In de fence of Bolle and the yard of BOC-L, there are squids

[Jason "Yes, my last name is Scruton" Scruton]

The thoughts following are produced by the myriad things which came before
this very Electronic mail message:

>Don't these people have anything better to do? I categorize BOC,
>Hawkwind, and BOC-L under the heading "fun". I don't lose sleep over any
>of them.
Too right. We wouldn't even be subscribing to this hulking email list if it
weren't for the fact that at one time each and every one of us had
enthusiasm
and glee about the tunes produced by the bands BOCL takes on as topics of
convo.  however, The only way I would lose sleep over them is in travelling
to or attending a performance of either Hawkwind or BOC (in no particular
order).

>What I don't understand is why people take all of this so seriously.

It's a side effect of banding together with people who have the relatively
same interest.  Oneupsmanship about how much you dig something comapred to
another person is seen in playgrounds and office water fountains the world
over. I know that now and again I tend to feel "holier than  thou (compared
to everyone no on BOCL)" about the music of the BOC in whatever
philosophic,phantasmorgic
wanna-be-rock-intellectual way that tickles my fancy at the time.  That's
why it's good to have people who will disagree. Not only can you disagree
about their spceific opinions, but you also get to rethink your own(makin'
it better or just tossing it away). isnt that just swell?

If anything, I think the now infamous Bolle posting proved to be a nice
shaking up and cobweb removing incident in the continuum of the BOCL. After
all, what good is an institution of discourse and illumination if it can't
take a lil' shaking now and then?

Speaking of shaking, I think the MC5's live "shakin' street" off of the
disc Teen Age Lust would hit the spot right about now...

Where you got to get down,
Jason