06 08 04 + 8 - 10 First response..
Some of you will have copies of the albums now ...
... I hope they live up to your expectations. We all realised the track
numbering problem on NYPP was a bind but the other problems we had
between re-mastering and manufacture meant we didn't have the time (or
the technology) to fix so we went with the way it is. It also meant
Someone to Talk To and Five Minutes (abridged) made it on to the second
live set. Originally, they were going to be dropped, FM because of its
truncated form on the tape we had and Someone to Talk To because it
brought back painful recording memories for Mark and Ralph - maybe Mark
can give you the full story on his blog sometime. Anyway, I think the
heavy quality of the CD certainly reminds me of what it was like to see
the Oppos live.
While its been so hot and difficult to work, I've been rediscovering books and I can heartily recommend
"The Revolution Will Not be Televised" by Joe Trippi
He was the campaign manager for Howard Dean in the US Democratic
nomination race. It was the campaign that shook things up a bit by
using the net to involve and organise ordinary people. Having worked
for an organisation that used to be about individual involvement and
action but moved to a more "professional" lobbying-based approach -
part of the reason I left, that and the payoff of course - I really
hope this approach catches on and politics returns to being about
people and getting involved. I guess I'm too romantic about it all but
talking about it with mates, we all feel totally disenfranchised by
what Trippi terms transactional politics, what we still call sleaze I
guess. I'm reduced to voting against things rather than
for
anything and, stealing a quote from the west wing, having to choose
between the lesser of ..who cares! I'm sure I used to feel more
connected, more involved, more like it was important.
Bloody hell, that was a bit serious wasn't it. Sorry, fell into rant
mode a bit there. I guess what's more relevant here is the idea of
using the net to create communities of interest. I hope that RBR can
become about that - a community of people who like music, I guess.
Here's to hoping!
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