If anyone had looked closely at my posts, it is easy to see I don't want Donny to take his ball and go play somewhere else. I would like Donny to post MORE, in fact. But I'd like Donny to post about things that his opinion DOESN'T change 180º every few weeks, that plenty of members here COULD benefit from.

There is much he could do to contribute, and make this place into a far better environment, but as probably 90% of what he posts is reversed within weeks, and ALL of it is argued with fervor, it isn't, IMO, helping anything other than get this place the reputation it so unarguably deserves. Next to nothing about music, next to nothing about playing, and every last whim argued for (or against) as if it were dogma. And Jihad against anyone that dares contradict what his 'opinion of the day' is

It's like working in an Alzheimer's ward Donny has conveniently forgotten every last jibe, taunt,. putdown, snide or backhanded comment he made about everyone ELSE'S arranger as soon as he changes (for all the 'pro-Donny' faction, how about just a LITTLE criticism of how snide HE can be when it suits him, eh? Or is it only US that isn't allowed to be offhand? )

Trouble is, for those of us just a little less capricious, it is only too easy to remember how hostile he could get while he was on the other side of the fence. You would honestly think, by now, that as he already KNOWS just how often he is going to change, being a little less hostile during the brief time he will have with what he has about everything else (and a little less gushing about what he DOES) would make these frequent transitions so much smoother for us all

You know, it's the third rail for a politician to flip-flop positions in the US (probably most places). You MIGHT get away with reversing your position once, but that's it. Reverse it every few weeks, and NO-ONE will ever vote for you again... Donny flip-flops constantly, but somehow mysteriously expects us to still take him seriously (and gets all huffy when he doesn't get it). He would not give respect to anyone else that was as inconstant, why expect it from us..?

Why not restrict himself to opinions that he has held for a year or more? Like playing styles, entertaining (you KNOW he doesn't change his act so radically every few weeks - he wouldn't be booked at all doing that!), stuff he is SURE he won't reverse next week.

But to offer an opinion that no reasonable person could possibly infer isn't going to get reversed is just a waste. It isn't just tossing pearls before swine.

It is tossing swine before pearls...

Don't take your ball and leave, Donny. Let's just play a different game. One where the rules don't change every quarter...