quoted 4 lines PS I'm sure there are many of us on the list who have bought something> PS I'm sure there are many of us on the list who have bought something
> that they would not ordinarily buy, just because it has been reccomended
> or discussed here. I know I have. Surely this sums up what the list is
> all about - exploring music through communication.
This list really is a great tribute to the power of the net to facilitate
collaborative endeavors. It is such a simple concept, and yet overcomes many
problems I know I face every day, namely:
- keeping up with the frontiers of electronica across the globe.
- sifting through the wastelands known as the web, looking for the really
bad ass cool sites.
- knowing whether or not to buy Future Sound of Richard's Bedroom Part
3.14XII-2, on 12"/CD/Tape/MD/DAT/DCC, or DVD.
- how truthful articles in magazines are, or "why record companies really
_are_ out to screw artists over".
By "problem", I mean that in its strictest sense. I've got plenty else to do
besides read mail on IDM, and frankly, I delete over half of all e-mail that
comes in simply because I don't have time to read everything. But if a
subject line catches me, I'll follow the thread to see where it leads.
At any rate, this list serves far too many purposes to really classify it as
just a "musician's" list, or "DJ" list, or "trainspotter's" list... it's
really all of the above, and a whole lot more.
np: the sound of lightbulbs being changed, someone running by my desk, a
conversation by the copy machine, a chair being dragged over a duct-taped
down power strip, only to unplug said plug fro....... NO CARRIER
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jr