> Perhaps e-mail lists are a vestigial feature of the Internet now. I > have to think there is a whole generation who are on the internet > constantly who don't even know what an e-mail list is, at this point. > When there is a critical mass of active contributors it's still > preferable to me for many reasons too boring to list.
I like it this way. Twitter and facebook don't have the selectivity. Look at yourselves at 31 as the diehards, keepers of the flame, or a secret society, and suddenly it all makes sense in a surreal sort of way. > I think it's exciting > to hear cool music from ZA that has obvious Detroit Techno influence. Now that you put this twist on the topic, it becomes interesting. I thought he's located in one of the obvious suspect cities for techno production. D. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 16:50, kent williams <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Odeluga, Ken <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I'm just suggesting that the non-music trivia seems to make up the bulk of >> what gets discussed nowadays, that's all. >> > I think my original post that started this thread was very much on > topic and music-focused for what it's worth. I think it's exciting > to hear cool music from ZA that has obvious Detroit Techno influence. > Africans taking techno and house and making their own thing out of it > is a 600 year circle completed. > >> I hope it's not going to stay like this, but I fear what with >> twitterfacebookbuzz etc, the days of the e-mail list might be numbered. >> > Well the list will be here, as long as Brian Behlendorf keeps > Hyperreal.org alive. It might be low traffic, permanently, but that's > OK by me. I get enough traffic as it is. >
