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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Sayonara |
| Date | Tue, 06 Apr 2004 08:04:14 -0700 |
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Anna,
Say it ain't so! The Audities list needs you. I need you. You complete
the list. You had me at "hello"... When you leave the list, the
terrorists win.
Please reconsider...
I'm earnest, Borg. Nein!
Marty
Anna Borg wrote:
>I’ve decided, after wading through all the FoW posts,
>that it’s time for me to finally cut the cord here.
>I’ve been on Audities since it’s very early weeks…what
>was it? 7 years ago? I’ve met a lot of great people,
>and I’ve also put a lot of people in my spam filter
>box. Whatever…just like real life, I guess.
>
>When things are bad here, they seem to get very bad,
>very quickly, with personal attacks and no time taken
>out for empathy. That’s the nature of our digital
>culture, I suppose. I, for one, don’t need my blood
>pressure raised by people I don’t even actually know.
>
>
>For the record, my initial post about the FoW video
>was mostly disappointment, NOT in the images (other
>than pre-teen girls…that will always make me sick to
>my stomach.) I understand where the director was
>coming from, and that they were trying to be funny.
>BUT it’s a waste of talent of the band. A huge amount
>of money spent on something so fluffy and derivative,
>people will forget it. Why not take that quarter of a
>million dollars or whatever and have an amazing
>animated video that wins awards and gets noticed?
>Every other video already has half naked chicks…why
>not take the clever ideas put forth in these songs and
>make art? These were my issues with the video.
>
>That two people on this list told myself and Jocelyn
>to “lighten up” and “take a pill” because we expressed
>our opinions is very offensive to me. Jocelyn’s
>original reaction was only one line of email saying “i
>wanted to thank you for the link. sometimes, however,
>ignorance truly IS bliss.” What on earth was the
>problem with that? It wasn’t until she was told to
>“lighten up” that more info came out.
>
>Don’t we all constantly rally and rage about the lack
>of good music in popular culture? Isn’t me expressing
>disappointment in the handling of one of my favorite
>bands a contribution to this discussion?
>
>So…anyway. That’s my explanation.
>
>Thanks, as always to those of you who have supported
>my label. You’ll be hearing about the releases
>through other members of the list, I’m sure.
>
>anna
>
>
>=====
>Anna Borg
>AIM: cakeab
>TallBoy Records
>P.O. Box 27757
>Los Angeles, CA 90027-0757
>
>http://www.tallboyrecords.com
>
>
>
>
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