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Re: Flame stirring
> I would like to suggest that everyone take a moment and think about
> who actually does this sort of thing. Do
> you really think that Linford and Karin are packaging up orders and
> mailing them out with tender loving care?
I booked the band when they were still with IRS. I know what they are, and
who they are. I know it's not all Linford. I know that their packaging is
as much of a marketing ploy as anything else. I know that they put out
product to make money, and not for the sole purpose of being artsy. I know
that they are thrilled at how much they make selling non-music product.
That doesn't mean that Linford and Karin and everyone else are not involved
with inovation. Whether they are actually doing it themselves or not. I
respect Linford for his poetry. I don't need him to do anymore than that in
order for me to respect him. There are very few poets in the world that I
like. Only one if them is alive today. He happens to be in a band.
> pedestal so high that to find out he is just another human, really no
> different than anyone else you know when you get down to it, would
> distort your entire world view? I realize that that statement is a
All of us are just human beings. Some of us are outstanding at what we do.
These people, while equally in possession of flaws can be venerated for
their qualities. I do not aim to BE Linford. I don't want to be LIKE
Linford. I do want to write AS WELL AS (notice not simular to) or even
better than he does.
> Linford, I can't begin to guess. I do feel sure that whoever packaged
> said gift is no longer a part of the picture.
Of course not. But I'm sure someone else is doing their job. Steve Wazniak
is not with Apple anymore. It's still Apple.
>'Thank heavens. Finally someone who hasn't yet been indoctrinated into the
>"Linford: Poet for the Masses, Thinker of Great Thoughts, Friend of Small
>Animals and Fans" school of thought.'
Hey, he trys. That a LOT more than can be said for most of the artists in
the world. Even if it is a public relations gimmic, he choose it. That
makes it his choice. He follows it. In my book that makes him one of the
few, and that sort of thing must come from some form of sincerity.
> and Terri? Is it Linford, Karin, Brian and Ric? If it isn't just
> Linford and Karin to you, why would the suggestion that they use
> contract players bother you?
In my book Karin's expendable too. She keeps on trying to help write
lyrics. Blah. I mean, I know she has a great voice, but... (sorry for all
of you Karin fans).
> Enough of me, I'm heading 'out of the bitter barn to play in the hay
> now.' You've gotta love Phoebe.
Be well,
Brian
--
"4 score and a couple odd years ago, give or take a few, our 4 fathers, yes
there were only 4 of them (Notice any motif here?)..."
Brian Gardner- "Twisted Quotes