[spectre] Fwd from SJN: Streamtime mission to produce internet radio program from Basrah, Iraq

Andreas Broeckmann abroeck at transmediale.de
Tue Mar 29 12:38:25 CEST 2005


>  > Message du 27/03/05 23:28
>  > > De : "Norman"
>  > > A : spectre at mikrolisten.de
>  > > Copie à :
>  > > Objet : Tr: Tr: Tr: Re: Re: [spectre] Streamtime mission to 
>produce internet radio program from Basrah, Iraq
>  > >
>  > >
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>  > > Dear spectres,
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>  this is a bit dated by now but I've had problems sending - that 
>time of year perhaps - and want to try again. Good last night to 
>catch Darko Fritz's presentation at Baltic organised by Sarah Cook, 
>and witnessed by a tiny four-week old spectator called Magnus on his 
>first outing from Edinburgh with Chris Byrne and Ilyana Nedkova. The 
>Flying Scotsman route will clearly remain active over the next 
>years/ decades. I still tend to live and read this list as a bunch 
>of friends, rather than a billboard, so apologies to those on the 
>outside but use the delete button as most of us probably do 
>frequently.
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>  > > best to all
>
>  > > sjn
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>  > > > > > Message du 23/03/05 18:32
>  > > > > > De : "Norman"
>  > > > > > A : "Sonar Radar" , "Geert Lovink" , spectre at mikrolisten.de
>  > > > > > Copie à :
>  > > > > > Objet : Re: Re: [spectre] Streamtime mission to produce 
>internet radio program from Basrah, Iraq
>  > > > > >
>  > > > > >
>
>Don’t exaggerate, not fifty surely. I actually appreciate these 
>mails even though I often only skim them and occasionally delete 
>blind. But they nudge the uneasy borders of my mind and keep me 
>aware of a bigger picture and of the fact that it’s composed of 
>infinite stimuli I can access in different ways. Funny to get the 
>Basrah streamtime info – something I may well not follow up but find 
>it significant to know of – and the Darko Fritz info back-to-backed, 
>given that I’ll be able to physically catch up with Darko’s work 
>this weekend. This near-coupling – at least in my read-time - puts a 
>strange spin on the messages and overall environment, events that 
>will occupy very different spaces in my life enter into a similar 
>plane because I’ve learned of their happening within a single 
>timeframe. In short, I appreciate the variety and noise of it. Even 
>though I’m kind of allergic to billboarding and sometimes miss – 
>Ostalgie? – the discussions of this mailing list in the past. But 
>those discussions have positioned themselves elsewhere and I’ve 
>followed them. Good incentive to roam. Le flaneur.
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>
>While in this mode, Andreas belated thanks for a really stimulating 
>Transmediale. A pleasure and a privilege to witness Woody Vasulka’s 
>sharp wisdom and humour, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun’s verbal and 
>ideological punch, Amy Alexander’s devastatingly smartly silly 
>coding, Maria’s permanent purple haze and so much more. Lots of 
>crossed wires and interference that I’ve been thriving on since. 
>You’ve always fed back to us on events you consider useful for 
>others to know about and I’ve been grateful. So many thanks for 
>yours. I guess some of us on the list who don’t verbalise things 
>like this – response to Eric’s texts and other people who input 
>generously to feed our neurons and souls – occasionally need and 
>want to voice appreciation, but it’s hard to muster up the gumption.
>
>
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>So no offence Sonar Radio, peace and love and all that to you too, 
>but I’m just using your email as a way to bounce back and say that 
>what irritates some people probably feeds others. And that I can’t 
>dissociate stuff received from the people I may be lucky enough to 
>know who’ve sent it, and believe that they’re beyond the finger-jerk 
>send-button reflex. i.e. send things that are valuable including in 
>some perhaps strangely hidden ways.  And the day Geert really takes 
>a holiday it will feel as though the world has stopped!
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>Kia ora
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>sjn
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>  > Message du 23/03/05 14:48
>  > > > > > > De : "Sonar Radar"
>  > > > > > > A : "Geert Lovink" , spectre at mikrolisten.de
>  > > > > > > Copie à :
>  > > > > > > Objet : Re: [spectre] Streamtime mission to produce 
>internet radio program from Basrah, Iraq
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>  > > > > > > GEERT!
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > Whaduyu want?
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > I get fifty emails from you a day.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > Take a vacation.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > Peace I promise,
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > grace a.
>  > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > --- Geert Lovink wrote:
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>  > > > > > > > Public announcement
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>  > > > > > > > http://streamtime.org/
>  > > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > > Streamtime mission to produce internet radio
>  > > > > > > > program from Basrah, Iraq
>  > > > > > > >
>  > > > > > > > From April 1st till 4th the Iraqi poetry carnival
>  > > > > > > > Merbed will take
>  > > > > > > > place in Basrah, in the south of Iraq. This major
>  > > > >



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