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From:
Stephen D. Olson
To:
Knapman, James
Cc:
'idm@hyperreal.com' , 'Peter Becker'
Date:
Thu, 06 Apr 2000 12:18:38 -0700
Subject:
Re: [idm] the Plaid/BD thing
Msg-Id:
<38ECE30D.A77B899D@risd.edu>
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james,very well stated, peter, please please get of your high horse, plus, don't you have anything better to worry about than us worrying about "plaid vs. black dog"? that's a concern that is two steps removed from the source, yeh? word to god stev "Knapman, James" wrote:
quoted 39 lines Peter wrote:> Peter wrote: > > >I wonder when I read these posts concerning very personal squabbles > between bands ( who are the first to blame for dirty laundering in public) > > >With exception to the posters who claim to be "friends of so and > so", why are we going over this shit? Do you really feel part of this > debate if you have no personal connection to these groups? Why are we > picking sides in a debate that most of us * have no say in at all*? Are the > opinions of some random individual going to change Plaid/ Ken's personal > debate? > > Yeah, perhaps we should all just shut up and never post anything again. > That'd be really good wouldn't it? Perhaps we shouldn't discuss any music at > all unless we're friends of the artists who created it. Because that makes > sense. > > I don't think people have any interest in changing Plaid/Black Dog's > personal debate - it's their debate (if three posts can be considered a > debate that it). > > The release of the compilation album is news. About music. Therefore, this > being a discussion / mailing list about IDM, people are discussing it. The > opinions of random individuals are what this mailing list is partly about > isn't it? That the news was turned into a personal debate is the result of > the fact that the artists have problems with copyright etc. > > >do any of you folks have lives of your own? > > What an offensive and ill considered remark. Reading the posts about > Plaid/BD and posting my opinion took a few token minutes out of my life. You > don't really think people are eating out enormous chunks of their lives > wringing their hands over this whole issue do you? > > James. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
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