Re: cancelled: march 11 open loop

["Tom Ritchford" <tom@swirly.com>]

On 3/10/06, Clint Allen <clint.allen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Its looking more and more like Williamsburg at this point.
>
>  and any helpful info offline is greatly, greatly appreciated!!!

Oh, *really*?!  Well, I live in Williamsburg... so this is seeming
very promising.  There are clubs around there that I think are
bookable -- but group efforts are much better.

Drop me a line offlist and we can chat!



>
>  Clint
>
>
> On 3/9/06, Tom Ritchford <tom@swirly.com> wrote:
> > Good move!  Where in Brooklyn?!
> >
> > On 3/9/06, Clint Allen <clint.allen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I can't promise to do much, but hopefully I will be able to add a few
> > > individuals at these shows (myself included) in the next few months 
>as I
> and
> > > two of my collaborators/friends relocate to the Brooklyn area...
> > >
> > > Clint Allen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/9/06, Tom Ritchford < tom@swirly.com> wrote:
> > > > That's "towel" not "trowel"!  :-D
> > > >
> > > > Yes, the weather was against us.  But I've been doing this for a 
>long
> > > > time.  I run a fairly popular events mailing list here too that I 
>use
> > > > to advertise this stuff.   In previous times, I've done things like
> > > > getting ads in newspapers and handing out lots and lots of fliers.
> > > > And yet I'd be really, really surprised if I had a show and a dozen
> > > > people showed up.
> > > >
> > > > Considering the amount of gear I take out and the time and money it
> > > > takes me to get out, there's a level of patheticness that I can't
> > > > really stomach here.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > People just aren't so interested in going out and listening to 
>music
> > > > any more.  If you have thousands of tracks from all the world's
> > > > musicians on a little box the size of a cigarette package, there
> > > > really isn't much incentive to go out and just listen.  Sure, going
> > > > out for a *show*, or to dance... logical.  But not to listen.
> > > >
> > > > Older people are more listeners -- but a lot of them aren't 
>interested
> > > > in weird music any more.  And they don't seem to come out.
> > > >
> > > > Younger people want either a spectacle or dance music and I can't
> > > > provide that.  And I'm not *such* an amazing musician that they'll
> > > > just show up to admire my chops (and really, when does that happen
> > > > nowadays?)
> > > >
> > > >    /t
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 3/8/06, Dan Ash <Daniel.Ash@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > > > Tom,
> > > > >
> > > > > That's too bad.
> > > > >
> > > > > Wasn't there a snowstorm the night of the last loop event in
> Brooklyn?
> > > > > That might have been a factor.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope you're not really throwing in the trowel.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dan Ash
> > > > > White Plains, NY
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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