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

[FRANK BRANDON <cosmopop@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i'll always stay on this list even though i don't
contribute very much any more

it's still my honor to be the oldest member (pretty
sure)...

--- Rob Branigin <euphorik6@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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