I think Cheryl's comment on this is spot on. The office
used to interact with the list a bit and made it clear they didn't want bootlegs
discussed, and that came from the band. Facebook, they just cannot keep up with
the video posts, the live show posts etc. That's a pretty general breakdown, but
we were given direct input from "The Office" that shows were not to be openly
traded. As Facebook has taken off, the office and whatever part time that
someone works there or not, are not gonna be able to keep up with posts, the
massive amounts of live concert video clips on YouTube etc, it's just a
massively different environment now compared to back when this was the only
active place for the biggest Oils fans to congregate.
I know I didn't actively post about trading here as that
was the stated desire of The Office, but I traded heavily for 10-12 years when I
was very active, but only through direct messaging folks from the list. Man, so
much postage spent in those days sending cassettes and CDs via the post office,
yikes!!
Todd
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: [powderworks] A couple of
ICYMIs
I find that an interesting comment, given
that most of it in both places is done by the same few
people…
Anyway, anything you’re chasing, drop me a
line. In these days of cloud storage it’s easier than ever to spread the good
oil around.
Jeff…
My experience of
trying to swap bootlegs through this list has been... very
negative.
On the
other hand, swapping through the facebook group has been pretty
awesome.
I
had the pleasure of running this site for a few years, starting before Wave
Aid. Sign-up was required to weed out any spam, as well as to give
newbies a place to get acquainted, but in the spirit of the Oils way of doing
things - all were welcome.
The
thing that bothered me was how some shows we're considered "elite", therefore
being almost impossible to get by most. Bootlegs are bootlegs - I know
directly from the band that they weren't thrilled about the trading of ANY of
them. The direction I got was that under no circumstances would trading
of demos or cash for shows be tolerated. I did everything to enforce
these wishes, and I never got pushback from anyone about
it.
I
went to a few shows in the Northeast US last year and caught up with some
long, lost friends and met some of you that I got to know on this list.
The experience of spending the afternoons with everyone and enjoying the shows
together will last a lifetime.
FB
PW is a bit too loud for me, and has the tendency to be about one or two
enthusiastic fans, instead of our beloved Oils, but we still have this little
haven, thanks to those who keep it alive. I like to think if it as the
adults' table - we're a bit older, a bit wiser, maybe a bit more tired, but it
sure feels good to sit here with the family I've been with for so many years
and share stories about the best band on the planet 😊
