On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:30:41 -0700 (PDT), Renli
<oliver.richman@gmail.com> did courageously avow:
>On Jul 6, 3:15 pm, "Don Evans" <gtrdonev...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, or like some but not all of it. I think part of the problem is
>> substituting "it sucks" for "I don't like it". To me, "getting it" has to
>> do with the work or works resonating with you ... not with being part of a
>> Zappa fan club. When you "get" the joke ... it just means you think it's
>> funny .. nothing more. It promotes a response. Not everyone has the same
>> sense of humor, right? So if I say I "get" Zappa, that doesn't mean I think
>> I'm superior, it just means his stuff does it for me ... not sure why there
>> is so much heat about this.
>
>There isn't any heat on you, brother. In fact I find your attitude
>refreshing. But don't you notice that for people like Rick N. Backer
>and Nil, that it really isn't about the music - or even constructing
>an argument based on analysis (when the friction heats up as it
>sometimes does when people don't know each other) - but instead it's
>about hurting me, someone who simply doesn't hold their viewpoint?
>That's where the heat is coming from, brother.
Get off the pot. Nobody was trying to hurt your little feelings. We
were just trying to get you to admit "Renli doesn't like Frank Zappa"
instead of saying Frank Zappa sucks. If you skin is this thin you're
playing in the wrong ball park little boy.
Ken Wilson
Amer. Dlx. Tele, Gary Moore LP, LP DC Classic w/P90s,
Jeff Beck Strat, Morgan OM Acoustic, Gibson CS-336,
Mesa LSS, Mesa F-30, Victoria 5112
"Goodnight Austin, Texas, wherever you are."
Frank Zappa, Austin, Texas, May 1975
