From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V4 #212 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Wednesday, June 22 2005 Volume 04 : Number 212 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:51:51 -0500 From: Brian Andersen Subject: Re: seven-seas Blog? (was 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for Echo') yeah I just commented on your radio story. You should be a writer or something ;-) On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:41:20 -0800, Charles Pham wrote: > Huge, Chris. Huge. Adding you to my list of morning links. :) > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:11:51 -0800 (PST), chris adams > wrote: > > OK. I started a blog. Don't know what to do with it, though. If > > anyone cares to visit and get it started by asking a question or > > someething, lemme know, cos I'm drawing a blank. > > Visit http://neonhalos.blogspot.com/ > > Thanks. > > Chris > > > > > > Brian Andersen wrote: > > Go here: > > > > http://www.blogger.com/start > > > > and create an account and post your thoughts and wit whenever you want > > and send the link around for people to read. > > > > From the blogger faq: > > What's a blog? > > > > A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A > > political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your > > own private thoughts. Memos to the world. > > > > Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, > > in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules. > > > > In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an > > ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can > > read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. > > Or not. > > > > Since Blogger was launched, almost five years ago, blogs have reshaped > > the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions > > of people to have a voice and connect with others. > > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 05:57:57 -0800 (PST), chris adams > > wrote: > > > Thanks. To be honest with ya, I'm really not farmiliar with how blogs > > > work. The word "blog" has always sounded so graceless that I've never > > > looked into it. "Hey, didja see my blog?" translates to me into "Hey, > > > check out what I left in the toilet." Whaddaya do with 'em, how d'ya > > > do 'em? > > > > > > -Chris A. > > > > > > Brian Andersen wrote: > > > yeah, what he said! You always manage to put into words a very clever > > > way of saying what i am thinking. I guess thats why you are a writer > > > and I am a computer geek. > > > > > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:19:34 -0800, Charles Pham wrote: > > > > Hey Chris A- > > > > ever thought about starting up a blog? I'm sure i speak for others > > > > on > > > > the 7seas list when i say you're postings are great to read...on so > > > > many levels. if you had a blog, I'm sure I'd visit daily. > > > > > > > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:05:53 -0800 (PST), chris adams > > > > wrote: > > > > > I thank Eddie Money and his ilk every day, for without them, punk > > > > > rock would never have had anything to react against. "Two Tickets > > > > > To Paradise" produced "Two Fingers To Flatulence." That said, I'm > > > > > still agog that Ronnie Spector sang on one of his records. Phil > > > > > must've been late with the alimony that month. > > > > > > > > > > I do think The Bunnymen deserve a much wider audience, and it > > > > > kinda suprises me that they're still on the fringes, still a culty > > > > > kinda thing. They coulda been huge in the early to mid-80's, but > > > > > that's not gonna happen when, a week after you break the top 20, > > > > > yr on the Outer Hebrides following ley lines, or trynna trace the > > > > > "bunnygod" image across half the globe, or what have you. Which > > > > > was great, of course, but doesn't translate into sales. But these > > > > > days, with everyone from Coldplay to Courtney dropping their name, > > > > > and the Donnie Darko thing, you'd think more people would bother > > > > > checking them out. I think it's possibly got a lot to do with, in > > > > > this IPod-happy ADD culture (and I think ADD is a lot more of a > > > > > reactive social phenomenon than an internal illness), the idea of > > > > > an "album" or even "band" is becoming archaic or antiquated. Music > > > > > is becoming viewed as increasingly disposable ear candy, a > > > > > "lifestyle accessory," and if it ain't "chirpy chirpy cheep cheap" > > > > > (si! c! > > > ) ! > > > > th! > > > > > en it's > > > > > not gonna sell on a mass scale. So much of what's marketed as > > > > > "alternative" is just Hanson with hair gel. I mean, "Jimmy Eat > > > > > World"? Right. More like "Jimmy Suck Shit." (OK, not really that > > > > > bad, but the Gang of 4 they're not . . .). > > > > > > > > > > Nothing new, really, I guess. I'm sure there are far more people > > > > > who pepper their store-bought pret-a-porter "opinions" with > > > > > "Velvet Underground" than people who have regularly experienced > > > > > the sheer depth, breadth, and arguably girth (heh) of the Velvets' > > > > > brilliance. To which I respond with a shrugged "Fuk 'em." Their > > > > > loss. > > > > > > > > > > Chris A. > > > > > > > > ===================================================================== > > > > Bunnymen Online Presence: > > > > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > > > > * > > > > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > > > > * > > > > http://bunnymen.nexuswebs.net/ * > > > > http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > > > > * > > > > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -Brian Andersen > > > bandersen65@gmail.com > > > > > > ===================================================================== > > > Bunnymen Online Presence: > > > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > > > * > > > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > > > * > > > http://bunnymen.nexuswebs.net/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > > > * > > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > Tired of spam? 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