Moderator Mayhem!

reedbiter · Post by **reedbiter** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:58 am

Can you spot the modergator in this picture????

Now a New York Times Bestseller being sold under the name
"Where's El-Joe?" (minus the dumb hat and striped shirt)

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:05 am

His wife is also in this photo.

rgouette · Post by **rgouette** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:59 am

I'm surprised the pix made it past the filtron 2000, since there's a bodhran in it.....

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:51 am

That old guitar stand seems iffy,... and does the mando player really have three legs?? ... they all look so serious! And in line... what's with you people? Oh. wait, one of them is teathered to the line... ahh...

(ducking)

so... who's who? I couldn't make out any stripes on any of the shirts.

edit to indicate that mando is not mondo... back to your lives, citizens.

fiddleronvermouth · Post by **fiddleronvermouth** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:49 pm

I love the Star Trek ‘visit to Earth’s past’ sort of quality that Irish music has when it shows up at Renaissance Faires. None of the instruments or music their playing came into existence for another couple of hundred years. And of course the guitars and bodhrans didn’t get included until the 20th Century.

"Beam down my Vulcan Harp and bodhran, Scotty."

C age ing · Post by **C age ing** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:30 pm

He is the one on the left with the fiddle.
I claim the one million dollar prize.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:37 pm

No. I can't spot him. You must prove to me that he's there.

fiddleronvermouth · Post by **fiddleronvermouth** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:21 pm

The one with the guitar closest to the camera is the self-proclaimed "Evil Moderator Dude."

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:36 pm

I thought Evil Dude was a baldy! I am sooo confused.

PS. I am so glad I don't go to RenFairs anymore.

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:41 pm

Is he/She the one with two and a half legs???

RORY

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:40 pm

The Weekenders wrote:I thought Evil Dude was a baldy! I am sooo confused.

PS. I am so glad I don't go to RenFairs anymore.

No, that guy's not shaped right either. It's gotta be someone in the audience.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:44 pm

emmline wrote:
The Weekenders wrote:I thought Evil Dude was a baldy! I am sooo confused.

PS. I am so glad I don't go to RenFairs anymore.
No, that guy's not shaped right either. It's gotta be someone in the audience.

It's the Modergator, all right. 'Twas back in the day. First time I've seen archival pix of him without GHBs, though.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:53 pm

Nanohedron wrote: 'Twas back in the day.

I'm guessing the Renaissance had only been over for a couple of years when that picture was taken.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:03 pm

gonzo914 wrote:
Nanohedron wrote: 'Twas back in the day.
I'm guessing the Renaissance had only been over for a couple of years when that picture was taken.

Some people still haven't figured that out. Had some RenFesty types come to a session, once, puffy shirts, knee-high boots, bodices, snoods, silk scarves dangling from belts, and everything. And the Faire had been long closed for the season. Whatever sort of drag trips yer trigger, I suppose.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:16 pm

Nanohedron wrote:Had some RenFesty types come to a session, once, puffy shirts, knee-high boots, bodices, snoods, silk scarves dangling from belts, and everything.

Were there any horse-tails?
(because, as we all know, horse-tails were a de rigeur piece of every well-clad peasant's get up.)