of you
in this group.

Gary

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, Chris Whitten <cw.chris@z...> wrote:
> > Now that it appears that we all have had to put our collective heads
> > back into the sand
> Ouch.
> Apologies for popping my head up again.........albeit briefly.
> CW

I should have said, "Now that I am putting my head back into the sand."
(Presumptuous of me to speak for everyone - sorry).

gary

> Now that it appears that we all have had to put our collective heads
> back into the sand
Ouch.
Apologies for popping my head up again.........albeit briefly.
CW

Gary wrote:

>Now that it appears that we all have had to put our collective heads 
back into the sand, I would like to say thank you to Konkuro for 
dropping the cigarette in this forrest that led to the firestorm of 
communication this past week.<

Though I abhor smoking and the litter thereto, it was the least I 
could do. :-)  May my smoldering butt ignite and blaze as a Hatteras 
lighthouse, and my effulgently lucent wisdom guide the current crop 
of synth purveyors to the True Purpose of Music, even as a beacon 
conducts the wayward sailor to his native shore!


>I suppose that it is adversity that exposes what we are made of, and 
this weekend showed that there are some very smart and passionate 
characters that are lurking close by.<

Absolutely!  As I've said on other forums, there is something about 
Wiard that seems to attract people who are given to philosophizing 
about music.  Maybe Grant tapes a doobie behind each panel, I don't 
know. But I always walk away from here--as I shall shortly--with a 
certain insight.  Each post has been valuable and the content thereof 
carefully weighed.

>I, for one, am very proud to be counted with the likes of those of 
you in this group.<

Don't forget the groupies.  ;-)

johnm

Part of me knows better than to do this
(but that part lost the toss this time)

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "konkuro" <konkuro@a...> wrote:

>>Dudes, this is *equipment,* not an effing Christmas tree!
Superfluity has no place in the modular realm. There is music to be
made! (An aside: How come nobody with a Wiard does classical?)Is
synthesis about blinky lights and Riverdance graphics or about sound?
I do not deny that Wiard equipment is worth buying (though a tad
overpriced, in my opinion).>>
>>
---whoosh.....

>> A beautiful table is an end. A carpenter uses a hammer as a means
to create that end. A beautiful composition is an end. A musician
uses a synthesizer to create that end. Whether or not the hammer is
exquisitely carved has no bearing on its function, which is to drive
nails using a weight on a stick.>>
>>
---whoosh...........

>> - and my effulgently lucent wisdom guide the current crop of synth
purveyors to the True Purpose of Music, even as a beacon conducts the
wayward sailor to his native shore!>>
>>
---whoosh.........................

>> Absolutely!  As I've said on other forums, there is something
about Wiard that seems to attract people who are given to
philosophizing about music.  Maybe Grant tapes a doobie behind each
panel,>> 
>>
--------------------- SPLAT!!!--------------------
 BULLSEYE!!!
I reckon if you stand there and pitch snowballs at the front porch
long enough, yer bound to finally get one smack-dab through the mail
slot!!!

Wiard is a message in a bottle that an isolated, precocious, laid-off
geek pitched into gray Lake Michigan in the hope of connecting to
others of his kind.(In a grudging bow to clarity, I'm interpreting
the "doobie" figuratively. Grant's design 'quirks' are designed to
prod the artist into using familiar-seeming features in unfamiliar
ways--that's the doobie behind the panel)
I'm embarrassed to go all touchy-feely/sensitive-guy on y'all but
when I look at my Wiard gadgets I inescapably see , among other
things, a distinct expression of loneliness. That doobie behind the
panel is an earnest invitation into the parlor*** of Grant's odd
little Milwaukee bachelor pad.

and here we are...

loners, geeks, and weirdos 
My observation is that we don't always 'play nice' because we tend
not to be the types who go along to get along. We're irascible and we
sneer and snipe at one another but we all gathered here to do it;
passin' that doobie around that Prof. Richter taped behind the panel.
THESE discussions are one of Grant's principal design goals! To be
sure,  he also strives for elegant circuit design and he'd love to 
keep a little money at the end of the week but the Wiard synth is
also a very personal expression and I believe that Grant considers
our response to it a form of remuneration.

(for the record, despite my liberal adoption of the marijuana
analogy, i've always eschewed the real stuff because it makes me feel
too 'normal'.)

for a good time call: 414 769 0791

-doc


"The fool doth think he is wise, but the/wise man knows himself to be
a fool"
 (As You Like It ll.30-31)
W.Shakespeare


***
parlor is related to the archaic 'parley'-to banter, or the root of
the french "Parler"-to talk.'Parlor' means: a room for talking

PS: i hope this displays without any punctuational 'bonuses' from
Yahoo... if not, sorry again

*Whew*  For a minute there, I thought "whoosh" was the sound of a 
toilet flushing.  :-)

Don't know that I agree with your post, but it was a very good read.

johnm

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "drmabuce" <drmabuce@y...> wrote:

>> - and my effulgently lucent wisdom guide the current crop of synth
purveyors to the True Purpose of Music, even as a beacon conducts the
wayward sailor to his native shore!>>
>>
---whoosh.........................

>> Absolutely! As I've said on other forums, there is something
about Wiard that seems to attract people who are given to
philosophizing about music. Maybe Grant tapes a doobie behind each
panel,>>
>>
--------------------- SPLAT!!!--------------------
BULLSEYE!!!
I reckon if you stand there and pitch snowballs at the front porch
long enough, yer bound to finally get one smack-dab through the mail
slot!!!

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Chang" <gchang@c...> wrote:
> Now that it appears that we all have had to put our collective heads
> back into the sand,  I would like to say thank you to Konkuro for
> dropping the cigarette in this forrest that led to the firestorm of
> communication this past week.
> 
> I suppose that it is adversity that exposes what we are made of, and
> this weekend showed that there are some very smart and passionate
> characters that are lurking close by. 
> 
> It may be obvious to many of us our differences, but the truth of the
> matter is that this it was great fun. 
> 
> I, for one, am very proud to be counted with the likes of those of you
> in this group.
> 
> Gary

The one hand claps again, now that the other is gone....

gc