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Re: Responding to "gig spam"

I totally agree with spaceloop's response, but will add some further 
thoughts of my own.

I see the Loopers Delight community as something analagous to my personal 
circles of friends (yes, I have several :)).  One of those circles include 
two very talented visual artists, each of which is good enough to draw 
professionally for Marvel or DC comics if only given the opportunity.  
Now, 
I haven't seen a single drawings by either artist that I would call "bad", 
but if I did, would I say "it sucks" to his face?  In private is one 
thing, 
but would I proclaim "Jim's drawing sucks" in a publication for all to 
see?  
I mean, would I ever feel so strongly that I would not mind publicly 
humiliating my friend just to drive home to him the intensity of said 
"suckage"?

This is what I'm driving at.

Thanks,
Paolo

From:  rich <rich@nuvisionsca.com>
To:  Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject:  Re: Responding to "gig spam"
Date:  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:11:22 -0800


This is an interesting thread, i think, in that we are collectively
defining some boundaries.  How harsh should one be in critiquing a
fellow Looper?  Should we be soft, because we might hurt their
feelings?  Hurt their career?

Or should we be blatantly honest, since they did advertise here, and
encouraged to come to the show and give our opinions?

IMHO...Don't expect to be treated with kid gloves if you're doing
something "out there".  If you're doing noisy stuff, then the
majority of people are going to hear just plain noise. I don't think
we should protect these people's feelings.  The avante folks here
would see my music as alt/pop/garbage, i'll bet.

But respect is different to enjoyment.  I respect Sonic Youth, but
don't prefer to listen to them.  I've seen Nels Cline play a few
times, and while i enjoyed myself at the experience of going to a
show and seeing talented people play, i don't particularly like the
style of music he plays.  I'd rather listen to Kind of Blue than
Bitches Brew.  And that's just a tiny, tiny slice of the musical pie
according to my personal tastes...

kudos all around, to the advertisement, the performance and the critiques!

rich
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