[NM] mail list

[Friday's Child]

Dear Mario,

Mario wrote:
> Hello:  I want to participate... I love my old Clavia Nord Modular
>   
This list used to be a real hive of activity, but you know how it is ... 
things change. Life moves on. Newer and better synths come out and 
nobody has time for the old ones any more.

Howard Scarr wrote:
> Go for it (ask questions, tell anecdotes...)

That's pretty much how it always used to work. I myself got -- and still 
am -- very busy because my children grew and suddenly had to attend 
college: and some schmuck actually had to go out and work and pay for 
it. Therefore, I've had less time for this list and for posting than I 
used to do, and it's likely to stay that way for a while because I made 
the big mistake of having more than one child who decided to go to college!!

Nevertheless, I would be interested to know ... what is it exactly that 
you "love" about "my old Clavia Nord Modular"?
You participate by answering that question.
And then I'll participate again by telling you what I think of what you 
said.
And if we're really lucky something informative and interesting get said.

I have to warn you, though, that informative and interesting things do 
not usually get said in my own emails.

It's a bit like duck hunting, really. There's some really nice people on 
this list, but they've all taken to lurking because they think they're 
OH SO SUPERIOR these days because they've got some fancy dancy schmancy 
new synth that I can't afford right now. It's not that I'm jealous, you 
understand. It's just that I really really would like to get my hands on 
one of those new synths but I can't afford one and I kill everyone I 
meet who owns one in the hopes that they've left me their bright new 
synth in their will. So far, there's a lot of dead G2 owners bodies 
lying around (which is why this list has gone all quiet, of course) but 
I've still got no G2. Maybe it's justice or something.

Anyway -- why don't we go duck-hunting. You answer my question about 
what it is about the old G2 that you like -- because as ridiculous or 
banal or boring as you like -- and then I'll say something equally 
tedious and banal and boring and we'll see if we can't raise a thing or 
two. I'm game if you are. Then I'll send you their home address then you 
can go round there and do what you like to them and their G2s.

It's not that I'm jealous, you understand. It's just that I'm really 
trying to stretch this ridiculous post out as long as I can for no good 
reason at all.

OK. I can't think of any more ridiculous things to say.

Over to you now.

I'll probably take a while replying because I have to go out and work to 
get the money to put my children through college, but I'll reply to you 
eventually.

As Howard says, just go for it!!!!

I look forward to seeing an email from you when I get back. Happy duck 
hunting to you!!

With every good wish,
(K)ofi (B)usia