rjv@ihdev.UUCP (ron vaughn) (08/31/85)
the shell script to dump doug alan should be posted to net.sources. here's an
interesting test:
(all articles are in the 7000-7999 range on our machine right now)
ihdev: pwd
/usr5/exptools/lib/netnews/articles/net
ihdev: egrep "^From.*ness" 7* | wc -l
20
ihdev: ll 7* | wc -l
116
ihdev: bc
scale=5
20/116
0.17241
hmmm, that's a little over 17%. if there were 7 people posting to
net.music, this would be appropriate. too bad the real number is
on the order of 70. (100? 100+???) if doug's postings were diversified, i
(others) wouldn't care. but the sad fact it is the same ol' dribble.
here it is, folks!, in one paragraph, everything alan has to say
in his 17% filling of net.music. see if this doesn't sound familar...
KB is great, XXXX sucks, and i don't even have to justify why, because
if *I* don't think its "good music" or "artistic" or "challenging" or
whatever, then it simply isn't good. if you don't think KB is one of
the all-time greatest, YOU are wrong, have not seen the light, and
simply don't understand. if i think XXXX is bad or irritating, it
is because XXXX is bad. if we decide KBs voice can sometimes be irritating,
it is a GOOD irritating, a wonderful pain we should all enjoy suffering
through. i live by double standards, witness my unjustified flaming of
madonna and others, yet lack of tolerance for flaming (however unjustified)
of KB. there really isn't anyone else (or very few) as good as KB.
i fail to recognize fantastic young musicians like wynton marsalis,(first
artist to win a grammy in jazz AND classical in one year. he is 25)
i fail to see the emotion in bach's music, therefore it does not
exist, although people who know more about music than ANYONE on this
net (music critics, other professional musicians etc) and even low-life ron
vaughn have no problem feeling the emotion. i'm right and do not have
to justify it to you, other than my taste suits me and should suit you.
you are wrong, and can never convince me of your ideas, since i've
already rejected them through far-reaching pre-conceived notions
about music and musicians. and to top it off, i LOVE to flaunt just
how goddamn right i am. now listen as i repeat the above paragraph
once a week in many different letters, the same stuff, over and over and....
KB is great, XXXX sucks, and i don't even have to justify.. . . . . .
there. that's it. and that HAS to be < 17% of the total volume in
this group. one sure sign of growing up is being able to take a hint.
is the shell script to dump dougs' letters a hint? is doug's hate mail
a hint? is the fan mail i receive after telling doug off a hint?
are there any hints in the above paragraph? just how realistic is the
above paragraph?
too bad doug can't promote KB without having to put down others. too
bad he hasn't grasped the concepts of fandom*, taste, human diversity*,
courtesy, self-inspection, self-control, hypocrisy*. (* esp. these)
ok, doug, take this letter, tear it up a line at a time with your
stupid little replies like you always do. this should be funny, esp. when you
tear up the paragraph mocking you. because you will read "never convince me of
your ideas" and (true to your form) say "that isn't true!, never never!" it
will become a true self-referential paragraph, because that paragraph
IS true. go ahead doug, we're all waiting, we love to see you come back
and make even more of an ass of yourself, make sure you (like always)
show you haven't grasped the concepts above, and make sure to insist
you're right, but with no real reason. you haven't let us down so far...
"she wasn't no jockey, but she taught me how to ride."
- jazz/blues great joe williams live at "rick's cafe american"
downtown chicago, a few weeks ago.
ron vaughn ...!ihnp4!ihdev!rjvrjv@ihdev.UUCP (ron vaughn) (09/01/85)
sorry. that was suppose to be "this is youR life" in that last letter of mine.
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