[Dixielandjazz] Ridiculous Newspaper article

[David Richoux]

Bob, and all

see the later post I made in this thread.

My point in "defending" the entire category of alternative newspapers  
is to encourage other jazz producer/promoters to consider them in  
their PR campaigns.

(if they want to even try to reach a wider range of potential audience.)

Dave Richoux

On Jun 13, 2007, at 1:02 AM, Robert S. Ringwald wrote:

> 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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