From david turgeon Sent Mon, Jun 14th 1999, 21:32
From david turgeon Sent Mon, Jun 14th 1999, 21:32
> these days people have come up with more and more clever excuses not to be > chill. This list is the most un-chill up tight anal squeeze in the world. By > all means, as a place of peaceful exchange of ideas and thoughts and > experiences.. which idealistically it should be, it is instead a never ending > strive towards the beginning of a circle.. a never ending race towards what > I'm not so sure.. quite a nice allegory for life in general, don't you think? finding the beginning of a circle. boy, you'll run for a while. but what else is there to do, if all you know is the circle? (i guess this is so theorical & abstract it probably doesn't even mean anything regarding the physical world.) > all we ever do is exchange facts.. it's like an information list and whoever > has the most information wins. and the length of time having knowing that > junk and owning that shit is the frosting on the cake.. or is it visa versa? what what what? if there's anything i see _not_ happening on this list, it's what you're depicting exactly. i guess the most obvious example is lance mcgannon. he has the most information, yet seems to me one of the kindest persons on this list. i've never seen him brag about his records. he just does that, provide information. & besides, may i recall something you wrote earlier in this same message: > it's not worth it to me to sign off this list right now, I have alot to use > it for.. it's an information library, ...? > all I can do is sigh when I think about that, and that's it sigh and > whatever.. because whatever, WHATEVER.. that's it. sigh, as you say. don't mean to insult you or step on your bubble, but i've seen scenes _far_ worse than this list, so i don't see what your comment is really for. the internet usually brings the worse in people, so it's likely you'll see a lot of uncalled pretention, uptightness & what have you in any given so-called e-community. i usually try to disregard it & focus on the nice things about said community. obviously certain things can get tedious or turn into real pains in the ass, but surprisingly enough this hasn't happened very often on here, considering 1) how many subscribers are on it & 2) the flaming potential associated with something so subjective as music. this could potentially be the worse place on the net, but i tend to like it more than i'm annoyed with it. but ymmv, as they say. (took me a while to get _that_ acronym, i must say.) if any of this message offends you or if you feel attacked by it, please don't. i just think you should revise your judgement of this list. it is probably as nice as a list of this size can reasonably be. take care, -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com