Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-12 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Nov 2003, at 3:46 pm, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, William T Goodall wrote: On 6 Nov 2003, at 2:55 am, Kevin Tarr wrote: *Someone had a fine critique of iTunes, how apple gets 1/3 of the money for only being a trafficker of the songs, Stores typically have a markup of 30% or

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Kevin Tarr wrote: > At 08:59 PM 11/5/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > > >On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Damon Agretto wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > If I had a time machine, I might go back and shoot > > > > Billy Ray Cyrus. > > > > > > Now Julia is endorsing violence! Good heavens! > > > >

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-07 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, William T Goodall wrote: > > On 6 Nov 2003, at 2:55 am, Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > *Someone had a fine critique of iTunes, how apple gets 1/3 of the > > money for only being a trafficker of the songs, > > Stores typically have a markup of 30% or more on CDs. How much of the

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 6 Nov 2003, at 2:55 am, Kevin Tarr wrote: *Someone had a fine critique of iTunes, how apple gets 1/3 of the money for only being a trafficker of the songs, Stores typically have a markup of 30% or more on CDs. the record companies get the rest and only pay a small percentage to the artists,

RE: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 05:50 PM 11/6/2003 -0600, you wrote: > From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > But he didn't write that song. Don Von Tress did. Who else here thinks it's scary that he knew that? - jmh I knew Julia's victim didn't write the song, and I got frustrated at the number of websites that

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: > >> Each country has some aberrant form of 'music' that the rest of the world >> finds easy to ignore. The French have that wailing women and accordions >> stuff, the Germans that oom pa pa and lederhosen gig, and the Americans - >> Country Music. > Unfortunately, th

RE: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Reggie Bautista
Kevin Tarr wrote: > But he didn't write that song. Don Von Tress did. jmh replied: Who else here thinks it's scary that he knew that? Reggie Bautista No Value Added Maru _ Is your computer infected with a virus? Find out with

RE: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Horn, John
> From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > But he didn't write that song. Don Von Tress did. Who else here thinks it's scary that he knew that? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 05:13 PM 11/6/2003 -0600, you wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Each country has some aberrant form of 'music' that the rest of the world finds easy to ignore. The French have that wailing women and accordions stuff, the Germans that oom pa pa and lederhosen gig, and the Americans - Country Mus

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Reggie Bautista
William T Goodall wrote: Each country has some aberrant form of 'music' that the rest of the world finds easy to ignore. The French have that wailing women and accordions stuff, the Germans that oom pa pa and lederhosen gig, and the Americans - Country Music. Actually, Country Music is quite big

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Reggie Bautista
The Fool wrote: In darkness they were born, seethed in vileness, unleashed they destroy all that good and pure, corruption and desecration emanating from them, they twist and defile all that comes before them as their pervasive evil seeps into the depraved hearts of men. The White Stripes? Reggie

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread William T Goodall
On 6 Nov 2003, at 12:10 pm, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Dan wrote: I don't listen to country music, but my wife is from E. Tennessee and I've gotten a taste for the older, non-commercial stuff. Our musical tastes are fairly eclectic, from classical to jazz, to gospel, to R&B, to rock. Teri and I

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
The Fool wrote: (Yes, folks, I think he actually typed this himself, rather than cut-and-pasted! Yay!) > > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Bluegrass > > Lyle Leavitt > > the music featured in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou? > > the music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys? > > late 19t

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread The Fool
> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Now see, you go and say something like this which raises my opinion of > you > > to a high level. Anyone who is an enemy of country music is a friend of > mine. > > I've got a question for you, are you opposed to all country music or just > the no

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Dan wrote: > > I don't listen to country music, but my wife is from E. Tennessee and I've > gotten a taste for the older, non-commercial stuff. Our musical tastes are > fairly eclectic, from classical to jazz, to gospel, to R&B, to rock. Teri > and I don't care much for rap, although I do like th

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 08:59 PM 11/5/2003 -0600, you wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Damon Agretto wrote: > > > > If I had a time machine, I might go back and shoot > > Billy Ray Cyrus. > > Now Julia is endorsing violence! Good heavens! Could just be with a trank gun every so often :) Or once with some sort of dru

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-06 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:31 PM 11/5/2003 -0800, you wrote: > If I had a time machine, I might go back and shoot > Billy Ray Cyrus. Now Julia is endorsing violence! Good heavens! Damon :P Seconded. Obligatory third line. Kevin T. - VRWC See no evil ___ http://www.mccmed

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Jim Sharkey
I wrote: >Could be worse. You could have gotten Slim Whitman and Waat >Whitman confused. *ahem* WALT Whitman. That's what I get for trying to bust chops when it's way past my bedtime. *sigh* ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most perso

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Jim Sharkey
Dan Minette wrote: >>> Lyle Leavitt >>"Lovett" >Right, I can't spell. :-) Could be worse. You could have gotten Slim Whitman and Waat Whitman confused. :-D Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > But a lot of the stuff I was hearing, I didn't care for, > >but at least it didn't put me on edge like the rock that someone *else* > >insisted on when the first person was out sick. I hadn't found the > >classical station at the time, and someone m

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Damon Agretto wrote: > > > > If I had a time machine, I might go back and shoot > > Billy Ray Cyrus. > > Now Julia is endorsing violence! Good heavens! Could just be with a trank gun every so often :) Or once with some sort of drug that would side-track him from w

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Kevin Tarr
But a lot of the stuff I was hearing, I didn't care for, but at least it didn't put me on edge like the rock that someone *else* insisted on when the first person was out sick. I hadn't found the classical station at the time, and someone might have complained if I'd set the radio to *that* for

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread TomFODW
I don't particularly like "country music" as such. I do like certain artists who tend to be considered country performers. My favorite singer period is Mary-Chapin Carpenter, but I don't know that I'd call her a country singer, even though she has often been listed as one. I also like Kathy Matt

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Damon Agretto
> If I had a time machine, I might go back and shoot > Billy Ray Cyrus. Now Julia is endorsing violence! Good heavens! Damon :P = Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.c

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:00 PM Subject: Re: Country music evil? > > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Dan Minette wrote: > > &g

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Dan Minette wrote: > I've got a question for you, are you opposed to all country music or > just the nonsense that is played on most country music stations. For > example do you hate all of the below? > > Bluegrass Fun. > Lyle Leavitt "Lovett", and some of his stuff is p

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:18 PM 11/5/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > Now see, you go and say something like this which raises my opinion of you > to a high level. Anyone who is an enemy of country music is a friend of mine. I've got a question for you, are you opposed to all country music or just the nonsense that is playe

Re: Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread TomFODW
> Bluegrass > Love (used to play banjo - poorly) > Lyle Leavitt > Eh > the music featured in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou? > Loved > the music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys? > Don't know > late 19th century country music which is tied to 16th and 17th century > English music? > Don't k

Country music evil?

2003-11-05 Thread Dan Minette
> > Now see, you go and say something like this which raises my opinion of you > to a high level. Anyone who is an enemy of country music is a friend of mine. I've got a question for you, are you opposed to all country music or just the nonsense that is played on most country music stations. For