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

When in doubt buy from the small woman or man...it's the mussar thing

to do.

I only go to Amazon or Barnes and Ignoble to research what I want...

then I try and get it locally if I can.

Trudi

>From: "George Robinson"

>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org

>To: World music from a Jewish slant

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

>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:49:24 -0400

>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

> _________________________________________________

> Adrianne Greenbaum

> www.klezmerflute.com

> Associate Professor of Flute, Mount Holyoke College

> Klezmer flutist: â??FleytMuzikâ?? and â??Family Portraitâ??

> Classical: "Sounds of America"

> fluteworld or cdbaby