Interesting.

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Subject: RE: Does Folk Exist?
From: glueman - PM
Date: 15 Jul 09 - 07:14 AM

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So for most of the time I'm folk's n****r, always on the outside looking in the shop window, wanting the sweets at the back but not prepared to swallow the twaddle. BTW, that isn't a romantic vision of folk or myself, it's a fact and people might examine their own consciences to see whether they fit the picture.
It's music, that's it.


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Subject: RE: Earning a living in Folk
From: GUEST,Ewan Spawned a Monster - PM
Date: 30 Jun 08 - 12:15 PM

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In summary, Alex Petradis's comments do reflect how it often feels to those of us who are on the outside, faces squashed against the glass, looking in. A bit like interlopers in a world that isn't theirs. And maybe that's one of the reasons why there's not enough guest-based clubs to sustain the careers of more than just a few professional folk singers, and to go back to the point of the thread, its so hard for them to earn a living. As Tom Bliss has said, nationally, there simply aren't enough decent guest nights to go around. And we can't keep citing the same handful of examples that buck the trend in an attempt to keep our heads valiantly buried in the sand.

Could Ewan Spawned a Monster and glueman be one and the same?