[kj] ) OT I love you to everyone...

[Alexander Smith]

At least discussing the origins of Punk has *FUCKING SOMETHING TO DO  
WITH THE IMPETUS OF THIS LIST*

Alex in NYC



On Feb 25, 2008, at 2:28 AM, Brendan Quinn wrote:


> Yeah, how many times do we have to hear who started punk in the UK?  

> *Napoleon Dynamite: “GOSH!”*

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of sade1

> Sent: Monday, 25 February 2008 5:16 p.m.

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] ) OT I love you to everyone...

>

> How can we know...

>

>   I've been here since the 20th century ('98 or so..cassettes,  

> glowsticks, Dee-Lite,

> raves, etc.) when Gatherers and gathering were over at UBL so I know  

> for a fact these

> kinds of shenanigans and inanity have always (& in all ways) existed  

> here, both read

> and written by everyone here,** and rarely ( as in, rarely) did  

> anyone really object, even

> when it got bad (racism, personal attacks, pro-Bush opinions, etc.)...

>

> ...and, it's hard (next to impossible,really) to tell when some  

> thread will go off and really

> stray - until way after it's done so, so:

>    where can we draw The Line? that is, without intimidating  

> creative and free speech. Hm..

> ..how can we (individually) predict the future quality and future  

> trajectory of a given thread?

> Hm...  I don't know.

>

> (and no i haven't forgotten that the number of Jokers here has at  

> least tripled since KJ-2003,

> and that more and more people are accessing their internetss on the  

> go thru laptops,

> cellphones, computers at work, Blackberrys, etc.)

>

>   Something I find does work for me is that if i can trust the  

> message titles to be in tune

> with the message, if people properly title their messages and change  

> or add to that title as

> the subject/s of the messages change, then we can all feel confident  

> in deleting [on sight]

> a thread of no interest.

>   For example, I personally don't care about the "btats remasters"  

> so i delete entire threads

> of it [no offense to those who do care for btats remasters], and  

> when a title reflects a change

> in subject, that also helps me decide to read or delete.

>

>   Also, and this is a long long shot, maybe if the board can be  

> reformatted to show individual postings in sequential order, would  

> that help? Because recently i've been getting lots of messages hours  

> or even days after someone's posted it, or messages are posted twice  

> (no not just Mel's).

>

> Anyway, my two cents' worth.

>

> ** how many frekqin' times do we

>    have to hear who started punk where?

>    I rest my case.

>

>

> "T.B." <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> "jo" wrote:

>

> > Aw don't inhibit people. It's cool to 'hear' Gatherers speaking  

> freely.

>

> I have to chime in. Quick back n' forth nonsensical stuff like 95% of

> what's shown up here the past few days here really belong in  

> someplace like

> IRC or some chat room. I'm all for off-topic posts but after 50+

> one-sentence messages in a couple hour's time, it just becomes wasted

> bandwidth. I get all my mail mirrored on my Blackberry and it's a  

> fucking

> pain in the ass to have to individually delete hundreds of useless  

> posts

> that accumulate in just a day's time. And I'm sure I'm not the only

> subscriber that storing, deleting and sifting through junk e-mail is  

> more

> than a simple matter of "skip what you don't want to read."

>

> Think of it as a simple courtesy to your fellow list members.

>

>

> ... ... ... ... ... ...

> As the masters rot on walls

> And the angels eat their grapes

> I watched picasso

> visit the planet of the apes

>

>

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