2009-11-15T01:36:46Z Will Fastie http://www.fastie.com/ Copyright ©2007-2009 Will Fastie. urn:uuid:8defd9f5-6af8-4010-83b8-ddf3ccf537bb <p>In an oversight when I originally took over Paul's site, I neglected to add my standard email address protection code. This is designed to prevent bots from harvesting email addresses from this site. This evening I corrected this oversight.</p> <p>If you are the owner of one of these addresses, I apologize for taking so long to get this right and for any additional spam you might have experienced in the meantime.</p> Will Fastie 2009-11-15T01:36:46Z urn:uuid:c5c58626-3ef9-481c-b747-9fc3f32501ba <p>All reference to Paul's site will henceforth be at http://hawthorne.fastie.com. Previously they were at fastie.net.</p><p>If you maintain a link to Paul's site, please make the adjustment as soon as possible. If you know anyone else who does, please let them know.</p><p>The domain fastie.net will no longer exist after December, 2010.</p> Will Fastie 2009-09-28T00:09:06Z urn:uuid:c5f9ed05-8f6b-433c-bdce-9d12b0039a23 <p>My relationship with Paul was too brief yet more complex than I imagined. That, and my deep sense of the loss of my friend, kept me from writing my own remembrance until now. I have published it this morning.</p> Will Fastie 2009-07-12T15:05:42Z urn:uuid:61f8ea56-b94c-41dc-a04b-d04f8bd5a0e1 <p>David Boots' sister Cindy was kind enough to report David's passing from complications of Parkinson's disease. I have updated the <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/banjo/boots.htm">Out of the Mould</a> page to remove David's email address and add an anecdote provided by his sister.</p> <p>Our condolences go out to Cindy and the rest of David's family.</p> Will Fastie 2009-07-11T15:31:34Z urn:uuid:969cb8c3-80a8-4d71-90ae-3b89fc817cca <p>For several years, Paul hosted noted luthier <a href="http://www.desertrosebanjo.com/faq.htm">Scott Zimmerman's Banjo FAQs</a> on his site. Paul also helped Scott build his original Web site and at some point that material migrated to Scott's site. This recently came into focus when I received an inquiry regarding the article on winter care. I have updated the <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/about/linkconversion.htm">Links Conversion page</a> accordingly.</p><p>The <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/banjo/links.htm">Links</a> page continues to have a link to the FAQs.</p> Will Fastie 2009-05-12T13:11:26Z urn:uuid:82f1a989-7e63-46f4-a3aa-70a9cb99d <p>A witness to Paul's street playing in Seal Beach comes forward with yet another new <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/about/remembrances.htm">remembrance<a>.</p> Will Fastie 2008-10-06T15:36:44Z urn:uuid:691401d7-f600-4920-b426-9899248a0637 <p>ΦΣΚ brother Marty Konrad has contributed a new <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/about/remembrances.htm">remembrance<a> of Paul from their days together at RPI.</p> Will Fastie 2008-10-05T14:32:46Z urn:uuid:3193fe1d-d106-4565-9d2e-dab32526672c <p>Many thanks to Jeff Chumley for writing and giving me the long lost link to his Banjo Glossary. The <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/banjo/links.htm#jeffchumleybanjoglossary">Links page<a> on the site has been updated accordingly.</p> Will Fastie 2008-09-21T01:36:57Z urn:uuid:98fa35b8-5405-4821-aa09-7389bc09abff <p>Despite my best efforts when rebuilding Paul's site, I made an unforgivable error of ommission. Paul's description of the Gold Star model 11 was deleted from the <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/asianbanjos/g.htm">Gold Star page<a>. It has now been restored (thank goodness I keep backups). My apologies for this grievous oversight.</p> Will Fastie 2008-01-26T11:52:02Z urn:uuid:90cc0c0c-9aae-4c2b-b587-a231a4a59b64 <p>The "Special Florentine" has been seen in a December 2007 eBay auction. I had never seen this model before and I'm sure Paul never did either. I've added some information on the Asian Banjo page in the <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/asianbanjos/lz.htm#ab_saga">Saga section<a> to reflect this find.</p> Will Fastie 2007-12-22T22:34:39Z urn:uuid:3b16837e-fe16-4407-baca-8eaba153da0f <p>Since I have been maintaining Paul's site, I have gotten a surprising number of requests to value or appraise Asian (particularly Japanese) banjos. Like Paul, I don't appraise because I'm not an expert. I have tracked Japanese banjos on eBay and those limited results can be seen <a href="http://www.fastie.com/banjo/ebaybanjo.htm">at my site<a>. </p> <p>It is all I have to offer.</p> Will Fastie 2007-12-18T14:48:06Z urn:uuid:674b7e68-5c5d-40c7-9215-29294955afa2 <p>The number of visitors to Paul's site using dialup has plunged more than 50% in just six months. That was significant enough to make me update statistics in an editor's note to reflect it.</p> <p>Paul would have been very happy to know that visitors using Linux are significantly up.</p> Will Fastie 2007-10-24T15:53:16Z urn:uuid:0bf73e91-7922-4a82-b36d-48122fcdb3ed <p>Bill Gokey unearthed episode 8 of <em>Teaching the Kid</em>.</p> Will Fastie 2007-07-06T00:48:29Z urn:uuid:e5566d83-a7b2-43f1-8efe-0b9d819c6e96 <p>To facilitate your conversion of links and bookmarks to Paul's site, I have added a Links Conversion page to the site. This page shows all name and location changes. If there are any questions, please use the contact form at the site to get in touch with me.</p> Will Fastie 2007-06-24T14:55:00Z urn:uuid:767f9812-b6b6-4f55-bec4-84c8c86e9bd2 <p>Bill Gokey found yet another episode of <em>Teaching the Kid</em>. He writes "I found the TTK #6 in an old briefcase enclosed in a brown envelope out in my barn." Our good luck!</p> Will Fastie 2007-06-20T18:43:11Z urn:uuid:e5065d57-1e0e-473f-8b4e-5864c0b560ba <p>Bill Gokey recently wrote to let me know that he had found another episode of his great serial story, <em>Teaching the Kid</em>. He has graciously allowed its inclusion on Paul's site along with the other five episodes.</p><p>Bill has promised to be on the lookout for more episodes. He recalls writing 8 or 9. The first five were published in <em>Banjo Newsletter</em> but the others have never been published.</p> Will Fastie 2007-06-17T20:36:02Z urn:uuid:98b255a5-06cd-41cf-95a9-d0de7870b564 A wake will be held for Paul Hawthorne on June 30, 2007. A <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com/img/PaulHawthorneWakeFlyer.pdf">flyer<a> (PDF) with details is now available. Will Fastie 2007-06-16T14:05:00Z urn:uuid:c316f436-bda7-48a6-9f25-111b4dd974e7 The entire contents of Paul's site are the copyrighted property of C. Robyn Mattil. Material may not be copied and used elsewhere. Fair use applies but any such use requires an appropriate citation. This includes those wishing to use Asian banjo information in eBay listings. As always, links to Paul's site are encouraged. Please see the About This Site page for more information. Will Fastie 2007-05-20T20:50:00Z urn:uuid:fccedadc-eeb8-4edb-9af0-a17a2b3728cf Images of a 1979 Gold Star flathead banjo catalog have been added to the Asian banjos catalog page. Also included is a page from the May, 1980 price list for all Saga and Gold Star banjos, including kits. Will Fastie 2007-05-20T20:17:00Z urn:uuid:0899b7bf-09a2-4787-85d9-3e2ea84fad9c A new page has been created for those who wish to submit brief remembrances of Paul. Please use the contact form on the site for submission. In order for a remembrance to be published, you must agree to allow your name, geographical location, and email address to be used. Email addresses are protected; ask Will for details. Will Fastie 2007-04-24T23:26:41Z urn:uuid:48dcb415-16f0-4b7c-8f29-94b28bcc6749 David Boots' "Out of the Mould" contribution to Paul's Banjo Conservatory has been enhanced. Paul had linked to content elsewhere on the Web that is no longer maintained, so David was kind enough to allow his example tunes to be hosted here. Also, MIDI files and Adobe PDF files were created for all the lessons. Will Fastie 2007-04-20T13:42:00Z urn:uuid:0d64de47-c356-4c5c-9faf-7a815cf9b6b4 A remembrance of Paul has been added to the site. This one comes from another of Paul's friends from his days in aerospace, Rick Burrows. Rick Burrows 2007-04-14T14:45:16Z urn:uuid:332f96da-c6a6-4eb4-8d13-28f0f3c3e376 The first of several remembrances of Paul has been added to the site. Written by Rick Hughes, Paul's close, long-time friend, it is a lovingly written, anecdotal look at 27 years of Paul's life. It's a great read. Rick Hughes 2007-04-14T02:47:00Z urn:uuid:679f94ef-55ce-48e8-be9b-a77c23323df2 The change log that had been maintained at the site has been closed. This RSS Feed will now be maintained instead and will include all major news about the site. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla FireFox, and Apple Safari all include integrated feed readers, making an RSS Feed the most convenient way to communicate news. Will Fastie 2007-04-14T02:45:00Z urn:uuid:5b39210d-102f-4914-8887-af406c784de8 An RSS Feed has been added to the site. Subscribe to the feed to receive notificaton when changes are made. Will Fastie 2007-04-12T17:15:00Z urn:uuid:c90a3137-4476-49b6-8eb4-83c4a7be92d5 The sample pages for Paul's book <em>Gestalt Banjo</em> have been converted from plain Web pages to Adobe PDF files. These will be more attractive when printed. A link to the PDF is on each sample section. Will Fastie 2007-04-09T12:15:00Z urn:uuid:3e7b77e1-2c27-4284-80ac-47b1a8a7ce44 Paul's catalog page has been reformatted to be a bit more user-friendly. Images of each catalog page now pop up in a separate window. A description has been provided for all pages. Will Fastie 2007-04-09T12:15:00Z urn:uuid:e621b6e4-a552-46cc-90e4-7f82c81866e9 Will has completed the technical redesign of the site. All pages are now in their new locations with their permanent names. Those with bookmarks or links to the site are encouraged to update them. Will Fastie 2007-04-09T12:15:00Z urn:uuid:1107776c-5b81-41f4-bc60-29f0f4478460 Will has begun the technical redesign of Paul's site, a project Paul was planning to take on before he took ill. The new design will be standards-compliant but remain completely faithful to Paul's original 1999 design, which has stood the test of time. Will Fastie 2007-03-24T20:00:00Z urn:uuid:3380db31-4bae-4400-9888-5cc3945893d6 Paul Hawthorne's Web site is now hosted by Will Fastie at a new address, <a href="http://hawthorne.fastie.com">hawthorne.fastie.com<a>. Will Fastie 2007-03-22T20:00:00Z urn:uuid:a9f9b3a2-bc85-4c75-9ba4-fd7bca6cab28