[Zappa-List] A suggestion: why not create a separate Vine sub-list?

2006-05-01 Thread myrtleedop
...in order to free bandwidth for the actual discussion (which is the 
announced purpose of the list).
The vine threads, as exciting as these might be, eat up incredible 
amounts of space it seems to me! And no actual discussion seems to ever 
go anywhere because the threads go down so fast and thus fail to 
probably be even seen...





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Re: [Zappa-List] A suggestion: why not create a separate Vine sub-list?

2006-05-01 Thread marco


 myrtleedop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrijft: 
 ...in order to free bandwidth for the actual discussion (which is the 
 announced purpose of the list).
 The vine threads, as exciting as these might be, eat up incredible 
 amounts of space it seems to me! And no actual discussion seems to ever 
 go anywhere because the threads go down so fast and thus fail to 
 probably be even seen...

I agree!
I joined this list to get the latest FZ news. Everyone should enjoy their 
trading etc. but a separate list just for the discussion of the music would be 
very welcome.

best wishes,
Marco


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[Zappa-List] Re: A suggestion: why not create a separate Vine sub-list?

2006-05-01 Thread Jim L
--- In Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
 
  myrtleedop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrijft: 
  ...in order to free bandwidth for the actual discussion (which 
is the 
  announced purpose of the list).
  The vine threads, as exciting as these might be, eat up 
incredible 
  amounts of space it seems to me! And no actual discussion seems 
to ever 
  go anywhere because the threads go down so fast and thus fail to 
  probably be even seen...
 
 I agree!
 I joined this list to get the latest FZ news. Everyone should 
enjoy their trading etc. but a separate list just for the discussion 
of the music would be very welcome.
 
 best wishes,
 Marco


Well I must admit that when I joined this list I thought there would 
be more discussion. The thing is that I'm not so sure that the vine 
posts are detracting from discussion posts. If we had a discussion 
only list with no vine posts there might be no increase in 
discussion. It might just be a list with very few posts at all. Also 
music is the best and live FZ sound board recordings are priceless. 
They are worthy of discussion themselves. As far as wasted space I 
think yahoo provides unlimited space for posts. If it's space in 
your inbox the delete feature is easy to utilize and messages can 
always be accessed on the yahoo site. Just my thoughts on the 
subject.

Jim L






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Re: [Zappa-List] A suggestion: why not create a separate Vine sub-list?

2006-05-01 Thread jcoonk





Hmmm... I hear your plea.
Here's the way I see it (what I like to think is a biased - I love this 
group/ unbiased - I respect both aspects as mentioned/ historical - 
been running it for a few years now/ experiential - I'm active in several 
of these groups - point of view), Barry: 
When I assumed the wheel here, the List was strictly "Zappa discussion" - 
there were other eGroups out there that catered to the "tape trading" crowd. I'd 
participate on the fringes, as I do collect FZ music, but stayed out of the 
action because - well - I have more FZ than I can listen to. I wanted to have 
dialog with other Zappa fans...
I watched with interest how the other FZ groups out there (esp at yahoo) 
sorta petered out after a little while. It seemed to me that those fans weren't 
disappearing, just the organized groups... And I figured that the "vine" 
concept, while allowing a spot for the 'displaced' collector, would not 
interfere that much in the flow of conversation- which, historically, 
tends to be "spotty" with short bursts of activity followed by long stretches of 
inactivity.
In other words, I perceived a need to which I thought the List should 
cater. One of my concerns was that soon the topic of conversation would be vines 
and only vines. I haven't found this to be the case, tho I agree that the VO's 
do account for the majority of the "activity" around here, and they do tend to 
fly fast and furious, and they probably do contribute to posts being "lost in 
the shuffle". But frankly, segregating the two "camps" - IMO - would simply 
create two groups that would not come close to equaling the sum of their 
respective parts...
Honestly, inactivity would occur in both arenas. One only need to check out 
the archive history of the other groups out there, to get a feel for how groups 
form and eventually die (I will refrain from citing any examples).
For me, the answer to your plea is - discuss more. Why can't a viner 
respond to a vine post, or even create a new post, with a personal review of 
what they've experienced? Why couldn't a vine post prompt a discussion about a 
certain rhythm section, or compare eras? No, I don't think curtailing the vines 
is the answer to the lop-sided nature of our message archives; want more 
discussion? Discuss more.
Warmest Regards,
SOFA

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 7:31 AM
  Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] A suggestion: 
  why not create a separate Vine sub-list?
   myrtleedop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrijft:  
  ...in order to free bandwidth for the actual "discussion" (which is the 
   announced purpose of the list). The vine threads, as exciting 
  as these might be, eat up incredible  amounts of space it seems to me! 
  And no actual discussion seems to ever  go anywhere because the 
  threads go down so fast and thus fail to  probably be even 
  seen...I agree!I joined this list to get the latest FZ news. 
  Everyone should enjoy their trading etc. but a separate list just for the 
  discussion of the music would be very welcome.best 
wishes,Marco





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[Zappa-List] Re: A suggestion: why not create a separate Vine sub-list?

2006-05-01 Thread myrtleedop
''They are worthy of discussion themselves''

...Please discuss the hell out of 'em! I am dying to read discussions 
on these! Otherwise it looks like just another trading list...

''If we had a discussion 
 only list with no vine posts there might be no increase in 
 discussion. It might just be a list with very few posts at all''

I am sure there would be, on the contrary. Because discussion 
enducing-posts or threads would then have a lot more time to be 
read.


--- In Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com, Jim L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 --- In Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com, marco@ wrote:
 
  
  
   myrtleedop languedoc@ schrijft: 
   ...in order to free bandwidth for the actual discussion 
(which 
 is the 
   announced purpose of the list).
   The vine threads, as exciting as these might be, eat up 
 incredible 
   amounts of space it seems to me! And no actual discussion seems 
 to ever 
   go anywhere because the threads go down so fast and thus fail 
to 
   probably be even seen...
  
  I agree!
  I joined this list to get the latest FZ news. Everyone should 
 enjoy their trading etc. but a separate list just for the 
discussion 
 of the music would be very welcome.
  
  best wishes,
  Marco
 
 
 Well I must admit that when I joined this list I thought there 
would 
 be more discussion. The thing is that I'm not so sure that the vine 
 posts are detracting from discussion posts. If we had a discussion 
 only list with no vine posts there might be no increase in 
 discussion. It might just be a list with very few posts at all. 
Also 
 music is the best and live FZ sound board recordings are priceless. 
 They are worthy of discussion themselves. As far as wasted space I 
 think yahoo provides unlimited space for posts. If it's space in 
 your inbox the delete feature is easy to utilize and messages can 
 always be accessed on the yahoo site. Just my thoughts on the 
 subject.
 
 Jim L







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Re: [Zappa-List] A suggestion: why not create a separate Vine sub-list?

2006-05-01 Thread John Gobetz





SOFA---you are so correct---besides, it's nice to 
be able to read some background info about various vines that come  
go---it's cool to know some of the interesting factoids relating to a particular 
dvd or cd that's making the vine/rounds---the discussions are cool---not to 
mention the lineup of songs on the various things that go thru the vine---pleeze 
discuss away folks---it's all great information that supports our love of 
everything FZ---keep rockin'  thank you SOFA for all the cool bits of info; 
there are many folks out there who know loads of very cool stuff about FZ---keep 
it comin'; I for one shall read every word in great 
appreciation---jz

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 8:27 AM
  Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] A suggestion: 
  why not create a separate Vine sub-list?
  
  Hmmm... I hear your plea.
  Here's the way I see it (what I like to think is a biased - I love this 
  group/ unbiased - I respect both aspects as mentioned/ historical 
  - been running it for a few years now/ experiential - I'm active in 
  several of these groups - point of view), Barry: 
  When I assumed the wheel here, the List was strictly "Zappa discussion" - 
  there were other eGroups out there that catered to the "tape trading" crowd. 
  I'd participate on the fringes, as I do collect FZ music, but stayed out of 
  the action because - well - I have more FZ than I can listen to. I wanted to 
  have dialog with other Zappa fans...
  I watched with interest how the other FZ groups out there (esp at yahoo) 
  sorta petered out after a little while. It seemed to me that those fans 
  weren't disappearing, just the organized groups... And I figured that the 
  "vine" concept, while allowing a spot for the 'displaced' collector, would not 
  interfere that much in the flow of conversation- which, historically, 
  tends to be "spotty" with short bursts of activity followed by long stretches 
  of inactivity.
  In other words, I perceived a need to which I thought the List should 
  cater. One of my concerns was that soon the topic of conversation would be 
  vines and only vines. I haven't found this to be the case, tho I agree that 
  the VO's do account for the majority of the "activity" around here, and they 
  do tend to fly fast and furious, and they probably do contribute to posts 
  being "lost in the shuffle". But frankly, segregating the two "camps" - IMO - 
  would simply create two groups that would not come close to equaling the sum 
  of their respective parts...
  Honestly, inactivity would occur in both arenas. One only need to check 
  out the archive history of the other groups out there, to get a feel for how 
  groups form and eventually die (I will refrain from citing any 
examples).
  For me, the answer to your plea is - discuss more. Why can't a viner 
  respond to a vine post, or even create a new post, with a personal review of 
  what they've experienced? Why couldn't a vine post prompt a discussion about a 
  certain rhythm section, or compare eras? No, I don't think curtailing the 
  vines is the answer to the lop-sided nature of our message archives; want more 
  discussion? Discuss more.
  Warmest Regards,
  SOFA
  
- Original Message - 
From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com 

Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 7:31 
AM
Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] A suggestion: 
why not create a separate Vine sub-list?
 myrtleedop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrijft:  
...in order to free bandwidth for the actual "discussion" (which is the 
 announced purpose of the list). The vine threads, as 
exciting as these might be, eat up incredible  amounts of space it 
seems to me! And no actual discussion seems to ever  go anywhere 
because the threads go down so fast and thus fail to  probably be 
even seen...I agree!I joined this list to get the latest FZ 
news. Everyone should enjoy their trading etc. but a separate list just for 
the discussion of the music would be very welcome.best 
wishes,Marco





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[Zappa-List] ZPZ @ The Beacon Theater 6/12/06

2006-05-01 Thread kevcaf





OK Before I list these tickets on EBAY I have an extra set of tickets for 
the ZPZ show 6/12 at the Beacon - NYC.

Tickets are Orchestra Row T, seats 49  51.

If anybody is interested in these let me know directly. Price is $200 which 
was my cost and basicly face value with ticketmaster surcharge and postage. Face 
value is $85 plus $11.15 Ticketmaster Fee.

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