Re: [bomp] The Decline(?) Of The Bomp List

["Mark Robinson" <wytches@xxxxxxxxx>]

I checked the archive and saw that my first post was in '95.  This damn has been in my life longer than my first and third marriages combined.  It must be fed.  Nutured.  Almost like my second marriage.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rsmccull@planetkc.com
> To: bomp@xnet2.com
> Subject: Re: [bomp] The Decline(?) Of The Bomp List
> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 16:56:04 -0000 (GMT)
> 
> 
> 
> that's a much more plausible explanation than the theory of a once-robust
> list being brought to its knees by one crank poster.  he wasn't even the
> most annoying one (just the most persistent).
> 
> re-name the list? forgive the corporate speak, but 'bomp' is a valuable
> brand name.  why throw it away?
> 
> rick
> 
> >
> > i think the main porblem with the bomp list these days is that it has no
> > unique niche. when the internet was new, the bomp list was not only a
> totally unique source for arcane musical and pop-cultural knowledge, but
> also a social space where fans of such material could meet and gather.
> >
> > nowadays, with the availability of micro-focused online stuff like
> > allmusic.com, myspace, and even the BLR list, there seems to be less of a
> > place
> > for the original list.
> >
> > i says "seems" because i think there is as much of a place for this list
> > now as there ever was. BLR, as much as i enjoy it, is simply too chatty
> and busy for me to keep up with with any regularity. i dig kopper's
> garagepunk forums, but i still prefer a simple listserv that brings new
> messages into my inbox.
> >
> > i would still easily be as interested in a forum that kept strictly to
> > informed posts on musical and pop-cultural topics, and the live scene
> garage/psych scene across the nation. no slam on the BLR, but that list
> ain't it. i think it would take very littel work to bring this list back
> to life. but the thing is, it needs to occupy a niche.
> >
> > let me ask a question - where have the rest of you gone (since the bomp
> > list has become relatively moribund) for online garage/psych scene info? i
> > would be as into revitalizing this list as anybody. as long as it's in
> existence, i'll be here. i'm willing bet there's a core group of 10-20
> people who will NEVER leave this list: blair, rocky & deena, david, the
> rev, me....who else is still out there?
> >
> > anyway, the bottom line: i think there is still a place for the bomp list.
> > no other listserv that i know offers the same kind of broad-based and
> > knowledgeable musical/pol-cultural information. i don't think any other
> > online resource has ever quite replaced what this list was in
> 1998-2002ish. if anybody else is into a sustained effort at bomp CPR, i
> am more than willing to give it a go. :)
> >
> > rob
> >
> > "...it is often a mark of talent to be useless."
> > - allan pinkerton, 1878.
> >
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Rev. Mark R. Robinson
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