[Dixielandjazz] Ridiculous Newspaper article

[Robert S. Ringwald]

So Dave,

What is your point?

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Richoux" <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Ridiculous Newspaper article


> lets see if this gets through once or three times ;-)
>
> The quality of "Alternative Press" can vary a lot from region to  region - 
> in the greater SF Bay Area we have 4 or 5 free weeklies to  choose from. 
> Some are more leftist & sleezy than others, and the  quality of writers, 
> editors, advertisers and content certainly  varies. Maybe it is a 
> generational thing - I have no problem with  that and I think they are 
> still a great place to discover the wide  range of activities that are 
> happening each week. I don't go to all  of them, but at least I have a 
> choice.
>
> Obviously the Sacjazz fest organizers thought the SN&R was good  enough 
> paper to place a 12 page paid advertisement.
>
> I also read the slightly more conservative daily papers - they are  all 
> trying harder to reach not only the drug-oriented, tattooed, 
> underachievers but all sorts of people - readership is down in all 
> sectors of print media...
>
> Dave Richoux
> not so old a fogy
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Bcf111 at aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob, and Listmates:
>>
>> Regarding the article in the Sacramento News and Review, you just   have 
>> to
>> bite your tongue and consider the source:  SSN&R is a  profoundly  left 
>> wing,
>> throwaway, trash bin liner, rag which I read every  Thursday, in  order 
>> to keep up
>> with the enemy.  A major source of  SN&R income is the many pages  of 
>> sleazy
>> escort ("massage") ads which  the Sacramento Bee would never  print. 
>> Their
>> readership is mainly, as  you would expect, the drug-oriented,  tattooed,
>> underachievers who mostly  wouldn't be caught dead attending  anything as 
>> clean as the
>> Sacramento Jazz  Jubilee.
>>
>> Jill's response was spot on, of course.  Good for her.   However,  bad 
>> press
>> from the SN&R is really a huge plus; the few of  their readership  who 
>> would buy
>> a ticket to our festival just aren't worth  the extra cops that  would be
>> required to keep an eye on them!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ben Fowlkes, old fogy in  Sacramento
>>
>>
>
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