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Re: (idm) disco - graffee

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1999-04-22 15:14Miau-Miau International (idm) disco - graffee
└─ 1999-04-22 21:20Moonlight Re: (idm) disco - graffee
1999-04-22 19:30david turgeon Re: (idm) disco - graffee
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1999-04-22 15:14Miau-Miau Internationalfrom a friend who works at sonicnet (big music website of the mainstream-corporate type):
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Thu, 22 Apr 99 15:14:54 -0000
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(idm) disco - graffee
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from a friend who works at sonicnet (big music website of the mainstream-corporate type):
quoted 8 lines yesterday, sonicnet had a focus group>yesterday, sonicnet had a focus group >to watch new "users" click around on the front page of sn and perform >"tasks" (ie: find the new fatboy slim video on sn and watch it). anyway - i >went to observe part of the day and you want to know a word that no one - >like NONE of the people- knew what it was? discography. nobody understood >this word or had a clue what it meant. they would go to the word with the >mouse and say "disco - graffee? what is this? what do i get" one person >thought they would get "disco graphics", whatever the hell that is. weird,
huh?
quoted 2 lines i thought you might think that was funny...but also, you might want to> i thought you might think that was funny...but also, you might want to >avoid the use of that word on your site because nobody knows what it is!
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1999-04-22 21:20MoonlightJust wondering what else one could call a discography? "List of albums, singles, remixes,
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Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:20:42 -0500
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Just wondering what else one could call a discography? "List of albums, singles, remixes, and compilation appearances, with in depth information"? At 03:14 PM 4/22/99 -0000, Miau-Miau International wrote:
quoted 2 lines i thought you might think that was funny...but also, you might want to> i thought you might think that was funny...but also, you might want to >avoid the use of that word on your site because nobody knows what it is!
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1999-04-22 19:30david turgeonMiau-Miau International wrote: > from a friend who works at sonicnet (big music website of
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Re: (idm) disco - graffee
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Miau-Miau International wrote:
quoted 13 lines from a friend who works at sonicnet (big music website of the> from a friend who works at sonicnet (big music website of the > mainstream-corporate type): > >yesterday, sonicnet had a focus group > >to watch new "users" click around on the front page of sn and perform > >"tasks" (ie: find the new fatboy slim video on sn and watch it). anyway - i > >went to observe part of the day and you want to know a word that no one - > >like NONE of the people- knew what it was? discography. nobody understood > >this word or had a clue what it meant. they would go to the word with the > >mouse and say "disco - graffee? what is this? what do i get" one person > >thought they would get "disco graphics", whatever the hell that is. weird, > huh? > > i thought you might think that was funny...but also, you might want to > >avoid the use of that word on your site because nobody knows what it is!
that's not so surprising, knowing what kind of music they cover. the people who'd be likely to know what a discography is are people into certain pop/rock bands which typically appeal to collectors & completists or into jazz, electronic music, experimental music, & any kind of music which puts more focus into what a given artist has done in their career than whatever new single thay have on mtv these days. it doesn't make much sense talking of a discography in the case of some big-hit band which in most people's mind hasn't done anything (not even a demo) before releasing their first major label record, or their latest mtv hit for that matter. or it could be that their test group was incredibly retarded. or both. -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com