Remove: 32 min track from Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Orator

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:55 am Post subject:

yes right mellow (discuss we like it? maybe cut it?) and that this goldenthal track, cut in several tracks or cleared from the playlist...
but jeric renamed the topic with appropriate title.... Mad

but nice to see that this go with cut we should make this with "alabama - crimson tide" Mr. Green

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject:

This has been suggested before. I don't think it works, for the reaons that lastdomino said above. Sometimes people request and have to sign out, for work reasons. I know I've done it because the chat can be very distracting and only by signing out can I keep my eye on the queue and not see the chat. But if I have a request in the queue, I'm listening. Even if you can't see me.

I can understand that this piece has fans. Passionate fans. And that's good. But it can be hard to warm up to something you only hear here, once in a blue moon. Cutting it up may be a viable option.

Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:06 am Post subject:

while an interesting idea.... how do we know if some one left? I constantly request something then shut the browser down... effectively leaving the site... but I still have my player locked on SST... so that isn't going to work....

As for the topic on hand.... I'm torn...on one hand I can see the bene of trimming some selections.... as long as they aren't ones I want... Wink

and there's the rub.... NIMBYism at it's best... hack everyone else's stuff, as long as it isn't one of my favorites. I don't think there is a good answer. Certanly not a one size fits all. And at what point does something becomes too long? Only as long as it takes to be annoying. There are 4 min songs that I think are "too long" ... but I ususaly pull my headphones off at that point. On the other hand, I enjoy some 10 min songs too.

Dunno....

-tg

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject:

Well said lastdomino, my sentiments exactly. I don't really care for that track (Offertorium). I have never requested it and quite frankly never will. I also took the oppurtunity to make some jokes at it's expense in the chat when it played.

That having been said, I think the whole idea of deleting tracks due to length is offensive. Nobody is being forced to listen to anything. No SST listeners are under any compulsion to request something that they don't like. If someone doesn't care to hear something, then don't listen. It's that simple.

What I have learned from my time at SST is that listening to my own requests is not the highlight of my day here, but being exposed to things that I never would have known about is what I take away from my listening experience. Hearing new music is why I come here now. Do I hear songs that I would rather not from time to time? Of course, but I wouldn't limit myself (or worse yet have someone else limit what I can listen to) just to avoid those very few peices. I like to expand my artistic and musical horizons, not shrink them. But, that's just me. Keep it.