On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 2:52:37 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 12:49:43 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 8:40:01 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 4:28:05 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > On 2022-11-02 3:07 p.m., Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 2:53:47 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef....@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > >> On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 1:29:31 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > >>> On 2022-11-02 9:22 a.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > >>>> On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 8:57:32 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > >>>>> On 2022-11-01 9:32 a.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > >>>>>> On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 5:46:05 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>> On 2022-10-30 3:11 p.m., Zod wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>> On Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 7:39:05 PM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>> On Oct 29, 2022, at 7:12 PM, Steve Lane <riverm...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>> And BTW. In y’all’s line of work, you’re a dime a dozen right now.
> > > > >>>>>>>>> A well placed negative comment , could keep the ones in your household that can actually work, unemployable.
> > > > >>>>>>>>> Keep fucking with ME Corey and you’ll find out.
> > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
> > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>>> On Oct 29, 2022, at 6:52 PM, Steve Lane <riverm...@gmail..com> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> I recognize the email "river mutant" from somewhere in the past, a check of the archives may yield results...
> > > > >>>>>>> Oh, yeah; there's no question. The "Steve Lane" emails came from
> > > > >>>>>>> rivermutant27ATgmail.com, the same account that the emails Spam-a-Lot
> > > > >>>>>>> posted from "Clare" came from, and the same account the aapc posts from
> > > > >>>>>>> "ME" have been coming from. I don't think that's even a point at issue.
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> I suppose this might be "news" for some here, but the Regulars have long been familiar with the "Steve Lane" account.
> > > > >>>>> On 2022-11-01 9:32 a.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > >>>>>> On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 5:46:05 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca
> > > > >>>>> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>> On 2022-10-30 3:11 p.m., Zod wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>> On Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 7:39:05 PM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>> On Oct 29, 2022, at 7:12 PM, Steve Lane <riverm...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>> And BTW. In y’all’s line of work, you’re a dime a dozen right now.
> > > > >>>>>>>>> A well placed negative comment , could keep the ones in your
> > > > >>>>> household that can actually work, unemployable.
> > > > >>>>>>>>> Keep fucking with ME Corey and you’ll find out.
> > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
> > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>>> On Oct 29, 2022, at 6:52 PM, Steve Lane <riverm...@gmail..com> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> I recognize the email "river mutant" from somewhere in the past, a
> > > > >>>>> check of the archives may yield results...
> > > > >>>>>>> Oh, yeah; there's no question. The "Steve Lane" emails came from
> > > > >>>>>>> rivermutant27ATgmail.com, the same account that the emails Spam-a-Lot
> > > > >>>>>>> posted from "Clare" came from, and the same account the aapc posts from
> > > > >>>>>>> "ME" have been coming from. I don't think that's even a point at issue.
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> I suppose this might be "news" for some here, but the Regulars have
> > > > >>>>> long been familiar with the "Steve Lane" account.
> > > > >>>>> We've all been long familiar with the rivrmutant27 account, just not
> > > > >>>>> with all the names used to post on it. Obviously if rivrmutant27 uses
> > > > >>>>> different names in emails to different people, those people -- including
> > > > >>>>> you, so you've said -- would know those other names, so they wouldn't be
> > > > >>>>> news to you.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> For my part, I've only seen the "Steve Lane" name on reviews of Will's
> > > > >>>>> work -- and it is big news to discover that the MEatpuppet wrote those
> > > > >>>>> reviews.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Do you have links to any of those reviews? I'd be interested in reading them.
> > > > >>> You can google "Steve Lane" on this group. That's what I did.
> > > > >> Steve Lane on "Truck Stop Woman": "Very weak musical talent, lyrics were even worse, although most of the couldn't be understood (inaudible).Why put this out there?"
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Steve appears to have been kinder to the Donkey than I'd hoped.
> > > > >
> > > > > He was kinder than I was-- I tried to get a woman to listen to it and even with much cajoling, they refused to finish listening to it. They were not amused with Will's lame excuse for a country music trope. In fact, I don't think the fallen woman trope works the way he that he wrote it-- he left out any references to the woman's heart of gold. He just wrote about some poor lonely sod's love for prostitutes.
> > > > > But then if you pay attention to the way Will Dockery and George Dance operate here, one is only allowed to give fan service to his work or be labeled a troll.
> > > > What stupid spin. No one cares whether the MEatpuppet likes "Truck Stop
> > > > Woman" or not. I think Will should care if the MEatpuppet is going
> > > > around social media 'reviewing' his music under fake names.
> > > What "spin" is stupid, George?
> > >
> > > Ash tried to get a woman to listen to the Donkey's video, and she couldn't make it through to the end.
> > >
> > > I don't see what sort of "spin" that is.
> > >
> > > Did you get confused and think that Ash was talking about ME?
> > >
> > > FYI: Most people can't stand the Donkey's music.
> > >
> > > I, otoh, can tolerate most of it as ambient sound -- especially if it were playing in a bar at 3am, and I was sufficiently deep enough into my cups.
> > Sorry, but take it from someone who savors horrendous music-- no drunken stupor, no matter how deep, would numb me to be able to suffer through that dirge!
> Ignore the lyrics. The recording has a relaxing, soft country sound. Will's voice is also soft and fairly smooth. He has a vocal range of two or three notes, and falters a bit when he tries to reach beyond it, but... it's country. Missing the "high" notes only lends to the "everyman" quality of his voice. The flute playing adds a nice, unexpected touch, and adds to the relaxed, laid-back feel of the entire piece. There's not much of a melody, and what there is certainly isn't memorable, but then this isn't a record to sing along with. It's background music for a low end dive at 3am. Think of it as elevator muzak for after midnight drunks.
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> I can't stand reading Will's poetry (I honestly believe that he's the worst poet who's ever lived), but I find his music much less annoying than rap, hip-hop, or most metal (sorry). I have always believed that if Will dropped his pretense of being a poet, and stopped trying to pass himself off as anything more than a local singer-songwriter, he wouldn't be an object of universal (or Usenetversal) scorn.

No need for apology, I'm secure in my musical taste, unlike my musical taste bigot foe that we all know. The sound of his songs is probably due to his friends and why it's tolerable. Your review is not bad. Your last sentence, only if it would be heeded...