I am among the biggest fans of Mr. (and Mrs.) Coxe, but I actually hold a
different opinion.

It occurs to me that one of the biggest problems with Audities through the
years, is that periodically, topics and people didn't mesh, and those
collisions were sometimes angry and usually tiresome.  Facebook allows me to
be selective in which conversations I partake in, and the rest is there as
an option.  Back in the Audities heyday, I would often have to sift through
loads of hateful bickering to get to the good stuff. 

In the grand scheme of things, Audities has been the center of the pop
universe, and where I got to meet a lot of friends and great pop minds, and
was introduced to boatloads of music I would have otherwise missed out on.
I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I think Audities could be resurrected and reinvigorated as a Facebook page
or group.  Facebook needs Michael Coxe, and the rest of the Auditeers!
But...to each their own.  

Marty

-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Michael Coxe
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:56 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: OT: "Journolist is done now" (heh)

Apologies for the seemingly off-topic post.

 > "Journolist is done now," says Ezra Klein.

 > "I'll delete the group soon after this post goes live. That's not
 > because Journolist was a bad idea, or anyone on it did anything
 > wrong. It was a wonderful, chaotic, educational discussion. I'm
 > proud of having started it, grateful to have participated in it,
 > and I have no doubt that someone else will reform it, with many
 > of the same members, and keep it going."

As I read that I had to laugh. I still feel Audities would have
been better off under a new name with new ground rules, but at
least it's in multiple & capable hands that aren't mine. And the
request to keep the name in honor of Gary Littleton was greater
than my desires and identification with the list.

I haven't deleted my Facebook account yet mostly due to inertia,
but my resolve grows daily that mailing-lists & discussion forums
are so much better that the "follow me!" concept of Facebook,
which I now consider creepy.

Feel free to disagree of course. It's no big deal, and safe, as
rival music genre journalists are not interested in outing our
meaningless little space where we dance about architecture.

And hopefully you've been listening to Insanely Great Pop while
reading this message, as I have while posting, to...:

   Flipper's Guitar "Three Cheers For Our Side", from 1989 and
   firmly centered in my top musical treasures list.

Happy Saturday morning!

  - Michael