On Wed, 14 Aug 1996 16:47:55 -0800, you wrote:
quoted 3 lines i think the larger question here might be...with a list of over 800>>i think the larger question here might be...with a list of over 800
>members, why is so much of the conversation dominated by such utterly
>pedantic nonfacts about the same old thing...
Because only about 25 people out of that 800 appear to read things. If
people read and remembered things there wouldn't be so many redundant
posts about trivial crap. It really pisses me off when people who I
know have been on the list for years leap in with "what's SKA001" or
something equally over discussed. This has been a problem for years.
quoted 26 lines granted, there is reason to>granted, there is reason to
>look in that direction, now and again, but to dominate all your time with
>it... you would hope for more depth from people...just cause i like
>chocolate cake doesn't mean i eat it all the fucking time...) by the same
>old people (hey..in all sincerity, it's music lovers like me who appriciate
>all the knowledge you aquire, supply me with when i need to ask, and provide
>informative webpages, but there are some of you who tend to flood this list
>with more "frothing" details and announcements that get the kids all
>caffeinated) that frankly from nearly any standpoint, looks pretty dismal
>next to the crowd at the record stores. let me give you and example. i'm a
>dj, and pay pretty close attention to what comes out. heres a few we could
>have been talking about:
>>
>>auto kinetic vs. freddie fresh (emf)
>>kimmo rapatti (dum)
>>omni trio "haunted science"
>>dark globe "take me to the sound"
>>air "modular" (mo wax)
>>two lone swordsman "the fifth mission" (3x12" on ewmissions)
>>pfm "mystics" (good looking)
>>beat classics "sampler" (dc recordings)
>>2 player "sometimes" (ntone)
>>new adventures "everythings gone green" (advent mixing no on internal)
>>ian pooley vs jaguar "2 cowboys vol2" (force inc. fella unmentionable
>unless "warped")
>>delta "sex implosion" (electron industries)
well fucking review them then you idiot.
quoted 5 lines all of these could fall under idm consideration for discussion, but the air>all of these could fall under idm consideration for discussion, but the air
>is thick with what is now accurately being described as warphlex tyranny.
>some of the less knowledgable (and obsessive) types would rather not say
>something about a record that they like, for fear of looking less
>knowledgeable (or less privvy to insider info).
fuck off. do you honestly believe this? people don't review stuff for
two reasons: if it's no good, or if they can't be arsed. I posted the
other day with the effect that people should review more stuff. come
to a blech. no warphlex tyranny there.
quoted 4 lines i try to combat this with>i try to combat this with
>(admittedly) poorly written reviews i could title "stuff no one else
>mentioned that's still good", but it is frustrating to put the info out
>there, to get maybe one or two acknowledgements.
oh you just want attention! just because no one replies to your review
doesn't mean they didn't read it or weren't influenced by it. I get
fuck all feedback to my posts.
I think this post can be filed as that old favorite "why isn't x
talked about". short and blunt answer to that is a few paragraphs
above.
quoted 4 lines others address this point>others address this point
>with the occaisional reappearance (everyone should thank ozy for a spooky
>view, but many of you who would have spent the do on found sound are now
>saving up for boy/girl, cause you believe the hype)
is a tracklisting hype?
quoted 3 lines but the lack of> but the lack of
>salicious cat and mouse games and "official" endorsement leaves the average
>listcontributor with little to reply to.
What offical endorsement. i have my own opinions outside of warp. as I
have stated before it is now hard to express them without people
reading things into them - i try to make it fairly obvious which are
'warp' staements and which are 'greg' statements.
as for cat and mouse games - maybe that's what it looks like from the
outside but that is never the intention. sometimes it isn't possible
to reveal everything about something at the time. like aphex and big
love...
oh fuck that I don't have to justify myself to you.
do people ever call you a humourless bastard?
it's games, it's trivial, it's not life and death...
quoted 5 lines i may remind you that if you focus on covering a wide variety insted of>>i may remind you that if you focus on covering a wide variety insted of
>just your area of specialty, the list can rock bells (respect to many brains
>on 313 for keeping it informative, innovative relevant, and yet able to
>cover a broad variety of detroit artists with history, respect, and
>reverence)
respect and reverance(?) 313 is dry and contentless with imho.
quoted 2 lines and respect to the idm listmembers who report from all areas of>and respect to the idm listmembers who report from all areas of
>music (folks who love music and not collecting).
indeed. I think nearly everybody on this list loves music. That is
taken for granted.
g.