TIGTA Report on "Illegal Tax Protester" Designations

[LPC]

-- it don't get no respect, I tell ya

That and bagpipes. I have a dream someday of forming a marching band consisting of only these two instruments.

So you've never seen a Mummers' parade?

[Cathulhu]

-- it don't get no respect, I tell ya

That and bagpipes. I have a dream someday of forming a marching band consisting of only these two instruments.

You forgot the accordions!

[Judge Roy Bean]

Having had the completely serendipitous opportunity to pick guitar along with none other than Steve Martin years ago I hereby defend the banjo in the hands of a master. (It's a long story and like everyone else there, I was stunned.)

Come on, JRB, we wanna hear some details!

One - I was not alone.

Two - There were much better pickers there.

Three - It got harder and harder to keep up. Suffice it to say all I was doing after a few minutes was tapping my foot and grinning like an idiot.

[The Observer]

-- it don't get no respect, I tell ya

That and bagpipes. I have a dream someday of forming a marching band consisting of only these two instruments.

You forgot the accordions!

Ok, we'll include accordions. But we will not, I repeat, will not play "Lady of Spain."

[Judge Roy Bean]

For real accordion fun you must sometime see Paul Finch play (Brave Combo).

Nuclear polka

[wserra]

Clifton Chenier.

Or Clifton Chenier.

Or Clifton Chenier.

Did I mention Clifton Chenier?

[Cpt Banjo]

Steve Martin is a good banjo player, but for the best in straight-ahead, driving Scruggs-style picking (which, if you're going to do it correctly, is harder than many pickers will admit), you can't beat J. D. Crowe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFWmvlsrxc

[Judge Roy Bean]

From Lowering the Bar:
http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/06/p ... artin.html

From the Police Blotter: Steve Martin Can't Play the Banjo

Wanna bet?

Take my word for it, Mr. Martin CAN play the banjo, and I'm not the only one who can testify to that fact based on first-hand knowledge.

[webhick]

I like how the article uses the Grammys as justification that Steve Martin can play the banjo.

Milli Vanilli also won a Grammy.

That's not to say that Steve Martin can't play, but I like how the Grammy is used as proof.

[Lambkin]

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has released its 2010 report on IRS compliance with section 3707 of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, which prohibits the IRS from labeling taxpayers as "illegal tax protesters" or any similar designations.

The 2013 report: http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditrepo ... 0085fr.pdf