On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Brian Davis wrote:
quoted 11 lines Franz Eggshell wrote:> Franz Eggshell wrote:
> >
> > 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.
I agree that a that there are a lot of posts that aren't IDM related. Some
of them are a boring and don't really relate to what we talk about, and
then there are some IDM messages that aren't really worth posting (IMHO).
I am so sick of seeing these Orbital messages, I like the band and all.
But I am not really interested in reading about them everyday (it gets old
fast).
And who really cares if Bowie likes Photek. Does that really mean
anything? He was also a big Kraftwerk fan in the day, but who cares. I
guess I am definitely not a big fan of long threads. Keep it short or
respond in private if you don't have much to say.
quoted 3 lines But this is not what this list is about.> > But this is not what this list is about.
> >
> > Or am I wrong?
I agree with your points.
quoted 5 lines I thank those who still post reviews, for-sale lists (i've gotten myself some> > 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.quoted 4 lines I think this list would work very well as some kind of forum between us and the> > 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...
Ken Downie's departure seemed a little immature. He didn't like negative
responses to his album or didn't like comments like Plaid was better. That
is all subjective, and there are many people on this list that do like his
new release. He shouldn't have taken the criticism personally. You can't
please everyone. And of course there will be people that prefer Black Dog
as a trio or prefer Plaid.
Regarding Grant and g3, that is too bad if they leave the list. There
comments were usually interesting, but maybe they are getting bored. I
hope both keep us updated on the list, even if they don't contribute in
discussions.
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