Re: Mel Gibson, The New York Times and Jewish Music

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In a message dated 9/25/03 2:33:53 PM, dchevan (at) snet(dot)net writes:


>      Here's the post script.  Since writing that note (which I sent as an   
>   e-mail) I have not heard back from Mr. Rich, but I have heard from Ben 
> Ratliff     from whom an e-mail arrived earlier this morning, he writes 
> "thanks 
> for the     album, which I do like.  I have no plans at the moment for 
> reviewing it     at this very moment . . ."         So it would appear that 
> the 
> NYTimes continues to do its best to maintain     it's perfect record 
> for reviewing new Jewish recordings.
> 
Good try anyway...

A few years ago I also contacted the office of Jon Pareles, actually spoke 
personally with him about reviewing the Klezical Tradition CD, and he said send 
it, but no real hopes of finding space for a review. I sent it, of course, as 
we all do in our stupid futility. A review obviously never happened. 

But here's one for the books: My "FleytMuzik" CD is not carried in a major 
west coast store because the cover "wouldn't sell."   Ver veyst...ugly painting 
of flutes?? How horrible...I guess.   And so some of us don't even get the 
support from those who you'd certainly expect to give a leg up.
What next? Where does it end?

Adrianne

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Adrianne Greenbaum
www.klezmerflute.com
Associate Professor of Flute, Mount Holyoke College
Klezmer flutist: “FleytMuzik” and “Family Portrait”
Classical: "Sounds of America"
fluteworld or cdbaby