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Yes. Now that I
have your attention I would like to comment on misdirection this mailing list
has recently made. I’m pretty
sure, mainly because I checked again, that the reason the list exists is to share
our love for over-the-rhine. Now while
I may or may not share your political affiliation, I don’t agree any of
it belongs in this venue, even if the majority of readers agree with our
position. Consider this: As OTR continues to grow in popularity,
so does the possibility of their reaching a broader audience. Will our comments affect the way people perceive
OTR? I don’t know. All I know is that if I came out to this
mailing list before I had a chance to meet them, and find out how much I truly
appreciate them for their creative “world”, “life” contribution,
I may have never given them a chance.
What I’m saying is this.
Words mean something. I’m
not trying to step on toes. Lord
knows I’m very junior to most of the group. Look, if I’m wrong, I’m sure
I’ll find out about it soon enough.
I’ve got big shoulders (and a support group… Jesus and Mary….).
If I’m asked to leave, well
then it’s been (mostly) fun, and I’ll show myself out. Ok, with all of that said. I wanted to share my experience of last
night’s “Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour” recording with you: (http://www.woodsongs.com) If you are not aware of the program (most of the “old timers”
just skip this section), Woodsongs is an hour long program recorded in the
heart of the bluegrass, Last nights show included “ Something else for the group to ponder on: Am I the only person who didn’t
know that Linford is working on a solo project? Let’s talk about this for a
while. Those of you who follow my advice
on the show above will be tickled by some of the interesting things Linford had
to say. I mean, I can’t wait
to try it out with our children (This should be enough of a teaser to get you
to listen…) Now don’t you all go out there at once and kill their
server… PS. I hope you
all have a nice evening. Eric Also, before you consider sending a hateful response (which
you undoubtedly regret the next morning… I know you all have kind hearts
and wouldn’t want to say mean things about your brother) be sure to check
out the guidelines for the list: (I’ll help y’all out… Here
they are:) BASIC
GUIDELINES FOR POSTING TO THE LIST: 1) Do NOT include the entire message when
replying (unless the original message
was very short, or you are responding line-by-line). 2)
When you want to introduce a new topic for discussion it's a good idea to
"prime the pump" with some discussion of your own, rather than just sending a
message saying "Lets talk about xxxxxxx." 3) No matter how good the cause is, or how
urgent the message you want to forward -
if it has nothing to do with Over the Rhine then it is off-topic and
inappropriate for the list. We
don't want to hear about the
"Good Times" virus or a sick child who wants postcards. 4) Flaming will not be tolerated. If you have an uncontrollable need to flame
someone send the message directly to them - not to the list. 5) Use the subject line appropriately. For example, if you're responding to a post and you get the
digest, when you hit reply the subject is going to default to
Re: Over-the-Rhine Digest #473, or something close to that. Change
it to something relevant to what you're posting. 6) Don't send messages to the list that say
only "Me too" or "I agree". 7) Relationships form because of this list
that bring people a lot of happiness.
(We recently had our first listie wedding.) Please
use discretion: when
you feel the urge to communicate directly with someone about topics unrelated to
Over the Rhine, e-mail them directly. Messages sent to the entire
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