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

[George Robinson <grcomm...>]

This is why it is so important to support independent book and record sellers, 
to tell Amazon.com and Barnes and Ignoble to piss off. I'm not going to get 
into a long diatribe, I'm merely going to say two things:

1)  The 'Net and e-mail lists like this one are tremendous resources for 
building our own networks of sale and distribution -- small but vital 
alternatives to the corporate megamonsters that control the marketplace;
2) We have an obligation of self-interest in supporting indie sellers, indie 
producers, indie publishers and indie record labels.

George Robinson

Cry later, but for now let's enjoy the laughter.

 --Tupac Shakur, "God Bless the Dead"
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: AGREENBA (at) aol(dot)com 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 4:37 PM
  Subject: Re: Mel Gibson, The New York Times and Jewish Music



  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