Geekdom vs the Fourth Estate

From: THETechnoid_at_home.com <(THETechnoid_at_home.com)>
Date: Wed Oct 11 01:17:03 2000

Bob Moog is an aquaintance and customer of mine. My good friend Siox is
his secretary. Is there any thing I might be able to help with? Big Briar
is only eight miles from my house.

Jeff





In <Pine.NEB.4.21.0010100415410.12685-100000_at_panix2.panix.com>, on
10/11/00
   at 02:17 AM, John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com> said:


> Here in India, because of my previous association with MGM Studios, I
>find myself cast (rather unwillingly on my part) as a bit of a celebrity,
>and so I have been interviewed by several different reporters from
>various media.

> During an interview with a fellow from The Hindu, the largest paper in
>India, we got into a discussion of my own personal recording studio and
>collection of vintage electronic instruments. I had been asked to
>provide photos, which I brought.

> In the pack pf pictures, two or three of my computer collection were
>intermingled, and the discussion turned for a few minutes to the
>preservation of technology in general, and why anyone would want a house
>full of PDP11s, etc. They took several of the photos to run with the
>article; I gave them a brief description of the studio and it's
>equipment, and... they ran the picture of am DEC stuff, over the caption
>for the music gear, after we all agreed *not* to.

> I'm *still* getting calls from tech-heads who can't figure out just
>what model Moog Synth takes up 11 linear feet of 6' racks with a Kennedy
>9100 stuck in the middle of it.

> sigh.

> This, more or less, has happened each and every time I have given a
>press interview on a technical subject in the last 15 years.

> This one just happens to be classiccmp-related...


> Cheers

>John



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