As a keen cyberchick of many years standing, the corner I like best is
theatre blogs. Specialist maybe but fun, and theatre also necessarily
involves realtime face-to-face living breathing physical interaction. And
going out of the house, of course.
xA
On 5/14/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I've never been a myspacer, though I've peeked around. one or two
> bands I used to follow are/were on there. I've done the internet
> community thang for many years, I find that it may be worthwhile (I've
> met a handful of truly, truly talented poets online) (not talking
> about this list, haha, but perhaps it applies), but it also seems to
> go downhill eventually. I'm not enamoured of the internet like I used
> to be.
>
> nice page though, simple & sleek.
>
> KS
>
> On 14/05/07, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Confession time - I did the daggy thing and started a MySpace page. (In
> > fact, two, since my split personality syndrome can flower in its full
> > baroque splendour on the internet). I blame Salt - they invited me, and
> > somehow I can't resist web pages. And look, where else can you be
> friends
> > with Jim Jarmusch, WB Yeats, Diamanda Galas and William Blake?
> Surprising
> > number of living poets, too - You Know Who You Are...
> >
> > I've had to wear a fair bit of mockery from my teenage kids, but even
> so,
> > quite a few of my kids' circle - and even my son - have deigned to be my
> > "Friend". Which I think is rather sweet.
> >
> > They're at http://www.myspace.com/alisoncroggon and
> > http://www.myspace.com/booksofpellinor if any closet myspacers want to
> look
> > me up -
> >
> > xA
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
> > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
> >
>
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Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
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