From s.f.w.d. Sent Wed, Mar 11th 1998, 19:55
From s.f.w.d. Sent Wed, Mar 11th 1998, 19:55
> Hello, I'm new to the list here. I couldn't help notice that since I > joined about a week ago, most of the posts here have been short > messages being only requests to buy records, or pointers to for-sale > lists. > > On one hand, I realize that the trading/buying/selling of 12" goods is a > *huge* part of the culture, moreso than in probably any other forum > of music these days -- all for obvious reasons. On the other hand, > browsing through one "I have aphex, wgchrist, autechre for sale" > type message after the other, each with no other content, can get rather > boring. > > Maybe I joined at a slow time. Maybe I should just shut the fuck up. > And I don't want to wish the good folks at Hyperreal any more work > than necessary -- but has anyone ever considered the idea of an > "idm-marketplace" list? Being an "org" site has its limitations, I > know. But since most of the posts are more *pointers* to for-sale lists > than actual for-sale lists (which is appreciated) and are, hence, > more "OK" within an org site, I figure it may possible work. (For one > thing, using the word "marketplace" at all may seem a bit obvious... :) > > Feel free to blast my whinings and general newbieness. I suck, I know. Actually, I somewhat agree (though am constantly searching for those forsale lists!) Thats why I started my whitezone-l (specifically because I was tired of scanning the idm and ambient lists for forsale lists, amongst the 'real' posts) Some people make pretty good use of it (Puckered1 is a good example) but alot of people posts their lists here also because the # of people on the whitezone-l isn't all that big (at least I assume thats why...) xxxx@xxxxx.xxx /// occasional noisy soundfiles (np: burundi challenge.rm) http://www.sonic.net/~brap/ blackdog, vvm, whitezone-l, slipdisc, radiora.ram C.Gosselin, 1547 Boston Court #7, Santa Rosa, CA 95405