OFF: Swap tape 2000

[K Henderson]

AA replies...

>>I didn't join in last time, partly 'cause I was too lazy and partly 'cause I
>>never understood how it was supposed to go in 1998.  And anyway, I had both
>>sent and gotten tapes to and from Sweden.  If we're going to do this again
>>this way, it seems logical to have two tape 'rings'...one in Europe and one
>>in the Americas, and perhaps a third in Australasia if the numbers warrant
>>it.  And then link the rings together with one volunteer in each region
>>that's willing to continually ship small packages across various ponds.
>>(That's not me, sorry.  I'm just a poor student still.)
>
>It was innetionally set up to flip-flop across the ocean that way, IIRC.
>
>why?  well, Steve Swann works for the post office, and...
>
>no, I think it was an attempt to see to it that people get stuff not from
>around their parts on the first branch.

Why?  I wouldn't imagine that, here in boc-land, people's collections of
music would relate that much to their point of origin.  I know that if you
took a random sample of the music I listen to, it would be damn hard to
determine that I was from Ohio, or even from the North American continent
for that matter.

Now, if we were trading wines or something, I'd see your point.  (Take a
sip...pass it on.)

Or was there some sort of intention last time to make a compilation of
local/regional (to you) bands?  I thought it was totally open.  Though I
could easily do an all-Ohio compilation if that's what the intent was.

>of course this implies that the
>tape ring was expected to break down at some point, so we'd getting our
>transatlantic fixes done early.

Presumably, the transatlantic fixes would be every other tape you'd get, if
it were set up this way. 1-3-5-7-etc.  I still don't see the point of doing
this, esp. since it costs everyone much more.  I already pay heaps to have
my CD's shipped across oceans....  :)

Grakkl (FAA)