[mplpost] Those CanCon playlists

[Mike Bradford]

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I've been watching and deleting this great debate for what seems to be=20=

an eternity, and I'm convinced that there is an opportunity for some=20
self-help guru to develop a 12-step withdrawal program for all who=20
participate in the cyber-argument.
On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 03:27  PM, V. Cormier wrote:

> Must be the changing of the seasons:=A0 Jerry Falwell goes off on =
another=20
> rant, as does our own Mr. Flohil...=A0 Why are we never treated to =
such=20
> outbursts on postcard2, Richard? ;-)
> =A0
> Vic Bell throws out a number of 400=A0DJ's who submit playlists to=20
> folkdj-l.=A0=A0I believe this is the total number=A0of folks who have =
*ever*=20
> contributed a playlist to folkdj-l since its inception.=A0 Scanning =
the=20
> archives, I see that Harry Bryan's 'non-Canadian' playlists that he=20
> counts number in the 100-120 range per week, on average.=A0 So=A0Maurice=
=20
> Hogue's count of 121 regularly contributing DJ's=A0sounds=A0closer to=20=

> accurate to me.=A0 Of these, only a portion (60%, he claims) are =
counted=20
> by=A0Richard Gillman, who compiles his own monthly stats on folkdj-l.=A0=
=20
> (his computer program only captures lists that use a consistent format=20=

> from week to week)
> =A0
> If we can extrapolate anything, it might be that most playlist=20
> contributors to folkdj-l are: 1) detail-oriented; and 2) probably fast=20=

> typists (why would one go through the exercise on a weekly basis,=20
> otherwise?).=A0 As a Virgo and former high-school typing champ, I =
plead=20
> guilty on both counts.=A0 Caveat emptor to anyone who takes our =
playlists=20
> as being a representative sample..
> =A0
> If Richard, like myself, fails to see the utility of such lists beyond=20=

> some ego-gratification for those who make the cut, I invite him to =
join=20
> me in making liberal use of the 'delete' button.=A0
> =A0
> Regards,
> Val Cormier
> =A0
> My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
> -- Benjamin Disraeli
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Flohil" <rflohil@sympatico.ca>
> To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
> Sent: October 2, 2002 5:48 PM
> Subject: [mplpost] Those CanCon playlists
>
>
> > Vic's latest summary of the playing of Canadian music in the U.S. is
> > instructive - but utterly useless as any kind of reasonable guide to
> > airplay.
> > Please don't take this as a knock against a lovely man and an
> > excellent singer, but if one extrapolates from this that Enoch Kent
> > gets more airplay in the U.S. than Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen,
> > Fred Eaglesmith, Natalie McMaster, Keelo, Ian Tyson (with or without
> > Sylvia), Kate & Anna, or even Lynn Miles, they must be nuts.
> > And given that, what on earth is the POINT of these
> > inaccurate "charts"?=A0=A0 Obviously, the folk who supply playlists =
to
> > the folk-dj list serve are anything but typical, and this =
compilation
> > of useless figures - which obviously takes Harry Bryan all sorts of
> > time to compile - means absolutely nothing at all.
> > Meanwhile, did Enoch have a new record or something?
> >
> > Richard
>
>
Mike

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I've been watching and deleting this great debate for what seems to be
an eternity, and I'm convinced that there is an opportunity for some
self-help guru to develop a 12-step withdrawal program for all who
participate in the cyber-argument. =20

On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 03:27  PM, V. Cormier wrote:


<excerpt>Must be the changing of the seasons:=A0 Jerry Falwell goes off
on another rant, as does our own Mr. Flohil...=A0 Why are we never
treated to such outbursts on postcard2, Richard? ;-)

=A0

Vic Bell throws out a number of 400=A0DJ's who submit playlists to
folkdj-l.=A0=A0I believe this is the total number=A0of folks who have =
*ever*
contributed a playlist to folkdj-l since its inception.=A0 Scanning the
archives, I see that Harry Bryan's 'non-Canadian' playlists that he
counts number in the 100-120 range per week, on average.=A0 So=A0Maurice
Hogue's count of 121 regularly contributing DJ's=A0sounds=A0closer to
accurate to me.=A0 Of these, only a portion (60%, he claims) are counted
by=A0Richard Gillman, who compiles his own monthly stats on folkdj-l.=A0
(his computer program only captures lists that use a consistent format
from week to week)

=A0

If we can extrapolate anything, it might be that most playlist
contributors to folkdj-l are: 1) detail-oriented; and 2) probably fast
typists (why would one go through the exercise on a weekly basis,
otherwise?).=A0 As a Virgo and former high-school typing champ, I plead
guilty on both counts.=A0 Caveat emptor to anyone who takes our
playlists as being a representative sample..

=A0

If Richard, like myself, fails to see the utility of such lists beyond
some ego-gratification for those who make the cut, I invite him to
join me in making liberal use of the 'delete' button.=A0

=A0

Regards,

Val Cormier

=A0

<smaller>My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

-- Benjamin Disraeli</smaller>


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From: "Richard Flohil"
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Sent: October 2, 2002 5:48 PM

Subject: [mplpost] Those CanCon playlists



> Vic's latest summary of the playing of Canadian music in the U.S. is

> instructive - but utterly useless as any kind of reasonable guide to

> airplay.

> Please don't take this as a knock against a lovely man and an

> excellent singer, but if one extrapolates from this that Enoch Kent

> gets more airplay in the U.S. than Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen,

> Fred Eaglesmith, Natalie McMaster, Keelo, Ian Tyson (with or without

> Sylvia), Kate & Anna, or even Lynn Miles, they must be nuts.

> And given that, what on earth is the POINT of these

> inaccurate "charts"?=A0=A0 Obviously, the folk who supply playlists to

> the folk-dj list serve are anything but typical, and this compilation

> of useless figures - which obviously takes Harry Bryan all sorts of

> time to compile - means absolutely nothing at all.

> Meanwhile, did Enoch have a new record or something?

>

> Richard



</excerpt>Mike=

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