Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[mIEKAL aND <>]

there is something very cageian about this onslaught of email about
emails on a list about silence that is normally fairly silent

~mIEKAL


There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.
John Cage






On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:18 AM, susan j. 
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 wrote:
> email, please.
>  i am heavy on the delete button.
>
>
> Susan
>
>
>> From: 
>> 
>> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:57:20 -0600
>> To: 
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>> CC: 
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>> Subject: [silence] Re: Re: Re: Forum instead of a mailing list?
>>
>> I prefer email to forum.
>>
>> I unsubscribed from Costco email because nothing good happens from those.
>>
>> I usually learn something from silence emails, or alternatively, my email
>> provider has provided me with an efficient delete button.
>>
>> I do sympathize with those who don't have time to delete emails in these
>> tumultuous times.
>>
>> Best,
>> Carl
>>
>> Sent from my bike.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2013, at 3:55 AM, "Stefano Pocci" 
>> <>
>> wrote:
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>> > On 01/25/2013 10:22 AM, 
>> > 
>> >  wrote:
>> >>> >You got a point here Lisa.
>> >>> >I think a forum would work best.
>> >>> >What say all, would you prefer switching to a forum instead of the
>> >>> > mailing
>> >>> >list?
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >> Please no. Mailing lists are much better for work-flow
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I personally prefer a mailing list. Of course there must be a way for
>> > those who wish to unsubscribe from the mailing list to become 
>> > unregistered.
>> >
>> > Silence's yearly volume of emails isn't 'intolerable' after all (218 in
>> > 2012, 220 in 2011, 117 in 2010, 221 in 2009, 125 in 2008, 141 in 2007, 
>> > but I
>> > canceled some of them) and forums are asynchronous - to use an IT popular
>> > term these days - and a more detached system to organize a community.
>> >
>> > If the majority of the people on the list would like to turn it into a
>> > forum however, no prob at all.
>> >
>> >
>> > Stefano