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| From | Matt Whitby <matt.whitby@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The problem with this list |
| Date | Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:54:10 +0100 |
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There is one.
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On 2 Jul 2009, at 19:27, Sam Smith <sam@estreet.com> wrote:
> Hmmm. So maybe we should talk about an Audities Facebook page.
>
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> Stewart Mason wrote:
>>> I miss the days where Bennett, Borack and Brodeen (the b's of
>>> power pop on this list) used to post frequently, but something is
>>> keeping them from posting as well.
>>
>> Frankly, I suspect that the main reason they don't post here
>> frequently anymore is that a lot of the Audities old guard tend to
>> spend most of our online social time on Facebook these days. It's
>> not that we're being cliquish or anything, it's just that that's a
>> more entertaining place to hang because of the multimedia aspects
>> and the opportunity to discuss things other than music. For
>> instance, David Bash posted something like a couple dozen videos of
>> great obscure Canadian pop bands of the '60s and '70s in honor of
>> Canada Day. You can't really do that on a mailing list.
>>
>>> For example, I think about bands like Franz Ferdinand, The
>>> Killers, the Gaslight Anthem, The Clientele, The Fray, and I could
>>> go on for the rest of the day. I know there are people here who
>>> like these acts, but they never come up in conversation, I
>>> suppose, because they aren't "Audities bands."
>>>
>>> If we're seeing a terminal fade where traditional "power pop" is
>>> concerned, then maybe this is a good time to talk about making the
>>> list a bigger thing.
>>
>> I know I've said this before many a time, but as far I remember,
>> Audities stopped being strictly a power pop list sometime around
>> 1997. There's no reason why any of those bands (particularly the
>> Clientele, whom I adore) couldn't be discussed on Audities.
>>
>> S
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