Hello from a Chicago newbie

[Herbie Gaines]

Hey all

So I first met Janis in Nashville last year. Brian Austin Whitney founder of www.jpfolks.org organized a JPF showcase at the Bluebird. Janis was an award winner from the 2006 JPF awards...We sat about 10 feet from her and loved the 4 or 5 songs she did...so THEN...I saw that she was coming to Chicago to a beautiful theatre in the Old Town School of Folk Music...I landed 4 tickets in the second row. My wife and my friends that we took were blown away. We laughed, we cried...Janis autographed a pictured for me that I took with her in Nashville. She captivated the crowd...you could hear a pin drop for the entire show. Anyways, I thought I'd come here and say hello since I am now a huge Janis fan ! ! ! HELLO ! !

Herbie Gaines

[Agnes]

Welcome to the forums, Herbie! It's a place we call home, so put your feet up and make yourself comfortable :)

[Judy]

Glad you decided to join in, Herbie...both on becoming a Janis fan and coming onto the board.
Judy

[Dee]

Greetings from Canada's Capital Herbie! Welcome to the forums.

[Ginny]

Welcome a-board Mr. Gaines! :)

[Elliott]

Welcome! Have you had lunch with Oprah?

[Mimi]

Welcome on board, Herbie, it's the best place I know on the world wide web!!! No kidding!

MIMI from Germany

[MrJoP1975]

welcome from about 2 1/2 3 hours south of you! Do you have any Janis cd's yet?

[Randy & Betty in Pa]

Hey Herbie,

Welcome to the board... Amazing what that giant Lady can do to people isn't it... To many of us here she is far more then an artist or an author... She's a friend, and yes it is astonishing how quiet a room becomes once she starts her show... Over time you will come to enjoy this place on the internet as many of us do... A safe, fun, silly, emotional place where you can just say what comes to mind... You will find that you have much in common with many of us or vice versa and thats not a bad thing at all... Welcome to our small but very international community of friends.... As you've just been inducted the best is yet to come....

Welcome to the board...

Best to you and yours

R. & B. from Pa

[JoanM]

Welcome Herbie,
I grew up in the western burbs, bought my first six-string guitar at the Old Town Folklore Center (back in the 60s), and moved south about 2 years ago.
I don't miss the weather but sure do get a hankerin' for a Portillo's beef sandwich or Lou Malnati's pizza every now and then. Kick your shoes off, relax your mind.

Joan

[Beth]

Hi Herbie and welcome! This is a nice place with good people all around. My partner and I were also at the show last Friday in Chicago. It really was magic. Glad to meet you here.

[Mary6906]

Welcome, Herbie, to our humble little internet home.... enjoy!

[dragonlady]

Welcome to the board Herbie!! My other half, Kathleen, is originally from Des Plaines. Sit back, relax and enjoy our little slice of the WWW. There's no place like the home Janis has made for us here.

-di the dragonlady

[coffeegyrl]

Welcome Herbie! Hope you have fun here. Check out The Zoo for even more crazy, uncensored action. ;)
Sally

[hoops]

herbie, welcome to our band of Janis fans! you'll like it here, i can tell. you have that Janatic way about you. put up your feet enjoy the fun and make yourself at home. oh and by the way, this is probably the best group of people i've ever known. it's amazing, truly and we adore and respect our leader. so glad you decided to join us
peace
hoops

[KarenSews2]

A warm welcome to you, herbie! This is a wonderful place to be. I'm sure there are lots of friend you haven't me yet! Wonderful folk all around!

[Bat]

Sounds like you have good sense, good judgement...get ready to have a good time with the Rudies! The welcome mat is always out for a Janis fan!
Bat

[Darlene]

Welcome Herbie! I'm glad that you decided to become a part of our little community.

Darlene
from Oak Ridge, Tennessee

[Jim in Chattanooga, TN]

Welcome Herbie...

I sent you a private message. Check it out.

Jim

[RedjackRyan]

Welcome to the best little corner of cyber-space. Don't feed the dragons after dark, be wary of the pirates and their cohorts, but above all, ENJOY!

[Marcia Drummergal]

Glad you found your way to the board and to Janis and her music. WELCOME!

Marcia :)

[Michael from Chicago]

Welcome!
Janis did put on a good show last Friday night.

[Denise]

Welcome! I've been here 2 years and although I don't get on the MB as often as I would like, these people have become such wonderful friends, some whom I've already met and others who I hope to meet in the near future. And we all have Janis to thank....

[Jim in Chattanooga, TN]

And we're all wondering if you learned the truth at seventeen???

[aabram]

Welcome Herbie to the madhouse :p Hope to see lots of you. I've been here for over 2 years now, and it feels like a lifetime!!!!! (runs and hides :D ) Seriously though you couldn't find a better bunch of people to hang out with :) Go with the flow and join in the fun...

Annabel

[Herbie Gaines]

I apologize for addressing you all at once, BUT...hey this is great ! ! Usually you get a few heys but you are all making me feel very welcome. This is a great start ! ! I'm sure that you all will annoy me eventually ;) ---- but now this is great...I bought her autobiography CD at the show...and I really love it, especially the second CD with the song about her mom singing again, and the one about "some people lives" .... I am sure I could be friends with all you, and hopefully will be ! !

Herbie

[Eva]

Hi Herbie. The welcome is not over yet. Welcome to the Janis Ian message board. My name is Eva and I am from the Netherlands. I am also known as the Evil Pirate Queen around these parts. Or (at least in my own mind) the only sane person on the message board.

Anyway... :rolleyes: Have fun here. We do :)

Eva

[Rickster]

Herbie, Welcome to Janis's messege board! Stick around. I'm sure you'll be glad you did. I've been here around 5 years...it's addicting. Not to mention the people are great too :-) Like one big family!

[MrJoP1975]

Herbie

Out of print now but you can find in the new part of the new and used off Amazon of Janis' Up Till Now compilation. That was actually one of my first Janis purchases and then I bought several copies from the website Christmas sale in 2005 or so to give as Christmas gifts. I'm sure they were thinking I was crazy :rolleyes:

Best

[SFBill]

Hey all

So I first met Janis in Nashville last year. Brian Austin Whitney founder of www.jpfolks.org organized a JPF showcase at the Bluebird. Janis was an award winner from the 2006 JPF awards...We sat about 10 feet from her and loved the 4 or 5 songs she did...so THEN...I saw that she was coming to Chicago to a beautiful theatre in the Old Town School of Folk Music...I landed 4 tickets in the second row. My wife and my friends that we took were blown away. We laughed, we cried...Janis autographed a pictured for me that I took with her in Nashville. She captivated the crowd...you could hear a pin drop for the entire show. Anyways, I thought I'd come here and say hello since I am now a huge Janis fan ! ! ! HELLO ! !

Herbie Gaines


What a terrific post!..WOW! you cetainly had some seriously good seats!--both times!

I've seen Janis 3 times-- twice at the Great American Music Hall in SF--and the only thing I remember after all these years is being over wrought when she sang When Angels Cry---
DAMN! I know she also rocked the joint!
:)

[Herbie Gaines]

You are all SO nice ! ! I love it...Yes SF Bill, I had great seats both times...I was very lucky. Too bad you don't remember ! ! Funny, though you DO remember the emotion ... Isn't that what great performing is all about...???

[Roady]

Welcome Herbie to the best place on the WWW-I bet a lot of our browsers call it HOME! That is so cool that you were at the Blue Bird. :cool:
Enjoy!
Roady

[gisli]

Welcome, nice to meet you, I am Icelandic so everything I post is a bit near to the North Pole then from the others....and excaggerated.......I am not the Santa -Claus though, he lives in California-desert, he is nicer then me.

Get comfy and welcome.

[lucille]

Hi Herbie

I am Australian, and everything I post is near the South Pole, and also exaggerated.;) I am the resident pyromaniac.:D Welcome to the board.

[Anna from Dublin]

Hi Herbie - greetings from Ireland! Delighted you have converted to the true path!! (devoted to all things Janis). You are so lucky to be a new fan and have all those old albums to get and start enjoying all of them for the first time. Glad to have you "on board"!

[Mary6906]

Herbie, I'm the resident "weenie"... (I should stay clear of said resident pyromaniac, or she'll roast my weenie!) :D

[Bat]

And I'm the resident Bat, Herbie...I just hang around.
Welcome!

[RedjackRyan]

Beware Icelanders bearing gifts, Herbie.. thats all i'm gonna say :D

[Agnes]

And there we go, even a welcome thread turns to a food thread... You'll notice, Herbie, all threads eventually do, for we all have a weak spot for good (or interesting, right Ben?) food :D

[RedjackRyan]

I believe Gisli and I agreed we have a love for stinky food. Whether its good or not remains to be seen.

[hoops]

herbie,
i think you may be having a good time already. you gotta love this bunch, you just gotta!
peace
hoops

[Eva]

you gotta love this bunch, you just gotta!
Yes! It's mandatory :rolleyes: :D

Eva

[hoops]

Eva already knows i love her :D
peace
hoops

[Dar]

-- twice at the Great American Music Hall in SF

Bill! Doncha wish she could play there when she's in town next month?
Are you going to Yoshi's? Of course you are. We're going to the first show, since it's a school night. I'm actually bringing some friends who I hope to make new recruits and they weren't willing to go to the late one. wimps ;)

Hope to see you there!!

[Dar]

Hi there!
I'm a transplanted Chicagoan now living in Oakland CA!
Glad you enjoyed the show. I had a couple of friends go to the Old Town show. They said it was great.
Have an Italian beef sandwich for me will you? :D

[Herbie Gaines]

well we have both poles covered now...anybody from the equator? :cool: FOOD...hmm...ME loves food ! ! Especially COOKIES ! ! Me loves cookies...OK, here is the recipe for the ORIGINAL Mrs Fields cookies. Enjoy ! ! From a friend at www.jpfolks.org (how I found about about Janis)
Special thanks to Herbie G. for reminding me to dig up the recipe....(and as noted, I did need the shovel for other duties, so it was already out )!!

So here we go:


Mrs. Fields Cookies (chocolate chip):

1) Cream Together:
4 sticks butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups granulated sugar
4 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs

2) Mix separately:
4 cups flour
5 cups pulverized oatmeal
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder

3) Put aside:
24 oz. of chocolate chips
8 oz. grated milk chocolate

4) Mix two bowls together

5) Blend in chocolate chips and grated chocolate

6) Drop 1 to 2” balls on ungreased cookie sheets, and bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes.
If using bigger balls , half-way thru cooking time pat down the center of the cookies so they don't burn. DO NOT OVERCOOK -- PERHAPS EVEN UNDERCOOK IF YOU LIKE THEM GOOOOOOEEEY!

BON APPETIT!

Oh by the way...I like Semi-sweet chocolate chips in these...but you can do whatever ! !

[hoops]

semi sweet chips and milk chocolate shavings make a fantastic combo...the sweetness of the milk chocolate draws out the more full creamy ruch chocolate flavor that the semi sweet, or even dark chocolate holds
peace
hoops

[Mary6906]

Oh, WOW... thanks ALOT Herbie... now there goes my diet.... either that or more laps on the treadmill.... My favorite is the Mrs. Fields Oatmeal raisin... MMMmmm ....with a nice glass of milk.