Klarinet Archive - Posting 000378.txt from 1997/02

From: Everett Austin <austine@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: response to religious postings
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 03:10:29 -0500

I wonder how many know who Steven Trier was? (a British bass clarinetist
and also saxophonist) And how many religious zealots or unashamed
atheists for that matter, can give the etymology of onanistic (Onan was
an old testament practitioner of birth control- I won't go into detail
as it might be offensive, though it is quite plainly written in
"scripture")?
I find many subjects personally interesting, but as this list is
dedicated to the clarinet, and there having been no religious writings
concerning the clarinet, one must consider religion irrelevant the
instrument.

As an aside, Dizzy Gillespie (who was of the Bahai faith I
believe), when asked his religious persuasion, once replied: "I am a
devout musician"!

Everett Austin

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Robert D. Shaw wrote:

> Karl Krelove wrote:
> >
> > At 09:37 AM 2/10/97 -0800, you wrote:
> > >I know for sure that *my* .sig has made people a few folks
> > >uncomfortable, but no one has ever asked me to drop it. The
> > >email I've usually received has been "Well, that's sig's a bit
> > >risque', but I can ignore it."
> > >
> > >------ Lisa K. Canjura-Clayton http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~clayton
> > > / clayton@-----.edu VISIT VIRTUAL BARSTOW
> > > / BAND=LIFE Your Truckstop along the Information
Highway
> > > /"There is nothing more onanistic than playing the bass clarinet by
> > yourself"
> > > ---- Steve Trier
> > >
> > That's 'cause nobody knew what it meant 'til you called our attention to it
> > and we looked up "onanistic" :-)
> >
> > Karl
>
> I think that this signiture file is actually quite offensive!
>
> Deborah
>