Re: (TV) The Big One (assuming there is interest)

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@me.com>]

Thirded/fourthed/etc. Great idea, Steve. Count me in, too.

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On May 29, 2011, at 3:32 PM, robin dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com> wrote:

> what a great idea, steve!  i'm in, absolutely!
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> --- On Sun, 5/29/11, Andy <andy@notaworry.net> wrote:
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> From: Andy <andy@notaworry.net>
> Subject: Re: (TV) The Big One (assuming there is interest)
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 1:48 PM
> 
> me too on both counts!!  -  andy in nyc
> 
> On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Graham Urquhart
> <gurquhart@madasafish.com>wrote:
> 
>> Wow - count me in - yes please.
>> 
>> BTW have now just signed up to the other list as well.
>> 
>> Graham
>> 
>> On 29/05/2011 05:25, Steve Rovner wrote:
>> 
>>> Because not everyone on this list is a member of the Yahoo list, I wanted
>>> to share the message below that I just posted to the TV Yahoo list.  I
> know
>>> this list is not for trading, and my intent is not to clog this list with
>>> trading discussion.  I suggest going to the Yahoo list for that.
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Based on a couple of folks asking me for the links to the shows I sent to
>>> Joe, I have been thinking ...
>>> 
>>> While many of you have some, or even a ton, of Television / Verlaine /
>>> Lloyd shows, there is still some demand out there as folks try to fill out
>>> their collections.  We've come a long way from the days of cassette tapes
>>> when I started collecting.  The Carried Away site has been great for
>>> distributing a huge number of shows via CD-R trees.  I've put maybe 25
> shows
>>> on DIME and others have done the same.  I've shared shows through
>>> Megaupload, etc.
>>> 
>>> But, a combination of today's technology and old-fashioned snail mail can
>>> make it possible for everyone to have EVERY show.  I've been able to put
>>> FLAC copies of all my shows on a small pocket external hard drive.  I also
>>> have Apple Lossless versions of the shows on the drive, to make it easy to
>>> import them into iTunes.  I've shared this drive with another collector on
>>> this list who was kind enough to add some shows I did not have (I got
> burned
>>> out on Television and stopped collecting for a time).  So, at this point I
>>> think I have all shows currently in circulation.  I have DVD's on the
> drive
>>> as well, as well as scans of vintage Television show posters and Village
>>> Voice advertisements for shows in the 1970's.
>>> 
>>> Here is what I am thinking - I could put all the files on two pocket
>>> drives, and then we could create 2 vines - one for North America and the
>>> other for the rest of the world.  The way I see it working is that we
> could
>>> use the Carried Away site to sign up (Keith, I presume you could set that
>>> up?).  The vines could be set up in such a way to efficiently move the
> hard
>>> drives from person to person.  Each person receiving the drive would have
>>> say, one week, to plug the drive into their computer and copy the files
> they
>>> wanted, and then box the drive back up and mail it to the next person on
> the
>>> vine.  Hence, the cost to anyone signing up is simply the postage to the
>>> next recipient.  At the end of the vines, the hard drives could be mailed
>>> back to me.
>>> 
>>> So, what do folks think?  Is there any interest in this?  I've always felt
>>> it important to share the music, and this is the biggest and best method I
>>> can think of.
>>> 
>>> Steve
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