Howdy Kenneth..........!
Kenneth Newman @ 1:229/510 wrote on 04-17-97 07:44 about *RECENT PURCHASES 
(AKA NEW*
 KN>  On 04-15-97 LAWRENCE LUCIER wrote to GEORGE ERDNER... 
 LL>> Another here that agrees with this concept, George.  I've 
 KN>      been sitting here reading quietly and holding my peace about
 KN>      this subject.  My conclusions from the posts I've read?     
 KN> Some posters in this echo have an overly tendancy to be     
 KN> elitists/extremists on this issue. 
 KN>         Prog is so broad that there is probably no single        
 KN> individual here or anywhere who likes all types of prog.  
Grin........I had just finished sending you netmail in which I said pretty 
much the same thing. :-)
 KN> In effect that means that here we all need to get along with
 KN> other people who maybe don't like the same types of music we do,
 KN> even if it all fits in the same overall category of progrock. 
Yep.......couldn't agree more.
 KN>         What that means, in practical terms, is that you and
 KN>         George should feel free to discuss Styx and Def Leppard  
 KN>       (but not Billy Joel and Elton John, since we have to draw  
 KN>       the line somewhere) 
See netmail on the last two! 
 KN> without having others slag your tastes as lowbrow and pedestrian.
 KN> And on the other hand, other people here should feel free to
 KN> disuss Finnesterre or the Plastic People of the Universe or Henry
 KN> Cow without being slagged as elitists/extremists. 
Won't hear any disagreement out of me on this; my reference re: "zealots" 
wasn't to the "musical type" but rather the "attitude displayed". 
 KN>         Who knows, maybe we could all learn something from each  
 KN>       other around here? 
And dat's why I'm reading this echo even though I can't really agree with 
what some define as classics in the progrock genre........all a matter of 
perpective and taste, though isn't it?  
 KN>         FWIW, I liked Styx when they were on Wooden Nickel       
 KN>  records, before they got the contract with A&M, and I        
 KN> have most of those albums on 8 track. They've still never        
 KN> been able to re-release the original recording of "Lady"        
 KN> so most people are only familiar with an inferior        
 KN> substitute.
Something I will definitely have to watch out for then as this is something I 
would definitely like to hear.
 KN> use the CD program feature or copy to cassette so you can edit
 KN> out the lowbrow and pedestrian filler in between the prog bits,
 KN> tho. ;-) 
Yeppers.........already do that.  I can probably count on one hand the number 
of albums that I can listen to in their entirity...........right now, I just 
love going around the second hand shops picking up the old LP's that everyone 
seems to be chucking in favour of CD's.  A lot of them are in just pristine 
condition and provide lots of recordable music for very little cash outlay, 
which suits me just fine! 
Thanks for your comments Kenneth.......will TTYL.  :-)
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