On Fri, 20 May 1994, Dave Walker wrote:
quoted 6 lines I'm not trying to put words in Jamie's mouth, but (correct me if I'm> I'm not trying to put words in Jamie's mouth, but (correct me if I'm
> wrong) I think what's being referred to here is that it's frustrating
> to wade through post after post of trainspotting (what's that FSOL
> IP address again?) and the like when there's oceans of potentially
> {i} (thanks Mike Brown!) music that never even gets mentioned
> here.
Well, damnit, TELL US ABOUT IT. If it never gets mentioned here, whose
fault is that? It's not mine. I don't have knowledge or access to this
scene; I'm basically an outsider, and I don't even have a turntable. But I
*love* most of the music that is discussed on this list, and if there is
more out there, then I'm *never* going to find out about it if someone
doesn't mention it on this list. I have bought CDs sound-unheard based
solely on recommendations from this list, and about 90% of the time,
they're hits. (I figure I can sell them if I don't like them, so I don't
lose too much money on the deal, but at least I get to hear them as
opposed to wondering what the heck they're like.) I'd never own any Reload
if it wasn't for this list, for instance, and I feel as though I'd be
missing out on a great couple of discs if that was the case.
So if there's good stuff out there, tell us about it. Please. Then we can
all know what's out there and have (pardon the pun) intelligent
discussions about it here. But you can't expect us to gain knowledge of
this stuff in a vacuum. I can afford to buy stuff that I've heard
descriptions of here, but I can't afford to buy stuff with no outside
knowledge at all.
- Adam J Weitzman
INDIVIDUAL, Inc.
weitzman@individual.com