Jonathan Takagi (jtakagi@millennianet.com)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:36:39 -0700
No way, Gerry V!! One of my old idols!
I was digging around and I found the old article...
>From Straight No Chaser, Issue 31 (Spring/Summer 1995)
"...in January 1993, there were 50 known web sites
in the world. Today, some estimates put that number
around 5000 or more.."
"...You live in Seattle and want to know where to
see the Solsonics in LA next week? Post to the
Internet...Says Gerry V (via the Internet), 'technology
is primarily an enabling force. Now artists have
ever-expanding tools and palettes to build their
creations and their results will blur other boundaries...'"
"...Access one web site and you'll find numerous 'links'
to other sites. Check out those other sites and you'll
discover still more links- paths to other cool stuff,
music, pictures and whatnot. And in the spirit of
today's truly innovative dancefloor music, much of the
Internet's best information is composed and made lovely
by individuals with limited equipment in their own
bedrooms in the truest independent spirit of the garage.
Take former University of Hawaii student disc jockey
DJ Billingsley, who started an 'acid jazz' mailing
list where people from all over the world could discuss music-
quickly, inexpensively, globally. 'I was finding it
impossible to get information about any releases out
here in Hawaii. I just wanted people to get together and
talk about acid jazz and related musics and the one
thing I knew was I wanted a list without the bullshit,
no petty bickering and ego-trips, which is why I made a
poing of respect from the beginning..."
"...a Swedish list member agreed to set
up a web site that would list every message that had
ever been sent to anyone on the list. Members
currently number 344 people from 26 countries, including
such distant locations as Iceland, Croatia, South
Africa..."
Jonathan
"Idiots" --release date 6/4/99!!
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