I agree, Roger. I thought that a lot of the information that emerged on that thread recently about playing (too?) fast would have been at home here—I have in mind your contribution and Peter's but I'm sure if I checked I'd find plenty of others. (The stuff on recommended dance tempos was very instructive.) Somehow everyone remained focussed and serious reflection on the relative places of music and dancing in the tradition took place. I learnt a lot from it and I'm sure others did.On 2002-10-24 06:43, Roger O'Keeffe wrote:
I think the division of labour between this forum and the poststructural... works fine. The title of the latter conveys a light-hearted message about it, and most people get the message. It contains an enjoyable mix of signal and noise.
If anyone feels that good signal traffic on the whistle board is likely to be missed by the more selective readers who only frequent this one, then they could just post a message here drawing attention to whatever they think is a good discussion on the mother ship (oops!).
On the other hand, I think it would be good if non-regulars checked out what was happening here more than they appear to. The question of what a planxty is is currently raging limply on that board. When I saw it I just referred the poster to our discussion here which went about as far as it is possible to go I think without just making things up. Then I thought I'd better transfer the solid facts across in order to be helpful but also to avoid being called arrogant or elitist or, what's the current one ... subtly condescending. I get the impression though that very few would have checked out the discussion here. Well, so what ... the boards serve different purposes, which sometimes overlap quite a bit.
