everyone should try biting their tongues sometimes and try to to refrain
from ad hoc posting because of a perceived personal attack...tom w
np: give peace a chance
On Fri, 10 Jan 97 17:48 NFT Franz Eggshell <eggshell@ts.umu.se> writes:
quoted 82 lines Hey guys!
>Hey guys!
>
>What's this list coming to?
>Lately I've recieved about 70-80 mails /day and _VERY_ few of these
>have
>actually contained any information worthwile. I mean, this orbital
>thing,
>It's fuckin hilarious...
>The worst thing tho is that this list ain't no IDM discussion list
>nomore.
>People are discussing U2, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Primal Scream,
>David
>Bowie, Prince n samba. People are selling stupid drummachines, and
>discuss
>what kind of headphones one should use. People are advertising for
>their
>computer-demo homepage. People are asking for good shops in
>this-or-that area.
>All this is to be justified with putting a "on: aphex twin; blue calx"
>beneath
>the signature.
>
>I won't let you think that I'm some kinda snowed under narrowminded
>twat
>sitting
>with my computer complaining about all n everything. Actually i kinda
>like
>Sinatra n U2, and i'm pretty interested in knowing about different
>turntables.
>If i could, I'll prolly try to sell you a sequencer or two as well.
>
>But this is not what this list is about.
>
>Or am I wrong?
>
>I thank those who still post reviews, for-sale lists (i've gotten
>myself some
>really great music this way, at a cheap rate), information about new
>releases,
>all these kinda things. I admire ppl like Fresh, James Skilton and
>Jason
>McCollum
>for actually diong something that matters.
>
>I think this list would work very well as some kind of forum between
>us and the
>people involved in the releases that we praise on this list but... Ken
>Downing
>left, Grant from Rephlex spoke about leaving, and I haven't seen a
>post from
>Warp-Greg for a long time... Lemme say this: I'm not surprised...
>
>Lately there's also been posts from people who didn't find this list
>useful,
>and If I recently subscribed I would've left faster than I came... Now
>as it
>happens to be, I've been on this list for some while and I know that
>every now
>and then intelligent and/or interesing posts pop up, I've also made
>some great
>frinds thanks to this list,but If I didn't have my free internet offer
>I would
>do this to myself. I wouldn't fucking plow through 80 senseless posts
>a day.
>
>I believe the situation has to be thought over... Any suggestions of
>what
>to do?
>Or is it only me feeling this way... Opinions anyone.
>
>yeah, and fear my spelling.
>
>Cheers,
> Franz Enmark typ Levnadsklapare.
>
>On: The Black Dog: Music for Adverts.
> --- franz enmark --- extra terrestrial ---
> --- there's a sheep loose in the lane, ---
> --- there's a goose asleep in the rain ---
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