On Dec 10, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Kent Williams wrote:
Here's something that's stunningly relevant to this mailing list.
While there are a lot of people from all over the world on 313, there
are still a bunch of people in the Detroit metro area on 313. Some of
them are even somewhat in the know about what's going on, or are on
good speaking relations with people at KMS and Transmat.
Heh. Actually, it's kinda funny - I had this proto-posting in
my head in response to the OT thread, and one of the things I
was going to mention was how *few* people in the Detroit metro area
were still on the list. (No more Rob Theakston, no more Bryan
Bickell - R.I.P., no more Steve Lammers, no more Dave Walker, ...)
Some of the others still here don't post anywhere near as often as
they used to (Jeff Klein, Dan Sicko, ...).
That's definitely colored things differently around here - part
of Detroit Techno Culture to me is the Culture part, and hearing
about goings-on in Detroit.
Mailing lists always have an ebb and flow to them, and are
defined by the characteristics of the posts of the members.
I can't really contribute to the list in terms of records
anymore, because I don't buy any records. (I do appreciate all
the references though, as I can find a few things on SoulSeek.)
A lot of stuff on this list is pretty obscure - I see artists
and labels fly by me a lot of the time that I've never even
heard of. (Garrett just turned me on to DJ Grovskopa, for
example - I'd never heard of him. Vaguely Surgeon/Regis-like
goodness - check http://www.psnz.net/grovskopa.com/mixes.html out.
I love it - just had never heard of it before.)
Part of what a mailing list does is act as a Commons -
if people post about that hot new 12" of Grybbnik by Mystipikl
but no one else has it, there won't be many responses, will there?
And the original poster will think "Sod it, no one wants to talk
about Mystipikl, I won't post anymore". Self-defeating, really ...
- Greg
