RE: [microsound] whoopsy

[Joshua Maremont <thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Sorry to take your time up with such an epic post. I've been stung, and
> quite shocked, by the virulence of some of the reactions my cross-posting
> has received, often from communities where I would least expect it, and I
> feel strongly the need to defend myself. For anyone who's interested, I've

I must say on reflection I was most of all puzzled by the 
vituperation issued in response to Gareth's well-meaning and 
certainly not flameworthy original post, and I found myself with 
several reactions:

1 - a dance music compilation deriving from the work of microsound 
listmembers would likely be quite worthy of a listen;

2 - perhaps "going off" on a mailing list can be seen as a sort of 
glitch, not in the logic of a computer but in that of a person;

3 - creative attitudes which resist openess and shun outside 
influence are orthodox and insular and will over time tend toward 
inbreeding, deleterious mutation, and extinction;

4 - Arnold Schwartzenegger's admonition in one of his poorer 1980's 
action films (the title escapes me) that "you should not drink and 
bake" might be onto something.

Respects to all...

np - King Crimson "In the Wake of Poseidon"
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