source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:46:20 -0800 Subject: Brian's Rant From: John Starrett Brian- That's some mighty big talk, mister. You'd better do something good, really good. I mean reeeeeeeeally good to back up them thar words. First of all, you did not find all of the microtonal related websites, no matter how perfect your four hour search. Your blanket statement that none of the forum subscribers but Manuel has anything but trash to offer is ridiculous and insulting. You, Brian have contributed nothing but a bitter complaint, equivalent to a teenager whining that "the word sucks and it looks like I'll have to fix everything myself". Secondly, why should everyone who mentions microtonal music have as his life's goal putting together a web site that is exactly the thing Brian Mclaren wants to see? Thirdish, sound files are not, I repeat, NOT a waste of time. So what if it takes a few minutes to download? So what if the sound is not CD quality? How else is the novice goung to hear what microtonality is about? Hearing is believing. Dry words about tuning do not conjure up the sound for most people. Finally, I like Brian (never met him). I like passionate people. They are interesting, but sometimes a pain in the ass. When one of them explodes all over his friends, neighbors and enemies alike, one expects that is for a good reason, and one expects changes will then occur. Since Brian has thrown down the gauntlet in his own court, and with such force, I expect nothing short of perfection, and soon. John Starrett Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 04:15 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA01354; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:10:31 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA01336 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id HAA01969; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 07:10:24 -0800 Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 07:10:24 -0800 Message-Id: <961112150014_71670.2576_HHB81-2@CompuServe.COM> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu