Lee Gordon (LGordon@mdyn.com)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 20:53:08 -0800
Well, Mark...
Looks like I inadvertently lit a firestorm! Just so all's clear, Sirka was
right on- I wasn't trying to dis your colleague/s in any way, shape or form.
We all can't like everything. My objective was to comment on the strength
of your play-list, especially given the fact that this is an acid jazz
discussion list. I was appreciative to see that you (and others) appeared
to get the picture.
...and you're right also about the K&D head's (headz?) up that you sent out.
Be up.
L G
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Turner [mailto:mturner@netcom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 11:28 AM
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: "Jazzadelica" Playlist for 2/21/99
Dear Leslie,
Thank you for the lovely letter. I guess it was unclear
from
Lee's original post but he tuned in on MONDAY night and my
show
is on SUNDAY only. Therefore it was not my show that he was
complaining about, and I did not take any offense from his
post.
However, your comments are still valid because KFJC is about
ALL
types of music and even though you may not hear what you
EXPECT
to hear, someone (the DJ) probably cares passionately about
it
nonetheless.
Mark
> Dear Mark,
>
> Part of the drama of radio is that there are people out
there who want to
> direct what you are playing for them! They are unable to
just open their
> hearts and let the music take them into the universe, so
they therefore want
> to hear you play what THEY want you to play, it's a bit
sad really but a
> fact nonetheless. I have some listeners who want me to
play only drum and
> bass and others who do not want to hear ANY of that kind
of music. For Lee
> Gordon to come down on you for what you played the other
night was lacking
> in grace totally, you volunteer your time to give what you
can to the
> cultural fabric of the listening area you reach. Please do
NOT let these
> sorts of stupid comments upset you, it is impossible to
please all of the
> folks all the time, much as we might want to always please
all of our
> listeners. Over the years ( I have been doing my show for
17 years!) I have
> reached out to people and taken them to new places
musically speaking
> because they opened their hearts to the music and let it's
magic work for
> them, they deleted the ego-negativity that invades them
and ceased to demand
> and learned to accept and guess what ? They found that
they loved music they
> thought they hated. This is a letter of support from me to
you and to any
> other folks out there doing original programming and
bringing music that
> would remain anonymous to the world at large!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Leslie Shill/The Power Of Sound/KAZU 90.3 FM/Pacific
Grove.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Turner <mturner@netcom.com>
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 10:34 AM
> Subject: Re: "Jazzadelica" Playlist for 2/21/99
>
>
> >Lee Gordon sez:
> >
> >> Give us your play-list the day BEFORE your show! It
sounds as if it was
> >> great! I tuned in tonight and was disappointed to hear
some really awful
> >> stuff! :-)
> >>
> >> LG
> >
> >No can do, Lee. The show is live and apart from some
vague
> >or not-so-vague notions about what I'm going to play, the
> >playlist ain't done until it's done. I did give you fair
> >warning last week about the Kruder & Dorfmeister set,
though.
> >
> >--
> >Mark Turner | "Jazzadelica" with Rocky Rococo on
KFJC
> >mturner@netcom.com | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los
Altos Hills, CA
> >
>
>
--
Mark Turner | "Jazzadelica" with Rocky Rococo on
KFJC
mturner@netcom.com | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los Altos
Hills, CA
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