I just Talked to Lou Donaldson Redux

[Dan Gould]

There have been some references to our old buddy Aric that I imagine the established member of the forum are a bit clueless about. So, in honor of one of the great moments in BNBB history, I give you a taste of the day Aric talked to Lou Donaldson:

Topic: ME AND MY FRIEND MATT JUST TALKED TO LOU DONALDSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ariceffron
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posted April 10, 2001 03:44 PM
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Me and my friend Matt just called Lou Donaldson's house, and we talked to him for like 5 minutes. Oh my god I am so ****ed up right now. I asked him what he was givin' the guy on the cover of HERE 'TIS, and he said it was a sandwich. I allways thought it was a buck or somethin' Yeah. I just talked to Lou Donaldson. Oh my god. My life is truly complete. I cannot belive it.
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BFrank
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posted April 10, 2001 05:20 PM
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... and I'm sure Lou feels the same way



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JSngry
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posted April 10, 2001 06:58 PM
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You should have asked Lou what he thinks about Wayne Shorter.
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soulstation1
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posted April 10, 2001 07:06 PM
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i'm sure that made lou's day, did you give him your number?
ss1


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JSngry
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posted April 10, 2001 07:47 PM
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HEY ARIC-
(geezer story alert)When I was about your age, Red Garland used to play around Dallas. One night I worked up the nerve to sit-in with him. He came up to me afterwards, rapped, and offered positive comments and encouragement. We shared a smoke and a taste in the parking lot. I know EXACTLY how you feel, dude, EXACTLY!
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Joe Christmas
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posted April 10, 2001 07:47 PM
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Right on Aric. That must have been exciting for all three of you. What did he say?
Wait, I can hear the conversation now...
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MATT and ARIC sharing the same phone line: Dude! Hellyeah! We got his number!

(RING)

ARIC: Okay now, shhhh.

(RING)

ELDERLY WOMAN: Donaldson residence.

ARIC: Yes, uhm, is Lou there?

ELDERLY WOMAN: With whom am I speaking?

ARIC: Oh. Jeez. It's.....Hank?

ELDERLY WOMAN: Hold on please.

(silence as she puts the phone down)

MATT: Hank?? HELLYEAH!!! You're the man, Aric.

ARIC: I know. Shut up, Matt. He might hear us.

MATT: Sorry.

LOU: ahem. Mmmhello?

ARIC: Lou?

LOU: Yes?

MATT and ARIC in unison: HELLYEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

LOU: Who is this?

ARIC: Well Lou, my name is Aric and I love Blue Note and you're the man and I have your number and I thought I'd call and tell you how great that you are.

MATT: Hellyeah.

LOU: Who's that there?

MATT: I'm Matt. I'm in the other room.

LOU: Oh. Well, thank you young man. What can I do for you?

ARIC: Remember in 1954 when you came charging in with that kickass line after Horace did that vamp and then ya'll returned to the head and you just wailed?

LOU: I think so. Yes.

ARIC: That rocked.

MATT: Hellyeah!!!!!!!!!!

ARIC: Hellyeah.

LOU: Well, thank you Aric. So you a jazz fan, huh?

ARIC: Sheeit. Oh my god you just don't know, Lou. I am so ****ed up right now and you're on the phone and this is the coolest thing in Holy **** I'm ****ing talking to Lou ***ing Donaldson **** ******* ***!!!!!

LOU: Okay.

MATT: You're the bomb Mr. Donaldson.

LOU: Usually my fans write or say hello to me in person.

ARIC: Can we come see you?

LOU: No.

ARIC: I understand. You're probably busy as all hell, huh sir?

LOU: Yes.

ARIC: So that cover for HERE 'TIS is phat. Could you tell me what it is that you're giving that guy on the cover? Is it a buck or somethin'?

LOU: No. It's a sammich.

MATT: A sandwich?

LOU: Yes.

ARIC: He said sammich!! How dope is that? Hellyeah. I play organ and I know some of your tunes from your funky period.

LOU: Well thank you. Say, I need to split. My oven roast is ready. The hot rolls too.

ARIC: Gravy Train.

LOU: Gravy Train.

MATT: Hellyeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARIC: Can we call you again, Lou?

LOU: Anytime. This was a nice conversation.

ARIC: Right on. You rock.

MATT: Yeah.

LOU: Ok now. Thanks for the cheer. God bless you.

ARIC: Bye Lou.

MATT: Bye Mr. Donaldson.

LOU: Goodbye now.

(click)

MATT and ARIC in unison: Holy ****ing **** ******* ************* **** ***!!!!

ARIC: That was soooooo phat.

MATT: Today was a good day.

ARIC: Yeah.
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[AfricaBrass]

I actually miss Aric. It amazing to think that he once was the biggest problem on that board.

Does anybody have that picture of himself that he posted on the BNBB or any of the parodies that were created from it . That thread killed me. I couldn't stop laughing.

[soul stirrin']

This was always one of my favorites:

Author Topic: oh my god you wont belive what is going on on the BN board via my computer
ariceffron
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posted May 17, 2002 02:47 AM
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I was typin' a post out and all of a sudden the letters kept morphing between small case and upper case. And please do not just quip 'haha aric is just tripping blah blah' because im NOT. I'm writing a paper about the power shifts of the Supreme court in the 20th (century, that is) and ****ing, do you guys know I mentioned in one part, my favorite non blue note record (maybe)-- DADDY PLAYS THE HORN, on Oh Ye Old Holy Lande of Bethlehem Recording Co.???
Hell-yeah. Casue in 1963 they finally repealed California's law sayin' that its illegal to be an addict. If ****ing Warren did that at the BEGGINING of his term instead of the middle, Dexter would have recorded more albums in 1955 than just a caddy for DADDY PLAYS THE HORN and that other one. Hell-yeah.
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soulstation1
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posted May 17, 2002 08:31 AM
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where's milesdavis to translate this stuff..

ss1

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The Gigolo is coming....


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JSngry
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posted May 17, 2002 08:48 AM
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Sounds like the Caps Lock key is wigging out...
And, once again, the laws against possession have never changed. I believe that you could once be arrested just for having tracks, and THAT'S what was overturned. But possession was, and still is, criminal.


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leo463
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posted May 17, 2002 08:48 AM
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were you out chasing rabbits again?
"Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter�fs remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was
certainly English. �gI don�ft quite understand you,�f she said, as politely as she could."

"One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all.
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall.
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call.
Call Alice
When she was just small.
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low.
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know.
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead,
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head"


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MilesDavis
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posted May 23, 2002 09:25 AM
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quote:
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Originally posted by ariceffron:
I was typin' a post out and all of a sudden the letters kept morphing between small case and upper case....
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With my keyboard as my quill and the screen as my canvas, I was typing a message when all of a sudden, the most strange thing began to occur. The letters I were typing seem to take a mind of its own. Like the randomness of the vast universe, the letters were changing from upper to lower case. And, good sir, even though you may be inclined to think that this is a figment of my imagination created by my intake of drugs, I assure you that I hath seen it with mine own eyes. I am currently writing a essay on the power shifts in the United States Supreme Court in the 20th (I shall amend this to say century, so as not to confuse one and all) and fiddlesticks, hath I ever diluged that mine favorite non-Blue Note recording is Daddy Plays the Horn on ye o'little town of Bethlehem Recording Company. Gad zooks, I may have not. Right on! Do you know that in the year of our Lord 1963, they ended the tyrannous law in California that made it illegal to be a drug enthusiast. If that knucklehead the Earl of Warren did that when he took office rather than later on then Prince Dexter of Gordon would hath committed more to wax than only a caddy for Daddy Plays The Horn and some other which I can't quite picture. Oh, damned mind, that it would recall things when it needed to. Hurrah!


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It goes on from there, but I don't know how to fit it.

[PDEE]

Arics archives are rising to the top of the BNBB as we speak...I don't know who is doing it but I have my suspicions.. It's definitely LOL behaviour. I thinkit would be cool if the newest thread in each forum was an ARic classic... be fun to see how long they last there.... Maybe even Greg would respond to them.. he seems to be basically mumblig to himself at present.

[AfricaBrass]

I don't have a hat, but if I did, I would say:
Hat's off to the Aric Effron archive keeper!

It's almost as if the ghost of Effron is haunting the board.

I forget who suggested it, but someone mentioned that they should make a "Members Talking to Themselves" forum.

:D

[soul stirrin']

And another classic:

Topic: YOU ARE HOLDING THE KEY TO SOMETHING VERY VERY IMPORTANT
ariceffron
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posted April 29, 2002 01:41 AM
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All I can say is that over the past few days, I have witnessed hundreds and hundreds of young people drive through three states and even across int'l lines to try and see this band Medeski Martin and Wood. On a sidenote for bluenote fans, in Seattle their trombonist was Julian Priester and a lot of the music was not far from his Sun Ra roots. On another side note: vancouver is weird. cool but man, its like goin' to england for the weekend, i swear to god. You had to use their money and all the chicks were those hottie short haired euro lookin' ones and their street signs looked funny and they used the metic system. It was surreal I tell you. And all this **** is only 3 hrs away from me!! Holy ****!!! The coolest part though was when I walked into this one record store and the guy was playin' a Big John Patton record.
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money jungle
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posted April 29, 2002 05:55 AM
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how was mmw? what did you get at the record shop ariceffron? do you have their new blue note cd?
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pay up eric.


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impossible
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posted April 29, 2002 06:08 AM
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aric, do you think you can get a copy of the Seattle MMW performance w/ Julian Priester? I would love to hear that! Isn't marijuana decriminalized in Vancouver?
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MilesDavis
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posted April 29, 2002 10:22 AM
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quote:
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Originally posted by ariceffron:
All I can say is that over the past few days, I have witnessed hundreds and hundreds of young people drive through three states and even across int'l lines to try and see this band Medeski Martin and Wood. On a sidenote for bluenote fans, in Seattle their trombonist was Julian Priester and a lot of the music was not far from his Sun Ra roots. On another side note: vancouver is weird. cool but man, its like goin' to england for the weekend, i swear to god. You had to use their money and all the chicks were those hottie short haired euro lookin' ones and their street signs looked funny and they used the metic system. It was surreal I tell you. And all this **** is only 3 hrs away from me!! Holy ****!!! The coolest part though was when I walked into this one record store and the guy was playin' a Big John Patton record.
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Translation:

Friends, foes and Blue Note fans, lend me your ears! O'er the past few days, mine eyes hath witnessed a legion of our youth make a harrowing trek through three states and even across the border to attempt to watch a band christened Martin, Medeski and Wood. [Aside] While in Seattle, they employed a trombonist by the name of Julian Priester and the music they played was not unlike that of Sun Ra. [Aside] Vancouver does not strike me as normal. It hath its good qualities but good sir, it is not unlike a trip to merry Ol' England for two days as God as my witness, may I be struck down with his wrath if I am proven incorrect. I frequenly lamented the fact that I needed to use their currency to purchase food and drink to replenish my heart and soul, (Oh! Woe is me!) and the women there were quite tempting to look at. There hair looked like it been recently been cut and their skirts but covered only a bit of their legs. It was enough to make me proclaim "Get thee to a nunnery!" Vancouver also used a form measurement called Metric. Ah, fickle finger of fate that thoust did not use the Imperial system. It was like I had entered a new reality where feet became metres and the flight of the yellow cuckoo was measured in kilmetres rather than miles. Their street signs also looked quite foreign. And to think, good sir, that all this nonsense is but 3 hours from my humble abode. My goodness! I must let you know that during my travels, I entered a record store only to hear the merry sounds of Robin John Patton and his band of merry men. Hurrah! Hurrah!


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nately
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posted April 29, 2002 10:48 AM
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quote:
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Originally posted by impossible:
aric, do you think you can get a copy of the Seattle MMW performance w/ Julian Priester? I would love to hear that! Isn't marijuana decriminalized in Vancouver?
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If you're lucky the info on the show you want will eventually show up here (which will happen if it's popular enough to get circulated): http://db.etree.org/shnlist.php?artist=34&year=2002


I think Seattle was the 24th and Vancouver was the 26th (of April). Check out the 4/12 show, Norah Jones did a track with them.


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impossible
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posted April 29, 2002 11:18 AM
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Miles, that was the funniest yet! They just keep getting better!
Nately, thanks for the link. I will add this to my favorites and check back later. You never know when a thread will disappear!


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First Pressing
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posted June 05, 2002 02:12 PM
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up, because this is still the funniest post (and subsequent translation) that I've seen in the year I've been reading the board, and because another member PM'd me with a question about it.
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ariceffron
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posted June 05, 2002 07:02 PM
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what was the private message about. its my thread so shouldn't i know.
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MilesDavis
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posted June 06, 2002 05:21 AM
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Originally posted by ariceffron:
what was the private message about. its my thread so shouldn't i know.
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By virtue of the message being prive and not sent to you, you have absolutely no right to know. To compensate, I'll send you one.


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[soul stirrin']

I never saw this one, but it makes a nice bookend to the Lou Donaldson post:

Author Topic: I MET WAYNE SHORTER AND HERBIE HANCOCK TONIGHT!!!!!
ariceffron
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posted November 19, 2000 06:12 AM
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Holy ****! I talked w/ Herbie and Wayne. Just the 4 sponsers (one who was **hot**) and me and my man Brian. Wayne said he played w/ Hank when he was 17 years old!!!!
I'll tell you more when I'm not stoned as ****. We were listenin' to at one point Places n spaces, so we had to sprinkle some disco dust on dat dere reefer! Holey ****. Herbie remembered me.


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shrugs
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posted November 19, 2000 11:57 AM
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keep your coke joint stories to yourself. I can tolerate the reefer but "disco dust" ain't no laughing matter.

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nathan
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My heart goes out to Herbie and Wayne!
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That's enough from me for the day. :)

[Brad]

Where's Aric when you need him:D . Aric, come back all is forgiven.

[RDK]

I just realized sumpin' - won't Aric be surprised the next time he signs on to the BNBB to find nothing but Norah Jones posts and Greg's SACD pitches?

I don't suppose anyone can tell him that we've moved? :eek:

[AfricaBrass]

Originally posted by RDK
I don't suppose anyone can tell him that we've moved? :eek:

If you do a search for Aric Effron in google, you'll get a link to a post he made on another forum late last year. It has his email address.

I don't have the guts to email him. I like it here too much. I don't want to be blamed for his returning.

[Dan Gould]

Originally posted by AfricaBrass
I actually miss Aric. It amazing to think that he once was the biggest problem on that board.

Does anybody have that picture of himself that he posted on the BNBB or any of the parodies that were created from it . That thread killed me. I couldn't stop laughing.

I hate to say it but while I found that thread when I was searching for the Dusty Groove threads, (its name was "I AM Rick Wakeman!") it turned out that all of the image links were gone. Don't know if that's because of BN shutting down the image function or if the image links were dead because people took down the pictures. If I get a chance I'll go check that out, see if some of it can be saved.

[AfricaBrass]

Thanks Dan,

That was a great thread.

[J Larsen]

That thread he started about the combined free jazz store/sex shop in Portland, OR was pretty funny too, but I have no idea how to find it.

[Mr. Robinson]

Yeah, Aric was an interesting guy. A lot of fun to harrass, a passionate jazz fun but I don't doubt he was at least a tad mentally ill.

[J Larsen]

I don't know - I met a few people like him in college (at least, I met a few people that remind me of how Aric comes across on a message board). I wouldn't say they were "mentally ill" - that's a pretty strong label. I will admit that I sometimes doubted he was a real person as opposed to just being someone's internet act. I think he was probably for real, but I still wouldn't stake too many cds on it!

[Finger Poppin']

I've spoke to Lou a few times when he played at the Village Vangard. A real down to earth guy. He swings still at 77. We just need him to get back in the studio and put out another album.