OFF: Metaphysical question... is BOC-L dead?

[Eric]

Why would we tell you when we really didn't tell the others. LOL.
All good!

  --Eric


On Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:55:16 -0400, mary sullivan  
<maryann.sullivan1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> If I am posting too much please tell me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET]  
> On Behalf Of mary sullivan
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 5:32 PM
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> Subject: Re: OFF: Metaphysical question... is BOC-L dead?
>
> Eric, Gary, and friends, nice to hear from you,  I understand where  
> everyone's coming from, Eric, well said.  I'm not good at that friend  
> request thing on fb, but always interested in what's happening in the  
> scene.  The forum has been real quiet, and that attracts more attention  
> to postings that may offend, I'm not apathetic, but I don't have time to  
> dope slap everyone who says something that I don't like, and I shouldn't  
> need to.  Let's talk about topics relevant to the sound vibrations.  If  
> we're getting into chit chat land, we should take it off list.  Mike,  
> and  Christian you're both real smart, we know that.  Since Hawkwind and  
> BOC do cover a wide range of topics I understand why it gets crazy,  
> there's a lot of reason for discontent, so it's understandable that  
> opinions are strong on  the forum.  I agree, it's much better than the  
> news.  I respect the knowledge of everyone here, we should all consider  
> how appropriate postings are to all members.  We of similar musical m!
>  inds should keep that in common, and  the rest of the interesting shit,  
> people of like minds will gravitate toward each other.  We all know each  
> other quite well Is it that nobody has anything new to say about  
> Hawkwind or BOC?  I doubt that with so many smart people.  Would someone  
> please post something real trippy to listen to, surprise me, or tell me  
> a Hawkwind story,, please?
>
> I like the people here, even my dear weird friends, and sorry about my  
> postings, too, sometimes I need to put in my few, or not so few words.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET]  
> On Behalf Of Gary Shindler
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 1:26 PM
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> Subject: Re: OFF: Metaphysical question... is BOC-L dead?
>
> Interesting response, I'm not an atheist myself. I'm in a music  
> listening group on Facebook and just marathon listened to the catalog of  
> Hawkwind and BOC. BOC plays locally the end of the month but I'm out if  
> town, not very interested to see the headliner (Boston) either.
> Friend me on Facebook if you're interested in joining the music  
> listening group I mentioned.
>
> Gary Shindler
>
>> On Aug 3, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Eric Falk <des at EFALKMEDIA.COM> wrote:
>>
>> I subscribed to this list a long, long time ago (anyone remember the  
>> t-shirts??) because of BOC.  I was already a fan of Hawkwind and this  
>> list helped me flesh out more material from them and related to them.
>> I have also discovered many other wonderful bands and music.
>>
>> Over all this list is a community, and like any community there may be  
>> people who are a part of it with whom we may not like or appreciate  
>> things they do and ways they behave, but they are still part of the  
>> community.  We can ignore them, ostracize them, call them out or  
>> correct them, etc.  Or even react to them.
>>
>> I have come to appreciate all things that come through my inbox from  
>> BOC-L warts and all.  Did I appreciate having 150 emails from this list  
>> pop up this morning.  Not really, but with simple filtering and  
>> occasional reading through it was quite easy to deal with.
>>
>> I appreciate where Christian comes from; he make me laugh and rarely  
>> offends me, and he has targeted my religion at times.  I'm not that  
>> serious a person and I get the feeling he's not either.  Does he have  
>> issues?  Who am I to say?  Frankly I know of no one who doesn't have  
>> issues.
>>
>> Frankly this is a community that strongly enjoys one of or both bands,  
>> each with a rich history but they are dinosaur bands. Though Hawkwind  
>> is certainly the more active of the two.
>> We are a community that listens to music that is in the global  
>> minority, an perhaps for that reason some of us think within a global  
>> minority at least when it comes to posting from the privacy of our  
>> homes.
>>
>> At the end of the day it's better than reading the news.
>>
>> Just my two bits of copper.
>>
>>  --Eric
>>
>>> On 8/3/2015 11:59 AM, Mike c wrote:
>>> I'm pledged to try my very very hardest to conduct myself mature, not
>>> say insulting things and not get caught up in chit chat mails
>>>
>>> It is hurtful when veterans are bothered, Alex being one.
>>>
>>> Come back Jon you can toss me out yourself if needed
>>>
>>>> On 8/3/15, Jonathan Jarrett <jjarrett at coriolis.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 3 Aug 2015, Alex S. Garcia wrote:
>>>>> I've been subscribed to BOC-L for nearly 20 years now (time really
>>>>> flies!)
>>>>>
>>>>> I originally subscribed because I am a fan of Blue Oyster Cult.
>>>>>
>>>>> Through the list, I have also come to discover and enjoy Hawkwind.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, it seems that the more time passes and the more this list
>>>>> is turning into the Mike and Christian Rant Podium, where they come
>>>>> to vent their own personal griefs -- which most of the time bear
>>>>> little if any relevance to either BOC or HW, let alone music in
>>>>> general.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, the racist contents of some of these mails leave me
>>>>> speechless. The lack of any reaction, from anyone, is even more
>>>>> baffling to me. Or does that mean everyone else has already
>>>>> unsubscribed? Or, perhaps, that nobody reads their messages
>>>>> anymore? (I have to admit, I rarely do myself).
>>>>>
>>>>> Still, if the madness doesn't cease soon, I'll most likely have to
>>>>> accept the sad fact that BOC-L is now dead and will proceed to bury
>>>>> it (ie.
>>>>> unsubscribe),
>>>>> which would break my heart considering how attached I feel to it
>>>>> after all these years...
>>>>      I think today is probably breaking point for me today as well,
>>>> alas. I have 167 deleted messages from today's log-in and more than
>>>> half of them are from Christian. Well, he can have it, I want none of  
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>>      As a parting shot, BÖC played the Rambling Man festival in the
>>>> UK a week or aso ago, and though I couldn't go, an ex of mine whom I
>>>> got into the band was there with the family and all agreed that BÖC
>>>> put on the best show of the festival, so my fears that they had now
>>>> run their course may be premature. At any rate, this line-up can
>>>> hold up their heads amid the rockers who will never give up!
>>>>
>>>>      I will check back in on the list in a few weeks and see what
>>>> things look like then, I guess. It's a pity, because I'd much prefer
>>>> my news and chatter this way than on a web board, but this is how
>>>> Usenet went and I guess it's how listserv goes too; only the most
>>>> determined will hang on when the traffic gets below a certain level.
>>>> It's been good fun, people, catch you in a gig hall like as not,  
>>>> yours all,
>>>>                              Jon
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>    Jonathan Jarrett       "There is scarce any tradition or popular  
>>>> error
>>>> Medievalist historian    but stands also delivered by some good  
>>>> author."
>>>>       Birmingham         (Sir Thomas Browne, "Pseudodoxia Epidemica",  
>>>> 1646)
>>
>> --
>> "It's strange how the simple things in life go on  while we become
>> more difficult."  --Richard Brautigan
>>     --Check Out my blog and my journey: www.areturningadultstudent.com
>


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