definitely the economy has a lot to do with it since there's not so much new activity
as u guys know, i had a lot to do with raising funds for events, etc and i can tell you i can barely eek out a couple thousand from anyone these days for even charity stuff like the hiphopchess thing i did recently (at risk youth) -- and THAT had a HUGE celebrity attached to it (rza from wutang) so for me, its all about the (lack of) money that and the fact tht we arent giving so much advice lately to new people since the barrier to entry is 1mm high On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:36 AM, schlomo rabinowitz <schl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Though this is kinda off-topic... a discussion on principles and > convictions... but this post kinda speaks to that in a flippant sort of > way: > < > > http://schlomo.tumblr.com/post/83691385/tanya77-alanfm78-as-seen-on-the-development > > > > Schlomo Rabinowitz > http://schlomo.tv - finally moving to wordpress > http://hatfactory.net - relaxed coworking > AIM:schlomochat > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Rupert > <rup...@fatgirlinohio.org<rupert%40fatgirlinohio.org>> > wrote: > > > Maybe it'd be good to start by making a statement of these > > convictions somewhere, and making an argument for them. > > > > So much discussion of these things has happened in disposable form, > > lost in the voluminous archives of this group. > > > > > > > On 5-Mar-09, at 11:10 AM, Jeffrey Taylor wrote: > > > The door is cracked for people to take a stand for certain > > > principles in > > > this medium, but it certainly isn't as open as it was 3-5 years > > > ago. I give > > > tough love, not a scolding, when I say we all could do a better job > > > organizing to stand up for what we believe in this space and providing > > > opportunity for producers and artists that we believe in, and that > > > perhaps > > > some of these convictions are just not important enough to enough > > > people. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
