Re: FLASH: OT(?): MAC MacDaddies on the QT

[marybrzys@]

Funk what about Punk! I had a du that stood straight up in the front and long

hair to my ass in the back, forget the Disco era and for gosh sakes burry the

polyester! Give me Elvis Costello and Devo, oh my gosh the guy's creating music

for the Rugrats now, we've come a long way baby!


Mary Brzys


Frederico wrote:


> The following contains a minor rant-reply and a genuine bit of Flash

> business to follow--grazi

>

>

On 4/21/1999 8:12 AM, Kevin Jackson of kjacksontriskelian [dot] com said:

>

> >Give the MAC victimization a rest.

>

> Equal time, so they say... stop the cumulative falsification and I'll

> stop the accumulated pontification...

>

> >And BTW, as someone whose generation should still be apologizing for disco,

> >Funk is not Disco. Funk takes talent Disco takes a drum machine.

>

> Check my quote, it was 'disco' with a lowercase 'd', which makes it a

> place, not a genre. They've been around since WAY before I was born, and,

> BTW, I'd challenge you to look up the Top 40 playlist for discos playing

> Disco in that Godawful era, as well as now, and you'll find they're

> playing one hell of a lot of Funk (ever hear of George Clinton?).

> Personally, I had a Mohawk and Clashed [sic] then, but I did go to the

> school dances to scare the girls, so I'm certain of what is, and was,

> Funk v Disco.

>

> Anyhow, on topic-ish, I'm wondering what level of interest QT authors on

> this list would have in creating a new use-list that specializes in QT

> integration with Flash. Not another Flash list, and not another QT list,

> but one that deals with issues and shares techniques new to the genre'

> marriage.

>

>

If you're interested, please send email to flash-qtdanaeweb [dot] com, and

> include the word "interested" in the subject line. If you care to

> elaborate in the body with what you'd like to see it accomplish

> (excluding platform bashing), and what authoring clients you use/will

> use, please feel free. If we get enough interest, we'll make it happen.

>

> And, hey, why don't we call it the Quicktime Disco list, in honor of our

> older, funkier Wintel friends?

>

> Frederico

>

> ~ The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.~

>

>                               --anon

>

> Think Clarity

>

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