( 12:47 PM )
New York Times Sports Section
Hey, I just noticed this today and I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this for me. I'm reading the sports section of the NY Times and noticed that in the baseball standings that the New York Yankees and the New York Mets are referred to as "Yankees" and "Mets" rather than "New York" and "New York". All of the other teams are referred to by their city name, including Chicago for both the White Sox and the Cubs.
I guess the question is, is this the way it is printed in all locations? Does the Chicago version of the NY Times read "Yankees" and "Mets" or does it read "New York" and "New York"? And do they print "White Sox" and "Cubs" for the Chicago version?
Someone let me know: mwalls@2walls.com
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( 9:20 AM )
Unsubscribe me
2 Walls Webzine receives a lot of requests from indie artists and bands for reviews. As editor, I spend a lot of time replying to these requests, directing artists to the appropriate reviewers on our staff, with guideline instructions and mailing information, etc. We then spend a good amount of time listening to these artists and in some cases, writing reviews. Of course, we don’t write about everyone we listen to, but we give everyone a fair listen and try to be objective. We are also committed to forwarding music to other reviewers in our group, so that several ears get a chance to listen and perhaps generate a review.
That said – I’d like to admit that since people are emailing us for possible reviews, and as indie artists looking for support, I assume they have an interest in indie music and thus an interest in our webzine, so I include their email addresses in our mailing list database.
People on this mailing list receive about 1-2 newsletters per month from us. Not a whole lot. And on average, we receive maybe 1 or 2 “unsubscribe” requests for each newsletter sent out. Which isn’t a problem, because we receive nearly 20 “subscribe” requests per month.
Recently, I had a short argument with an indie artist regarding this practice of automatically including review request emails into our mailing list database. The artist (who will remain nameless) requested a review, and I sent him the mailing information. As I usually do, I included his email into our database. The next day, I sent out our monthly newsletter. A few hours later I received an “unsubscribe me” email from him. Here is the conversation:
Artist: Please unsubscribe me
Me: So, you want us to review "your" music, but you don't actually want to read "our" webzine... Not a problem. Email address removed.
Artist: YOUR WEB PAGE SAYS "Once we have received your information, we will contact you with mailing information for your materials." NOT "We'll subscribe you to our newsletter without telling you and once you pass our loyalty test we will contact you with mailing information
for your materials" WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A WEBZINE - WE ENJOY YOUR WEBSITE, BUT DID NOT ASK TO BE SUBSCRIBED TO ANYTHING!!!!!!
Me: All true. (By the way, CAPS aren't louder in written form, it's just obnoxious.) And this conversion will have no baring on whether we like your music or not. We're extremely committed to showcasing new and talent artists, and hope we enjoy your stuff. But from a social level, it's a bit rude to say "please support us, we're an independent band and are looking for some publicity and press and would be very grateful if you could help us out. Oh...but by the way, I'm not interesting in reading any of your crap so please don't email me." (I would have waited a couple of weeks or two before unsubscribing, so it didn't make me look like a total wanker. But that's just me.) I guess supporting the arts is a one-way street.
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