tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post1138585931356748918..comments2024-03-04T09:44:11.172+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: AsocialDaniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-50936434795696889682008-08-20T14:03:00.000+02:002008-08-20T14:03:00.000+02:00'Friend' and 'song' are gatekeeper words. Sometime...'Friend' and 'song' are gatekeeper words. Sometimes they mean 'friend' and 'song', sometimes 'professional acquaintance' and <I>'Einstein on the Beach'</I>. Their previous meanings have been supplemented. Guess I'm not too old for it yet ... and my first modem days were 110 baud with a Teletype. Anyway, my Facebook page is good recreation, and I've found folks there who won't answer post mail. (Heck, I won't answer postal mail anymore either.)<BR/><BR/>DennisUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248487652501612035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-20297307430809124952008-08-12T08:35:00.000+02:002008-08-12T08:35:00.000+02:00daniel,friend, smeind... we traded recipes so in i...daniel,<BR/><BR/>friend, smeind... <BR/><BR/>we traded recipes so in internet terms that means we must be 'going steady' <BR/><BR/>these distinctions probably mean nothing when at the core we are a bunch of antisocial prigs that should get more sun. (i'm talking 'bout me)<BR/><BR/>i look forward to your unique and insightful opines at the NNMSN. so far its nice to have a wider group to banter with. don't worry i won't hold it against you if you only drop by every now and then.<BR/><BR/>ppaul baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192019712201581570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-52907807253406685482008-08-12T03:52:00.000+02:002008-08-12T03:52:00.000+02:00"I do treasure friendships and no labor is a great..."I do treasure friendships and no labor is a greater gift for me than the cultivation of friendships. For that reason, I can't honestly bring myself to use the word "friend" to point, on a public website, to a node in an online network."<BR/><BR/>Thank you for getting to the heart of why I'm staying off social networking sites as if they were plague-infested. Friends require time, cultivation, shared interests, and genuine affection. And wondering who is getting the most Valentine's cards in sixth grade is not an experience I need to repeat as a middle-aged man.<BR/><BR/>By the way, this is being sent with friendly affection to a pen pal who I have never met and would scarcely call a "friend," but more of a kindred spirit. Thank you for your four-year blog which has taught me more than I ever thought I would be interested in about the "new music scene," its names, economics, and philosophical debates.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-91882185764397018822008-08-10T23:42:00.000+02:002008-08-10T23:42:00.000+02:00I view this site from a different angle. Instead o...I view this site from a different angle. Instead of a prototypical Facebook, its more of a sub-categorized site, i.e., focused into art music. The thing that is impossible on the main network sites is communicating via forums. You know, you have "music" as an option and 999 of 1000 posts are re: pop music. As far as the friend thing goes... Its not entirely the same, even though it functions similarly to Myspace, because everyone on the site is a "friend" in the same way a Myspace friend is (interested in music) whether they are on your list or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-90521176902921990342008-08-10T22:28:00.000+02:002008-08-10T22:28:00.000+02:00Friends and Social Networks Here - Uh... WTF?<A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/6dum6p" REL="nofollow">Friends and Social Networks Here - Uh... WTF?</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-24297925127323418072008-08-10T22:25:00.000+02:002008-08-10T22:25:00.000+02:00http://netnewmusic.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=22...http://netnewmusic.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2249453%3ATopic%3A2693Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-67850437570119651772008-08-10T11:00:00.000+02:002008-08-10T11:00:00.000+02:00I've read nothing nefarious into this particular s...I've read nothing nefarious into this particular site, I just can't bring myself to use the word "friend" in this way. I wish the site well, but can't reconcile it with my own age and personality.<BR/><BR/>And what kind of comment is "I can see why you're in Frankfurt"? You have no idea why I'm in Frankfurt or what life in Frankfurt is like, let alone how well-tended my fence here is; I happen to be in Frankfurt entirely due to a set of personal circumstances that have nothing to do with music, and if I had my choice, I'd be home in California. That said, Frankfurt has an cosmopolitan openness that is unusual in Europe, everyday life is far-less regimented than elsewhere in Germany, and there is a tradition of taking new and experimental music seriously in Frankfurt, all of which is good, but has nothing to do with how I ended up here in the first place. <BR/><BR/>I also don't understand "the web is more Napoli" unless, with all due respect to the positive qualities of Naples, you wish to imply a failure of civic governance and a lack of control over garbage collection...Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-64590317359395574272008-08-10T00:59:00.000+02:002008-08-10T00:59:00.000+02:00[...] but what else am I to do?Well, you could jus...<I>[...] but what else am I to do?</I><BR/><BR/>Well, you could just get over it & use it for what it provides, rather than read the nefarious into everything. You do seem to keep a carefully-tended fence, and I can see why you're in Frankfurt -- that's fine, but the web is more Napoli.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com