From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V2 #67 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Thursday, May 27 1999 Volume 02 : Number 067 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: John's writing ["Sean Palen" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 05:48:19 PDT From: "Sean Palen" Subject: Re: John's writing JGers In response to the post, if you are a songwriter and your "shtick' is observing and writing about what you see, a skilled person at their craft, once they choose what they want to write about, well I think you're listening to a very very skilled obeserver and songwriter , what a great combination. Take it easy Sean >From: "Steve McGraw" >Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org >To: >Subject: Re: John's writing >Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:43:03 -0400 > >You're probably right about how JG came to write that song, Paula, but if >he's that good, and has never had any direct experience with the subject >matter, then the sky's the limit for him. What an amazing talent! Maybe >someone else on the JG list will come up with a more in-depth answer, but >there may not be one . . . > >Thanks! > >Steve >-----Original Message----- >From: ThePsyche@aol.com >To: good-noise@smoe.org >Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 6:25 PM >Subject: John's writing > > > >Steve writes: > > > >> I learned about John Gorka and his amazing music = > >> just a few months ago from a very dear friend of mine on the David = > >> Wilcox list > > > >I thought we got rid of you!!!! > > > >Wonderful post and good questions to which I have no answers....but of > >course, an opinion. > > > >About Campain Trail: I think the biggest strength in John's writing is >his > >observant eye. He has a way of taking a person, a situation, a place or >an > >attitude and defining it in human terms. Simple, clear, with an economy >of > >words. > > > >Politics is messy and convoluted and full of people who are not what they > >seem on the surface. You say and do what others are telling you *the >people* > >want or need or think and in the end, you may lose sight of what you >really > >wanted to do, hoped to accomplish and truly believe in. > > > >But....you got elected. > > > >Just my rambling thoughts on a late spring afternoon. > > > >Adios, Bryn > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V2 #67 *******************************