FROM: KJP
DATE: Thu Dec 20 17:08:15 EST 2001
I was over at the house of a friend scoring some smoke. Ever since the 11th, supply has seemed to diminished greatly. I mean, every year (for at least the last 17 years)things tend to dry up just before x-mas season hits. Then, right before hitting the eye of the seasonal storm, bam! something breaks. Anyways, when I left the house I noticed 4 crows sitting in a tree directly across from where my car was parked. As soon as I approached my car to get in, the crows headed directly South-West (which is the direction I live). When I pulled up into my driveway, the four crows were sitting in the large water maple tree in my front yard. So, I thought that was cool. Then they (the crows) started cawing (sic) out. This is the furthest "my" crows have found me from the usual place I feed them. Oh crap, for those reading this saying, "what?" this past summer I posted (extensively) about the crows in my neighborhood and my routine of feeding and "imprinting" with them. I had read that crows can easily recognize individual human beings (or even the car driven by human friend -or- foe). So, there's now about 6-9 neighborhood crows who are hip to the fact that I always have unsalted, shelled peanuts to throw out. Thank you for reading. KJP

FROM: David
DATE: Thu Dec 20 15:08:28 EST 2001
Hey Drew in Cal-- Most respectfully, do you mean 2 degrees (e.g tempature) or another type of man-made label in which has now somehow become your identity--something that you feel you must define and defend? As with any artist, writer, craftsman et al, the host(s,esses) are doing their best in finding a place for us interested folks to find news, etc froum LUaka BOp's outstanding talent. Perhaps you could put down your Bitter Juice and join us in a sip of that ever fine juice of gratitude and acceptance. Remember--there's nothing prettier than a pretty girl digging a heart-sharped hole in the ground... By the way--is your last name Bitterman?

FROM:
DATE: Wed Dec 19 23:17:14 EST 2001
Dear Drew, You and your 2 degrees are cordially invited to the thoelogical place of eternal punishment!!!!!

FROM: drew from cal.
DATE: Wed Dec 19 23:12:38 EST 2001
Dear Jim, This is so pitiful. I have two degrees, and I am at a lost to understand what is going on on this sight. Maybe you should take more of a pro-active stance to cull the wheat from the chaff; too much vain dribble.

FROM:
DATE: Wed Dec 19 23:01:29 EST 2001
Dear Carney, i didn,t leave anything on your doorstep.I was playing bingo until midnight and then i went to a night spot called the bunny club to show off my new dew.Whatever was on your doorstep was not put there by mwa.I told you not to build under the power lines,and you said looser,don,t tell me what to do.So you have slimmy things laying around on your porch.Are you sure it wasen,t something a possem regurgitated?PLus there was the artical that placed you one the largest toxit waste dump in the nation .What the hay.Looser muttin toxit pup

FROM:
DATE: Wed Dec 19 19:12:56 EST 2001
Cut to "Twilight Zone" theme music: You might be interested to know that a drummer also named Jim White worked with Nick Drake!

FROM:
DATE: Wed Dec 19 11:08:36 EST 2001
Hey Jim: I gave "No such Place" to a buddy of mine in Austin. Here's his comments: "The first song has a killer hook.....he reminds me a lot of Nick Drake". Have you listened much to Nick? Is my buddy in Austin right? Regards, --jg

FROM: Carney
DATE: Wed Dec 19 10:27:40 EST 2001
Mutten Puppy, I received the "little something" you left on my doorstep this morning and don't think it is very funny. First of all, it made my cats go crazy and one of them actually puked on my lamb skin slippers. The paper boy called me up first thing this morning and told me I had a "giant squid or something on my steps" and when I went out there it was still moving. The neighbors called the police and I had to tell them that I think it crawled up from the bayou or something. Why don't you go off and wank a hobbit!!

FROM: Jim Morgan <showcases@nemoboston.com>
DATE: Tue Dec 18 19:05:25 EST 2001
Hi there, I'm emailing to see if Jim White would be interested in performing at NEMO 2002 (April 11-13) The NEMO Music Showcase and Conference is similar to CMJ and SXSW, and takes place annually in Boston (coming up to its sixth year). Here is some info on the event and a showcase application. You can also go to our website at: www.nemoboston.com for more info. cheers, Jim Morgan Showcase Director NEMO NEMO MUSIC SHOWCASE & CONFERENCE THURSDAY, APRIL 11 - SAt--dAY, APRIL 13, 2002 SWISSOTEL BOSTON NEMO 2002 IS NOW ACCEPTING SHOWCASE APPLICATIONS! Now in its sixth year, NEMO Music Showcase & Conference attracts thousands of participants from all sectors of the music industry who converge on Boston to network and exchange information about today’s new music and the current issues facing the music industry. NEMO hosts two days and three nights of events, including panels, clinics, workshops, mentor sessions, a Trade Show exhibition area, and more than 200 artist showcases. NEMO also includes the prestigious Boston Music Awards show at the Orpheum Theatre on the first night of festivities. To submit your music for showcase consideration, scroll down to the application at the bottom of this page. You may also call our office at 781-306-0441 or email showcases@nemoboston.com to request an application. For more information go to: www.nemoboston.com Presented by WAAF-FM, one of the leading radio stations in the country, and in a--ociation with Disc Makers, NEMO showcases more than 200 of the hottest major label, indie label, and unsigned new bands and solo artists from all over the world in a wide variety of genres. Creating a unique platform for new talent to perform in front of some of the most influential decision-makers in the music industry (as well as almost 15,000 music-loving fans), NEMO is a celebration of today's best new music and continues to be THE place for people to discover new and emerging talent.Previous NEMO showcasing artists include: Linkin Park, Aerosmith, De La Soul, The Union Underground, Goody Mob, Fishbone, Face To Face, Kristin Hersh, Big Wreck, Godsmack, Duncan Sheik, Ellis Paul, Guster, Staind, Push Stars, The Waifs, Splender, Tommy Castro, 5440, Catie Curtis, Martin Sexton, The Sheila Divine, and many more. Don’t miss your opportunity to showcase at NEMO. The deadline for submission is January 12, 2002 - but don’t delay, and get your submission in early!

FROM: Jim White
DATE: Tue Dec 18 10:28:58 EST 2001
Hopefully friends, this is a relatively free, free-form creative forum incorporating the democracy of the internet. It's a speak your peace locality. That said, let me invite any of you other etherbeings out there who got stories, gags or routines they want to run through the site, to just go right ahead and transcribe them inter internetese. This endeavor works best when it's not devoted so much to all that hero worship nonsense...in fact I'd be deeply gratified if this site was less about praise for me and more about being a gathering place for like- minded personages. Squirrel lovers. Absurdist neomodernists. End times howlers. Speak your peace, friends. It may be the only chance you get in life. p.s. You T-shirt purchasers, your merchandise in in the capable hands of the USPS. Thanks for your patronage, as all proceeds from this activity are bee-lined into my daughters college fund.

FROM: 13&1/2
DATE: Sun Dec 16 22:50:59 EST 2001
Jim, i love your music, but i do not have any idea what the hell any of your guest are going on about.Could you shed some much needed light on this. signed 13&1/2

FROM: Karen B
DATE: Sat Dec 15 16:53:32 EST 2001
Well, obviously these people have listened to your music......

FROM: LaLuna
DATE: Fri Dec 14 01:17:10 EST 2001
This a.m. I was dreaming about rollin' & a-tumblin' down a stream of consciousness, in danger of drowning.

FROM:
DATE: Thu Dec 13 22:28:24 EST 2001
Ha carney, i think we are lost .Yeah thats right, cyber lost, in microdots.I thought you told me this was a sight for the cream delah cream of cyber land and all i have got is some choaid yanking about his whatever being slazmdanced in a vice of badgers or something.WHAT THE HAY.How long could thisz go on?Witout at least a purple dose of red lipstick to put on my head to remember where i am not.Ha carney i heard them today back to back in the same 10 minents mouney mouney and my baby does the hanky panky mWHAT THE HAY.Lets move on with it Please.

FROM: Carney
DATE: Tue Dec 11 10:36:11 EST 2001
Hey Mut Pup, Miss Midge says you left the screen door open last night and now there is a big ugly bug in the house. How about you go over there and take care of it since she says she can't even hot wax her legs shes so scared (situation is getting hairy).

FROM: slamma-hamma
DATE: Tue Dec 11 10:02:39 EST 2001
You're dead-spot on with 1972, and vain might apply. Though sometimes I find the Power of Love just lifts me up til I find myself sittin square on the palm of God, and hell if I don't feel like spittin out what I see. Vain? Hell yes, true preacher don't use words, huh? As they say around here, you can't speak with the mouth of God and not get chewed... And those shiney white molars of God shore do look alot like those of scary Prof. White's head on my poor black mutt-pup running towards me. Yup, that was God who slammed my 'nads, and I'm thankin Him for it! Though I turn away at times, he ain't abandoned me yet! Thanks, Prof. White! Chengdu Charlie

FROM:
DATE: Sun Dec 9 22:07:05 EST 2001
Carney, What the hat is that cobit raddeling his brain about.I haven,t heard such vain jangeling scence 1972,When i worked all day in the hot florida sun and came home to an empty house where i found a jug of coolade in the fridge and i drank the whole thing only to find out it was a shrome nightmare waiting for someone to loose his cosmic marbles and follow a three leged dog named turbo the rest of the eveningansbit ews vjtyjhnoux ubncech h h b vj vld;. ; ;n;h phh [0ihpiyy cQH9-FQ3H0GTQF90JBBH B 9USBE QRIUJH BHJ N H ZC JN my point exactly.anyway as i was saying i think all caves are off liments to anyone that has dreamed of his yarbles slamme danced with a hand held pile driver.What the hay mutten hammer puppy

FROM:
DATE: Sun Dec 9 11:50:31 EST 2001
Jim you lucky dog!! I'm writing this halfway round the world, but I just had to relay othernight's dream:: I was walking my childhood dog around the Scenic Hwy bluffs when he was about to climb up into dirt hole, and I thought -- drunk hobos! might nab him and eat im, so I called him back and we went into some other hole instead (?) anyway saw scary white-haired demon-type professor in side-room and thought, shtt better get outta here. start crawling towards stairs like spiderman, then my black dog Rascal comes running at me but he's got scary prof's screaming head! So I continue towards him, cause I figgure I'll just pretend he's still Rascal, bump in to him, turn around and he says "oh no" letting me know it's serious, and slams my genitals with a hammar, killing me. It goes on, but I just wanted to do one of them shoutouts to a fellow P'colaman. A sewanee, tenn friend passed me your tape 2-3 years ago, and I've dug it since, but I'm just now finding out you're a "lao xiang" as they say here (same hometown). Me; China CHarlie

FROM:
DATE: Wed Dec 5 21:05:07 EST 2001
Carney, I might be a pitkholic,but better inside looking out than lapping old shaffers and acting like i was the one who gave the world the first witigerbittle.Yon might be more concerned about how you will beet my astronomicplasmiccharger out of the starting chomper.Ha, you sound mad i said dumbo. i really ment to say psychocrybaby.but it didn,t ryme with turbo,tupi,tupi,tupi and that is mister mutten puppy to you

FROM: Carney
DATE: Wed Dec 5 11:03:57 EST 2001
Pup, I know you all sneezy an blinky around that old style quantum mechanics cause your solid state starry night briefs are pulled too tight on your pinhead, cutting off your ability to count on your fingers, but i once again tell you that Universal Physical laws are emergent and the material universal is but the exhaust fumes of an eternal Spiritual drag-racer driven by THE three time winner-Father, Son and HolyGhost. And you, my Mutten, as well as the rest of humanity, are the greasy pit crew doing the dirty work. Have a nice day and say hi to your Choo choo for me. Your concerned Carney.

FROM:
DATE: Tue Dec 4 22:58:15 EST 2001
Carney, If i told you once i told you a thousand times turbo = dumbo Plasma granger is more my style even though i was not to impressed with it,s wizard gear under hyperborea.In other words, never leave your turbo to be jumped from the rear by a wizard gear under hypostatic motion.It will blow a cord every time.And as far as REd goes i heard he fell through a hatch two stories deep and if it haden,t been for the chicken duddle he fell in, he would be in a vary bad way. mutten puppy

FROM:
DATE: Tue Dec 4 18:58:27 EST 2001

FROM: Carney
DATE: Tue Dec 4 14:47:13 EST 2001
Mut-Pup, I was worried you took off and got more grief from the shipyard again from that crooked reptile Fred-the REd. By the way, I put IT away for now because I've got a new thing with less parts and more turbo. Have you seen the DDD catalogue yet. HOLD ME BACK!!! Love ya too....Carney

FROM:
DATE: Mon Dec 3 20:35:55 EST 2001
Dear Carney, sorry for thr delay,lost my weezer in the banger port and it took me all of last week to lanch a program to sconch the proctor.But i am happy to advise that all is well in flatville.Sorry about the race,I would of been there but my new mama wouldn,t cough up the jack and i was taped out after buying all that macklemosher.Look just when you thought it couldn,t get any worse it seems my em. pucker has erupted into still another textbook wounder.What,s next?I am so tired of people looking at me and turning away like they are not drawn to my new invention,but after all they are mere mortals what else could they do.Well gota boss, the shower will be any time now.lov ya, gana lov ya,lots of love,luff ya and be well now. your mutten puppy

FROM: Paula <goffmoyer@earthlink.net>
DATE: Fri Nov 30 08:12:02 EST 2001
All things must pass... RIP George, you Gentle Giant. Beatle. Wilbury. A man of wit & wisdom, a man of peace.

FROM: Skeerdy Pants
DATE: Thu Nov 29 15:57:01 EST 2001
Try reversing the polarity on your twisted psyche. If that doesn't work, just call Ralph on the big white phone.

FROM: Carney
DATE: Thu Nov 29 14:59:57 EST 2001
Hey Mutten Puppy, I used the 2mm decatron/teflon shimmey-like you advised- and still couldn't get it an oink out of it. Whats up with that? Have I got the B-cone bits too tight again you think? I want and need that race this summer.

FROM:
DATE: Thu Nov 29 05:33:18 EST 2001
You hear Jim White is a hermit type? I hear Jesus don't speak English. --jg

FROM: Skinny Leonard
DATE: Wed Nov 28 18:12:24 EST 2001
Try his PO box in Florida. It's Jim White PO box 4662 Pensacola, Florida, 32507. Just don't expect him to write back. I've sent him three letters and got nothing in return. I hear he's an unrepentant hermit type.

FROM: Chas <ohlord@godmail.com>
DATE: Wed Nov 28 15:33:41 EST 2001
Any mailing address for Jim White? We've had some friendly conversations here in Houston & now I have something I'd like to send him. Can anyone help me out with this? PS - The t-shirt kicks a--. More people have come & spoken to me since I bought it than ever before. Really.

FROM: A young woman in London
DATE: Mon Nov 26 07:54:29 EST 2001
Its that old country approach that got me all terful on friday -got a song stuck in my head by some poor old fool. I missed that concert, old f--t.Gutted.BTW -If you feel it necessary to tell people you're an old f--t, can you not mention that you're English? Only im British and im concerned for our image.Thanks.I like train.Jim buy me train with tangerine for wheels?

FROM: Keith <keithplucas@hotmail.com>
DATE: Fri Nov 23 15:51:12 EST 2001
I am boring old (English) f--t that went to see Jim Om my 46th birthday in London, brilliant, got the albums now blasting in my car. Thanks Jim for a superb concert.

FROM: Dunning <dunning@caramail.com>
DATE: Fri Nov 23 04:43:45 EST 2001
I've bought all JW's albums. Do you know others artists who makes music as him ? Thank you

FROM: boomer dunning <dunning@caramail.com>
DATE: Fri Nov 23 04:39:41 EST 2001
Je suis un tout jeune fan de Jim White a la recherche d'autres fans francais répondez moi,merci...

FROM: Karen B
DATE: Thu Nov 22 21:22:25 EST 2001
A lot of us in the states are in a very mellow state, post Thanksgiving dinner and family/friends. The best things in life are free. Laughter, being one of them. Country is taking new strides now, and it has been one of the last forms of music I've aligned myself with, JW being one of them. In the past it was like "I loved her, so I killed her" type of thing.

FROM: Young Woman in London
DATE: Thu Nov 22 10:49:34 EST 2001
Karen, you're lucky you were allowed to skate through the house- and, in fact, that you had a house big enough to skate through.I shall use that advice wisely, thankyou very much.Where is Jim btw? Touring? How emotionally attached is he to the hat? Im gradually(its a very slow process)penetrating 'country' in a way that is comfortable to me. I have no idea when country is just country, when its commercial or when it becomes country and western(ive been told its dropping the western) -anyway -im lame.Thats all.Just lame.Listened to the Grevious Angel album(Gram Parsons little thing)and the only ting I can get into is that 'Oooooooooh Las Vegas' song.Is that a cover?It sounds pretty traditional!Mind you, all country does....Maybe if I buy a hat that'll get me in the mood.Mind you, music wise -I don't do mellow.But I don't do 'chirpy' either.I had a plastic hat I bought for 50p when I was 10 from the Isle Of Wight(dont go there -dullardo!)but I think the plasticness insulted the 'idea' of country hat and it was offended and thus, no desire to listen to country ever reached me.What is good country material? I shall buy a hat in that material.

FROM: jon bennett <jon_bennett69@hotmail.com>
DATE: Fri Nov 16 16:08:44 EST 2001
hi, i am putting together a fanzine first issue due march 02 what would be the chances of publishing one of jim's short stories for issue 1 ? any help would be much appreciated thanx

FROM: Art Thug (KJP)
DATE: Fri Nov 16 15:54:38 EST 2001
Suzanne Vega new release (Songs in Red and Gray) is really worth checking out. I was super impressed anyways. Thought I'd mention it in case there were any SV fans (or curious souls looking to augment their musical experiences) who weren't aware of it's release. Magritterly Yours AT

FROM: Karen B
DATE: Fri Nov 16 09:22:44 EST 2001
ANY age is a good age to start playing. My mom reaquainted herself with a ukele when she was in her thirties, and graduated to a guitar (read Julie Andrews, here), and the only thing she love more than that, was her piano. As she said, if she didn't play them at least twice a day, she didn't feel right. When we were young, we couldn't skate through the house, without her catchin' us for at least one song. Good memory, the thing with music is it's magic, and what it brings, can't think of anything negative about it....

FROM: A Young woman in London
DATE: Thu Nov 15 12:05:20 EST 2001
Bought No Such Place and Im in love with Jim's stuff.Uhm, saw the Luaka doc-mentary and enjoyed it immensley although i'd suggest you try and sell it to a cable network or get channel 4 to show it again at a time when people bother watching tv(ie -not 3am).Male model, huh?Hmmm.So the posing is not a natural thing then?Oh, and he's very attractive too.Yes, exactly, good riddance to Buck.I like chicken.Bye bye, fillup.So, did Jim only start playing guitar at 18?Im 20, it kind of gives me hope cos I think im too old.Anyway, I post too much now.

FROM: franck sinistra <francksinistra@geenomes.com>
DATE: Fri Nov 9 13:08:48 EST 2001
dear Jim, please, I want and need new concert in Paris!!!!!!!!

FROM: Robert Oakes <openedeyes@altavista.com>
DATE: Fri Nov 9 10:42:50 EST 2001
Jim--Never even heard of you before..just stumbled on your site and stumbled on your story Blessings and Curses...seemed the unseen forces moved me, too, coz here I am getting bowled over by syncronicity. Thanks for the inspiration.

FROM: Karen B
DATE: Wed Nov 7 13:46:12 EST 2001
Oops, I didn't missed the very end in that last post before mine. I was referring to the vehicular travel remark. Sorry. Jeesh, I'm not a homewrecker

FROM: Karen B
DATE: Fri Nov 2 18:44:52 EST 2001
I hear you, sister!

FROM: jenn
DATE: Fri Nov 2 12:19:42 EST 2001
wow its been a while since i be checking out the board. good ridence to buck...though i do subscribe to the horton hears a who theory. infact dr seuss in general. i could so easily go into the all creatures great and small, the cycle of carnavore-scavenger-maggot types-fertilazation-new growth..blah blah blah. you know, people either get it and have open minds or they don't, and it's ashame they are so painfully obvious when the don't. i've never had the luxury of seeing white hot jim live or otherwise. he has been my near constant companion on my vehicular travels however. yeah i know, probably not much of a comparison. but his power to keep me feeling is still going strong. the world can use more like him..glad he procreates.

FROM:
DATE: Thu Nov 1 12:21:54 EST 2001
Attention all Jim White fans in the London area. Jim is a guest on The Robert Elms show (BBC Radio, London Live, frequency 94.9 FM) tomorrow morning at or around 11 am (2 November). He will play 2 songs. Don't miss him!

FROM: Karen B <kbuhl@mcare. med.umich.edu>
DATE: Wed Oct 31 07:28:14 EST 2001
Does anyone have a set list of the current tour?

FROM: Donna <dr37d@udcf.gla.ac.uk>
DATE: Tue Oct 30 03:52:54 EST 2001
I was wondering if anyone knew why the concert in Glasgow (Wed 31 October) has been cancelled. I heard this by chance on a local radio station and phoned the venue. They said it had been cancelled but did not know the reason why. I was so looking forward to seeing Jim play live again. Does anyone know if this show will be re-scheduled. Thanks

FROM: Patrick Kuiper <Patrick.thuis@xs4all.nl>
DATE: Thu Oct 25 14:07:25 EDT 2001
Ok, Ok , i hear you.... Jim can you arrange something in europe, concerning the T-shirts? We don't do checks anymore, we've got the euro now...

FROM: Patrick Kuiper <Patrick.thuis@xs4all.nl>
DATE: Thu Oct 25 14:02:55 EDT 2001
By the way, where do i get this infamous T-shirt everyone keeps talking about?

FROM: Patrick Kuiper <Patrick.thuis@xs4all.nl>
DATE: Thu Oct 25 14:01:14 EDT 2001
Hello y'all, Can we please stop talking about some dude somewhere in some desert talking fascist nonsense? This will only make him "win". Please understand me right; I don't know who's right, but let believes be believes and politics politics. By the way, great music Jim !!!! it's been a long time since i came across someone worth buying music from... Does anyone know he had an one hour special on dutch television yesterday?

FROM: Miss Merrie Mack
DATE: Wed Oct 24 03:42:09 EDT 2001
Buck do you think it's likely that o.b.l. will find your letter on a Jim White web page?

FROM:
DATE: Tue Oct 23 22:05:28 EDT 2001
Dear jg mohamad is dead, buhda is dead, krishna is dead, hittler is dead, and last but not least john lennon died when he married yoko and allowed her to rule his life; long before he wrote imagine. It was an intersting but naive view of the world and all that consumed us at the time; but allas, the only one left standing is none other than JESUS THE CHRIST. You will do well to remember the things he later said. He is the only one that was raised from the grave, and unlike what He allowed to happen to him at galgatha, He will come back as a conqueror at the end. So there you have it, you little putts. I will not waste any more time on this web sight, casting my pearls before swine. But I will tell you this, if, jim white was a muslem and wrote a song like god was drunk when he made me, he would be in fear for his life as salmund rushtry was for satanic verses. Don’t preach to me about intolerence. Buck

FROM: KJP <kjpiotro@cs.com>
DATE: Tue Oct 23 19:39:16 EDT 2001
I'm mailing a shirt out this week. I hope JW digs it.

FROM: Loomis The Mule
DATE: Tue Oct 23 10:56:17 EDT 2001
I was making minimum wage working at a filling station pumping gas, then I bought one of Jim's shirts. From the very first moment I put it on I could just feel that things were going to be different for me. Now I'm the CEO of my own fortune 500 company. WOW! Just $15 (no postage) and my life was forever transformed from endless hopeless mundanity to supremely sublime significance.

FROM: Karen B <kbuhl@mcare.med.umich.edu>
DATE: Mon Oct 22 21:41:11 EDT 2001
I have the shirt, very interesting, this is for a gift.

FROM: Paula G. <goffmoyer@earthlink.net>
DATE: Mon Oct 22 19:52:59 EDT 2001
An unsolicited testimonial from a satisfied customer: The JW T-shirt is quite kewl & unusual (and very roomy).

FROM: Karen B
DATE: Sun Oct 21 13:47:47 EDT 2001
Any postage on the shirts? I ran into Matt and Noreen last night, I was listening to my friend's brother's band, and he happens to work for Matt. I think he runs a sound system business. Anyway, it was a good time.

FROM:
DATE: Sun Oct 21 13:44:46 EDT 2001
Buck Weatherby, you're no better than Osama if you tell him your religion is better than his. Don't you get it? God is in your heart. You can call him Allah, God, Buddha, Vishnu, or the Almighty dollar(which is the God many Americans truly believe in), but don't try to pretend you're better than anybody else because of "your God". That's what got us into this mess to begin with. Religious intolerance. Think like John Lennon: Imagine no religions, it's not that hard to do. No place or thing to die for. Hello....Wake up and stop being intolerant. Greetings from Yankeeland...you know.. anywhere north of I-10. --jg

FROM:
DATE: Sat Oct 20 21:09:47 EDT 2001
Dear Osama, I am writing this to you in the hopes that it finds you before our special forces do. There are a few things about America you and your followers have missed. I would not want you to die without understanding what a total blunder you have comitted. First of all, let me start by telling you about my father. When I was very young he would tell me of the horrors of war. And in the midst of his stories he would give me glimpses of underlying truths that are central to not only being an American but also a christan. His words were very powerful, even to a 10 year old because he spoke first hand. He joined the marine core at 17 to fight the Japanese in the Pasific campaign. He was first marines, first pletune at guadal canal, and went on to fight in 5 major campaigns. Needless to say, he was well schooled in the art of war. Unlike you, he didn’t grow up in the lap of luxery. He was a christian, not a muslem. And yet, he had a conviction to give up his life for his God, his country, his family, in that order. ,He would tell me God first, then country, then faimly. His christain faith never promiced him 27,72 or 107 virgins. Nor did he ever mistreat a woman in the name of his God. In fact, unlike you, he and most Americans are champions of women. You treat your women with such disdane, as objects only for procreation. We are tought to love, honner, protect, and charish our women. Our relationships are based on trust. Our women are not made to hide under a tyranical vail, made up of your own inability to to come to terms with your misstrust and your disdain for the creation of your god. Mabey instead of being sent to hell, God ought to make you come back as a woman in one of your terorist camps. Your hatred for America is nothing more than your hatred for your self. Face it osama, mohamed had and has no juice, no power, no moxie, no spiritual presence. You are praying to the wind, and all your bowing and scraping is in vain. You can inturpret your koran any way you want to. It was written by a dead man who remains dead to this day. And as for giving up one’s life for alla, you and your followers can’t hold a candle to Americans or christians. As a matter of fact, our saivour gave up his life for all mankind, even you, and expects us to do likewise. Christians and Americans alike have been giving up their lives for over 2000 years, and as you are about to find out we do it gladly as a matter of course. No virgins or money need to be promised to us; our hope is, if we lose our life, to be in the presence of God. What more could one ask for Till you meet your fate, Buck Weatherby

FROM: Jim White
DATE: Fri Oct 19 16:45:59 EDT 2001
Friends, Let me repeat my lurid offer to all interested parties out there: I've got officially drawn by Jim White hissef original T-shirts for sale here out of my curious garage full of worthless junk. They are black with white illustrations and come in all sizes. The shirt itself features a friendly frontside illustration and an ominous backside one (the inverse of myself). The back illustration was taken from an album cover design I drew back when we were trying to put together something downright tasteful for the cover of No Such Place. T-shirts go for fifteen bucks. Send a check to: Jim White PO Box 4662 Pensacola, Fl. 32507 GawBless

FROM: chris fraley <cfraley@whyy.org>
DATE: Wed Oct 17 19:29:14 EDT 2001
hey man what's up. I didn't know that was you with Morcheeba on that song.You are one cool MOFO! you get it. Late Chris That's Fraley not Farley cause he's dead

FROM: KJP
DATE: Mon Oct 15 22:42:19 EDT 2001
Man, JohnBarrytyler exavour greenwell 111, if you only knew the crows that I know....I think you'd have a different pursespective, but mabee not. Maybe you were freaked out by Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Raven' and haunted evermore....on second thought, I seriously doubt that's the case. Respectfully yours, KJP

FROM: Karen B
DATE: Thu Oct 11 20:22:38 EDT 2001
You know, the whole "big picture" would have anyone's meals,the same classification of the big order, of all God's earth. It's relative. And not to be sanctioned, for the natural sequence of events, is His will. Peace.

FROM: Loomis The Mule
DATE: Thu Oct 11 17:07:29 EDT 2001
Hey Tyler, ever read that book Horton Hears A Who? By Dr. Seuss? Remember, a person's a person, no matter how small. Maybe you can get it on tape. Signed with love and squalor, Loomis The Mule. (also friend of maggots)

FROM: Loomis The Mule
DATE: Thu Oct 11 10:48:00 EDT 2001
Hey Tyler, What did you eat for dinner last night? Hamburger? Signed, Loomis The Mule (A friend of crows)

FROM: john barry tyler exavour greenwell 111 <btg3@hotmail.com>
DATE: Wed Oct 10 21:52:08 EDT 2001
jim it is with a vary heavy heart i am writeing this.Heavy with the reality of our time.i am reminded of the bob dillion lyrics(let us stop talking falcly now the hour is getting late)speak your peace as if it was your last .And never i meen never forget your first love.and by the way crows are scavengers,feeding on the dead and the liveing alike nothing more.maggetts with wings

FROM: KJP
DATE: Wed Oct 10 18:21:01 EDT 2001
Karen, YES! I still continue my crow treats. Actually, I feed three main groups between my home and place of work. Because I leave for work/home at the same (relative) time and take the same course, I have been able to establish a very respectable rapport with many crows. As soon as I toss the peanuts out, they swoop down to grab them. Thanx for asking, it really is quite rewarding and didn't take very long for them to get hip to the scene. Still no competition against a nicely squashed slab of carrion though.

FROM: Karen B <kbuhl@mcare.med.umich.edu>
DATE: Wed Oct 10 08:35:56 EDT 2001
Hey Kyle, are you still feeding them crows? I tried taking pictures of my litte friends through the garage window, when they were having one of their 'splashing room only' parties, and there was a glare on the window, darn, except for one picture that came out great, of Mr. Squirrel up there, taking one looooong drink about 5 minutes after I had filled it, that critter! It WAS a hot day. When one woodpecker was parked in the drink, a sparrow came from behind and took a few sips and hopped in. About 3 seconds later, Woody did a swift twist, and was looking at Sparrow square in the face. It was too funny. Yes... I color too. And listen to Book of Angels, alot. What a song/masterpiece. Thank you Jim.

FROM: eva <eva_garthe@hotmail.com>
DATE: Tue Oct 9 11:09:33 EDT 2001
any upcoming european tour dates apart from the festivals? i would love to hear them play live again! eva from germany

FROM: KJP
DATE: Sun Oct 7 23:21:23 EDT 2001
She slept like a Nun. And when I awoke, I felt the absoulution (sic) of her Brillance.

FROM: Karen B <kbuhl@mcare.med.umich.edu>
DATE: Sun Sep 23 05:58:56 EDT 2001
Jim, music is what you do. Everyone reacts in their own way to tragedy.One of the best books I read dealt with, at one point of "losing one's powers", so to speak, and they used that time to withdraw, and cater to whatever meant something to them, no matter how small, not knowing whether their inner strength would return. This story was a inspiration to me, as we, are all humans, after all (how prophetic), and we have our moments of reckonimg. Take this time to absorb the positive simple vibes of your family, (children are such a source!), and let the healing begin. When my dad died, on Dec 23, of all times, a few years ago, I can still hear him supposedly saying, "I would have never picked this time", and I never let it impact the holiday, because he wouldn't have wanted that for the world. When you can perform again, maybe making it a fundraising effort might help. God bless Noreen and Matt, in their promotional email before a local appearance, she wrote "Calling all Americans!" She is such a dear. And thus, we are all hurting, and healing, and bracing ourselves for peace without incident. Pray for peace, all, and we must press on. Take care, and love each other, now more than ever.

FROM: Alaric Bvad Valentin <alaricvee@yahoo.com.au>
DATE: Thu Sep 20 21:28:27 EDT 2001
So, this is what it has come to, long time since the east villiage. I've been floating between L.A. and Byron Bay.

FROM: Randall Springstead <springs28@home.com>
DATE: Thu Sep 20 18:01:13 EDT 2001
Can't get enough... Looking for a bootleg/exclusive... Please help...

FROM: Christian Kiefer <xiankiefer@hotmail.com>
DATE: Thu Sep 20 16:46:45 EDT 2001
Sometimes we stop and sit. Sometimes we take our stethescopes and walk around. My name is Christian Kiefer and I have a couple of San Francisco area shows coming up, the first of which is at Cafe Du Nord next month, October 12, a Friday night. I have little audience in San Francisco. Please come visit. It's such as weird time. You can find me a www.christiankiefer.com. Many think my music reminds them of Mr. White, our Pensatopia emissary of peace. You decide. And if you're interested, sign the mailing list. Peace to you all. I hope there's a god somewhere watching this mess.

FROM: laurie <lmckenna@web-edit.com>
DATE: Sun Sep 16 23:37:53 EDT 2001
hi thanks for the wise words regarding the tragedy and strife. someone sent it out to giant sands message board to share it with folks there as howe is also thinking of cancelling his european tour. you are an inspiration to me and my lifehas many of the same twist and turns as yours i think they call it a chequered past.or is it checkered? whatever. please visit my art poems and whatnot if you care to at: http://buskers.org/steeltoedboots/

FROM: marlo
DATE: Sun Sep 16 01:23:54 EDT 2001
Hi Jim, Thank you for those words. Peace and God bless your heart and everyone's.

FROM: jg
DATE: Fri Sep 14 18:10:28 EDT 2001
OOoops....shoulda checked the news/tours section first. You've already posted it. --jg

FROM: jg
DATE: Fri Sep 14 18:06:04 EDT 2001
Yale: Thanks for posting it here. I was going to fax it to you, or paste the message here, but stopped short of doing so, since this is the "official" Jim White website, and I wanted to leave it to him and/or Luakabop. But I think his message is worthy of posting on your "News/Tours/Update" section of your site for all to see. Jim White is without question one of your best artists, incredibly eloquent in a time when words fail. Best regards, jg

FROM: Yale
DATE: Fri Sep 14 16:24:13 EDT 2001
Here is your email Jim for all of us to ponder. Thank you. Friends, send your prayers to those who need them. Me and my family are doing fine here in the great insular backwaters of the south. I am, however, sorry to report that, in light of the horrendous sorrow unveiling before us, I can't really make sense of taking to the road and touring right now. Aside from the considerable fact that the FAA has issued a warning that follow-up terrorist attacks may occur, I just can't seem to envision myself standing on a stage and singing about the "great drama" of my existence when such a greater drama is taking place all around us. There are lonely raindrops and there are terrible floods, and when in the presence of such a disaster, we can agree that one lonely raindrop, no matter how exquisite, seems pretty goddamn insignificant. So we'll let the flood subside, hopefully to a point where the singular becomes an entity of interest once again. So the shows scheduled for the west coast are off for the time being. Take the money you would have used to attend the performances and contribute to some charity that's helping the victims of the attack on our friends in NYC. If I could though, I'd like to relay to all of you out there something you already probably know. Our enemy is not this or that evil person. No, our enemy is, plain and simple, the darkness that dwells in all human hearts. This may seem unpalatable to you but, that the same hatred that inspired these terrorists to do what they did, in some diminished and hidden form exists in yours and my heart. But it does. So far as I can tell, if we're human, we have the capacity for darkness. All it takes is enough sorrow and injustice and we each of us would sooner or later succ-mb to that darkness. A misguided description of this key principle is the biblical tenet of "original sin", but that confused bit of rhetoric has so much baggage attached to it, it's of little use to describe what I'm getting at here. I say this as a speech to all you who already know, but I say it anyway just to confirm a mutual belief, if anyone out there, myself included were to exploit this incident as a springboard for hatred or prejudice, or darkness of spirit, they would be just as lost as the sorry fools who hijacked those four airplanes. Lemme tell you, I wept like Jesus wept as I watched the televised horror as the tragedy unfolded, but, buddy, after the tears subsided I hunkered down and did my best to till the soil of sorrow so that it did not sour into some bitter and hating life-killing substance. I put in about ten years driving a cab in New York City and so got to know quite well a diverse collection souls from every corner of the world. (In fact, when the World Trade Center was first bombed, I was vaguely acquainted with one of the bombers, as he was a driver at my fleet and was always present along with the fifty or sixty other Arabs, Haitians, Russians, and scattered Americans during the hour or so that we waited to get our cabs). Over the years I spoke to men from every imaginable type of culture and background and tried my best to take those men one at a time and probe the disposition of their hearts. I found the great majority of them to be no different than you or me. They loved their children and families and hungered for peace just as you and I do. They suffered and rejoiced, just as you and I. There was El Hassan, and El Rashmaan, another one I knew only as Mohammed comes to mind. There were Farsis and Muslims, Seiks and Buddists, and they were decent people like decent people all over the world. Their hearts were no more or less evil than yours or mine. They regarded the one the who did the bombing (called "red", because of his red hair) as a disturbed individual who worried them with his violent, hateful political and religious philosophies. I live in the deep south and there are some here who, like those terrorists, are cowards masquerading a brave souls. Let's not be fooled. The enemy here is the darkness in our hearts. And the job of those of us who've led privileged lives free of war and murder and atrocity is to do our best to lead the way for those born to the land of sorrows, whether it be in Palenstine, Bosnia, Rawanda, the Bronx or the shadowy streets of West Pensacola that are the spawning grounds of hatred. Let's do our little part to encourage the goodness of the human heart. Not to hate, but to be wise and prudent in our judgments. There are fanatics in our midst, and truly they should be guarded against, but as I hope you all know, a fanatic cannot be determined by the color of their skin, or their religious heritage. The trick so far as I can tell is to whenever you get the chance to judge each person one at a time and to encourage all to seek the goodness of the heart rather than the darkness. Okay friends? Clearly there are those whose hearts are not so organized around the principles of goodness, but to hate them only encourages the darkness in all our hearts. Jim White Pensatopia, Fl USA - Wednesday, September 12, 2001 at 18:25:41 (EDT)