From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V3 #194 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/pattyg/patttyg.htm * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com * then click "tour" and fill in the blanks :) * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Thursday, July 1 1999 Volume 03 : Number 194 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [Fwd: Re: MM: patty vs. fame?] [L & C Israelson Subject: [Fwd: Re: MM: patty vs. fame?] I always (well, almost always) forget that replies on mad-mission go to the individual poster, not the full list. Sorry! Larry I in LA - --------------50E419EED59 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <377A97A0.1A51@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:18:08 -0700 From: L & C Israelson Reply-To: nelliebly@earthlink.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Haskitt Subject: Re: MM: patty vs. fame? References: <199906212215.SAA21904@smoe.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think Scott is on the right track here. I subscribe to one other music-oriented mailing list, for fans of singer/songwriter Graham Parker, who IMHO has fashioned an amazing 20-plus-year career. He has released numerous albums on numerous labels to usually glowing reviews accompanied by usually poor sales. It's been said that two of his more recent efforts sold so poorly that they put some small record companies out of business. His latest CD is not in stores and can only be purchased on the Internet. He was anointed an "angry young man" early on by the media, who now pigeonhole him as a "bitter old man" when they bother to consider him at all. (I'm coming to a Patty-related point real soon!) Anyway, one of the coolest things about Parker is that he allowed a loyal fan to set up a website devoted to him, where Graham posts occasional columns and answers to questions posed via e-mail. MANY, MANY fans have asked him if he's bitter/resentful that stardom has eluded him, and his responses have been very candid. In a nutshell, although he acknowledges disappointments in his career, he is grateful to have sold enough albums and concert tickets to live in rural New York and play music or soccer as his moods take him. I think a similar career would suit Patty just fine as well. Maybe I'll get up the courage to ask her next time I see her perform. Larry I in LA Scott Haskitt wrote: > > I think patty is an an incredible musician, writer, performer, hell...we all > do. I think it is a wonderful thing that she gets to do what she does best > professionally. I think we need to look at what is important here. She's > living the dream already. The rest is just stardom and money, neither of > which should have the least bit to do with music. I would guess that she > feels personal enough about her music to not make it matter all that much, > just as long as she can live comfortably. But...I don't know her. I could > be dead wrong. That's the beauty of it. She can still walk down the street > and be as inconspicuous as joe the baker. Music (especially hers) is bigger > than fame, bigger than money. > > - scott - --------------50E419EED59-- ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V3 #194 *********************************