Re: War of the Unyons.

1995-08-17 Thread McHugh,Janet;Med;
On Sun, 13 Aug 1995, Alex in Fonthill wrote: The > things you have to watch out for are the superficial things about a band, > like their appearance and packaging. These are the things controlled not by > the people who make the music, but the people who will do anything to make > the album loo

Re: War of the Unyons.

1995-08-13 Thread Alex in Fonthill
>This is no case of prejudice! If I were NOT to buy a record because it >was on a certain label, or because I didn't like the singers hair or >because there was a girl playing bass, THAT would be prejudice. Buying a >record because you like the appearance or presentation of a band is an >everyd

Re: War of the Unyons.

1995-08-11 Thread McHugh,Janet;Med;
On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Alex in Fonthill wrote: > Perhaps my view of what music should be and how it should be discovered is > a little idealistic, but I TOTALLY disagree with this. It's not like Sonic > Unyon is some giant factory full of computers that spits out records > according to some formula

War of the Unyons.

1995-08-09 Thread Alex in Fonthill
McHugh,Janet;Med; wrote "Anyways, if the labels fame helps sell some records for a band outside of their circle of popularity then thats fucking excellent. The goal of record labels is to sell records. Whether the band or the label attracts the buyer is of little consequence. " Perhaps my vie