Re: bridge burning - moderation

[Ken Hawkins <ken@rosewoodblues.com>]

WOW, i just went through this thread. on the outside chance that someone 
else is trying to get something from this list. i think i should remind 
everyone here that music is what it is! as different as the air 
particles that fill our lungs. life is too short to be swept up in 
anger. come on guys, can't we all just get along. take a breath (or a 
toke, if that is your bag) and find a center. maybe a nice lithium pill 
will help out :)

2 cents,
ken;

Nic Roozeboom wrote:

> I would tend to agree with Tim's assessment that this list lacks 
> moderation. LD is a very uncomfortable place to be for people just 
> looking for informative and/or entertaining discussion. I suspect many 
> people, like me, stay on and try to tune out or ignore the flare-ups - 
> or unsubscribe. (I'm not talking about the "passionate yet 
> informative" contributions, just the really senseless and irrelevant 
> ones). I think it would be nice to have just a little bit of moderation.
>
> Best,
> Nic
>
>
>> From: Fsksync@aol.com
>> Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Subject: Re: bridge burning (was Re: electrix repeater wanted)
>> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:17:12 EDT
>>
>> Whatever, Mark, or whoever relayed this email.
>> WHENEVER any bad vibes are on this list, Mr. Mark "look at me" Sottilaro
>> seems to be right behind it. Maybe you think you are funny. Maybe 
>> some others
>> think you are funny. I think you have a very big problem, and I don't 
>> give a shit
>> what you think about me, looping, music, or anything at all.
>> I think you are a very big Prima Donna, probably into music for all 
>> the wrong
>> reasons.
>> Anyway you slice it, I don't want to know you, hear what you have to say
>> about anything, and most of all I wouldn't have your music in my 
>> ears, at any
>> cost.
>> Now, THAT's community!
>>
>> Usually it's the "list moderator" 's job to reel in assholes like 
>> you, Mark,
>> but as we all know, Kim thrives on conflict, and likes to see bad 
>> vibes loop
>> around the knuckleheads. That's his perogative- it's his list.
>>
>> I don't think you are funny at all. I think you are very sad.
>>
>> Ok folks, begin hurling bricks at me now...
>>
>> Tim F
>>
>> PS Kim- are you enjoying this?
>>
>> PPS Mark- I meant it- filter me out of your email (if I don't unsub)
>>
>> In a message dated 10/6/03 9:50:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> squidloop@thetentacle.org writes:
>>
>> > yawn
>> >
>> > :::-----Original Message-----
>> > :::From: Mark Sottilaro [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net]
>> > :::Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 11:05 PM
>> > :::To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> > :::Subject: bridge burning (was Re: electrix repeater wanted)
>> > :::
>> > :::Sigh.  You can't make everyone happy, but you can make everyone
>> > :::miserable.  I thought the intelligence here would be higher than 
>> the
>> > :::mean, but boy was I wrong!  Should I spell it out?  OK!
>> > :::
>> > :::Calling your gig with another looping musician a "Loopfest" and 
>> even
>> > :::more gall enhanced, "First Loopfest EVER" now that is EGO.  
>> Hello!  Is
>> > :::anyone awake?  TAP TAP TAP IS THIS THING ON!?  If you weren't
>> > :::borderline retarded, you'd realize that my one man loopfest was 
>> poking
>> > :::fun at The GREAT RICK WALKER (who I actually consider a friend)  
>> He's
>> > :::got quite a healthy ego, so I thought a little poke at it would be
>> > :::fine.  Since he doesn't seem to be the least bit offended, and has
>> > :::actually been corresponding with me off list, I'll assume I'm 
>> right.
>> > :::If I'm wrong, I guess it doesn't matter as I'm not one of his 
>> "featured
>> > :::performers" and frankly the back-patting, self-congratulatory 
>> events
>> > :::that loopfests actually are don't really interest me much.  I 
>> just find
>> > :::it weird that you'd elevate some artists to "featured" status 
>> when the
>> > :::only audience to these events are the people playing them.  Why not
>> > :::just say, "good performer" and "filler" and be done with it?
>> > :::
>> > :::OK, I'm tired of typing, and realize that unless I could somehow 
>> do a
>> > :::"Flowers for Algernon" type of enhancement on you, you're not
>> > :::understanding me anyway.  I don't have a big ego Tim, I'm just 
>> not dim
>> > :::like yourself.  In case you haven't notice from my charming
>> > :::personality, I'm not one to be in cliques.  Frankly, I thought 
>> Terry
>> > :::was a cool guy and was twice the musician most of you are and 
>> probably
>> > :::half the ego.  I was a bit sad when he was driven off because he 
>> was
>> > :::trying to promote himself, yet when others do much worse, it 
>> seems to
>> > :::go unnoticed because they're in "the looper clique."  Bah.  I'd be
>> > :::humbled to do a show with him any day of the week.
>> > :::
>> > :::And for my final bridge burning moment (boy am I done with this 
>> list!)
>> > :::I'm going to finish it with a little review of Matthais' last 
>> album:
>> > :::
>> > :::Unlistenable.  The man has absolutely no sense of rhythm at 
>> all.  Needs
>> > :::to knock off the ganja and spend a month with a metronome.  
>> Better yet,
>> > :::drop the guitar for a while and work on a modern EDP and drop that
>> > :::frustrated ex musician know-it-all Kim and get someone who gives 
>> a crap
>> > :::to help you develop and market your (brilliant) product.
>> > :::
>> > :::Man that felt good!  If I had to read one more steller review of 
>> that
>> > :::thrown together piece of crap (the album) I was going to puke.  
>> I'm not
>> > :::saying I'm a great musician, but I'm not trying to get money for it
>> > :::either.
>> > :::
>> > :::So that's that.  The LD list has mostly been a source of anger and
>> > :::bewilderment to me for a while and I should have followed my 
>> instincts
>> > :::and stayed unsubscribed.  I don't have the disposition for it. LOL!
>> > :::
>> > :::
>> > :::Cheerio!
>> > :::
>> > :::Mark Sottilaro
>> > :::On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 09:25 PM, Fsksync@aol.com wrote:
>> > :::
>> > :::> In a message dated 10/4/03 10:36:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> > :::> sine@zerocrossing.net writes:
>> > :::>
>> > :::> Ah, now who feels like the idiot?  I was trying to interject a 
>> little
>> > :::> humor but I always forget how few humans understand humor.  
>> Don't waste
>> > :::> your time responding Jeff, you've made my illustrious ignore 
>> filter.
>> > :::>
>> > :::> Mark Sottilaro
>> > :::>
>> > :::>
>> > :::>
>> > :::> Add me to your filter, Mark, I've already filtered your 
>> egocentric
>> > :::> displays. Life is too short to have people like you involved 
>> in mine
>> > :::> in ANY way. Go back to your  one "man" looping festival. Maybe 
>> you can
>> > :::> get Terry Blankenship to open for you. You can call it "EGO 
>> LOOP'.
>> > :::>
>> > :::> Yawn
>> > :::>
>> > :::> Tim
>> > :::
>> > :::
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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