When I started this blog back in February 2009, I didn't had a clear idea about what its future would be (I still don't have, as you'll see). Truth is - after all these months and several hundred thousands visits later - I am now happy to say that your response to this project was truly great, certainly well above what I expected when I started posting.
But - and there's always a but - I must admit that a certain amount of fatigue has recently crept in. I'm not saying that I've grown tired of spreading my (admitedly very limited) knowledge, or sharing the music from one of the most creative periods in the Story of Pop (for lack of a better word). The problem lies above all in the fact that this is an extremely time consuming activity - not just the posting in itself, but also the fact that coming up with interesting ideas on a daily basis can be hard work (and some of you must know what I'm talking about). Most importantly: I've grown aware that maintaining this blog alive is keeping me from actually listening to the music I love, which is somewhat of an obvious contradiction with this blog's original intentions.
So, getting to some sort of a final resolution, I'm not saying that this is the end - who can say what the future holds - but I'm definitely putting this blog in a state of 'suspended animation' - which is to say that I won't be posting any time soon (if ever), but I'm not shutting it down either: the streamed mp3s will still be there, together with all the album links (at least as long as the service providers let them live). In other words, TO BE CONTINUED - but with a big question mark right there at the end.
Thanks for all the visits, kind comments, general support and for your love of great music.
72 comments:
Wow! I must admit that this is coming as a shock to me.
Coming to this blog not knowing what was waiting for me had become one of my favorite moment of the day!
Now, I completely understand your situation. It's a sad day for us, but a happy one for you. I'll keep hoping it's not the end though.
Thanking you for everything.
MOITO OBRIGADO!!!
esta é unha mala noticia. eu amo o seu blog. espero que pronto volte voce se é do se agrado e se non moito obrigado igualmente.
um abrazo de alguen que o comprende perfectamente.
One of the best blogs around the web.
Thanks for all your kind work.
thanks a lot. great work. this blog is/was a holistic artwork. good luck & keep on rocking in the free world ....
Hi! Thank you for your time and care. Hope to see you soon!
Ramlah
PLEASE , DON'T GO !!!
This is One of the most important Music blog in the web .
I suppose I can speak in the name of Italian people : STAY WITH US !!!
My Best wishes .
Greetings from Florence (the original Dante's City)!!!
You are one of many blogs that I attend (less now that so many have disappeared lately).
I can understand your point about not having time to listen to music, but maybe a post or two once a month would be nice.
Please, pretty please.
great blog, thanks so much for everything.
Não sei como se pode agradecer a quem nos dá assim tanto, mesmo sem o saber. Não só por ter descoberto aqui tanto passado guardado em canções perdidas mas sobretudo porque também aprendi que a música é sempre maior quando partilhada (coisa que já me tinha esquecido).
Por isso, só há uma coisa a dizer:
enjoy :)
Thanx for all the great work and all the effort you put in making this blog so amazing. I just hope that you will come back after a short time out.
Anyway thanx again for everything pal and all the best.
Thanks for all the amazing music you posted here. Totally Wired it's one of my favorite blogs ever. I hope you'll decide to keep posting, but I perfectly understand if you'll decide not to: blogging regularly can be draining.
Thanks again for all the great music and reviews.
All best, Luca
Well, I totally understand your reasons, and I just want to say a big thank you for all the great music you've shared on your very well-kept blog. I've rediscovered old favourites and discovered new ones, and I hope you will return at some point down the line.
Thanks a lot for all your music.
Bertie from Paris
love this blog and all the work you've done, not to mention all the wonderful music you've shared along the way. it's very appreciated i hope you know!
best of luck in the future, whatever it is you decide to do!
I have to say that this is very sad news! This blog was a true gem, and I looked forward to reading it daily! But I understand your situation. Maybe a weekly or twice a month post? Thanks for all the music, and take care!
Anna from America
Hey, I just wandered in here for the first time a few days ago, so while yer still paying attention - THANK YOU for the time and energy you have invested here. Your work will continue to open new vistas for your visitors for months to come (at least).
:o)
Grazie a te per il lavoro fatto finora, per la tua passione (che è anche la nostra) e grazie a Dio per la musica!
Ciao!
Paolo
First of all : Thank you ! Thank you ! Thank you !!! for creating such a wonderful blog. I enjoyed spending my time here and, of course" I'm quite sad about your decision...but on the other side, I can understand you and your reasons well...
But I will keep hoping and waiting for this blog being continued... in one time or another...
See you
Very sorry but totally respect and understand your decisions.
Actually in a way I can admit for myself,( believe amongst many others) that even as a reader, sometimes I spend more time searching for lost,forgotten and new music,instead of spending this precious free time listening to it. Maybe I'm wrong? Possibly.
The thing is that your blog (even if it will remain "no posts" for ever) will be a kind of "small encyclopedia" for this kind of music which is the kind we like.
thanks and hope to be in touch.
don´t go, idiot! i would miss u like hell!
I can only say THANK YOU for all the memories you've made me revive. Really thank you very much. LUCK!
Will miss your daily updates greatly best wishes.
Baz
Sorry to hear you're stepping back, but I can understand why. I've visited your site every day and probably picked up on half your selections - ie the ones I didn't already have! Thanks for all the great tunes and I hope you continue in some form even it's not with the same demanding daily frequency.
bummer dude. one of the great ones but i understand fatigue. I too am a blogger, but on a private blog we have over 40 contributors and 10hardcore posters including me. So things are a little easier. you'll be missed. C-ya in January 2011? mebee?
oh, thanks espescially for all the Game Theory!!!!
"Don't go, idiot!!!"
Hilarious.
This is one of the greatest MP3 blogs ever, without question. Will be really, really sad to see it go. I hope you reconsider.
Greetings from Chicago,
K.
That's agreat shame ELT. This has been a terrific blog that I have enjoyed immensely.
Good luck with your onward journey of musical discovery!
been here since the beginning. a big THANK YOU! amazing blog!!! :)
I echo the comments of people who have already posted...I always enjoyed the surprise of seeing what you had posted, and even if it is was something I already had, I felt vindicated that my taste in music was as good as yours.
I understand your decision, and there's no sense in doing this if you've burned out on it, but I want to say both THANK YOU for so many great posts and, if it makes a difference, your posts brighten many days. If that's a difference maker for you, maybe you'll keep going in some fashion. But if not, we appreciate what you have done. Greatly. If this is the end, you'll be missed, Ex Lion Tamer.
Eric
it's ok to take some time for yourself...I respect your decision but - please be back some time!!
tnx for all what you have done for us
Like many other of your blog readers I always look foward for your next post everyday. There's always excitement for the new to me and the ones that bring lots of memories. Thanks for your time and dedication for the music. Hope is not the end. Gracias & saludos.
Oh, say it's not true. I don't condone or like your decision to suspend all activity but I do understand how draining it must be to keep such an excellent blog upright and walking steady for this amount of time. You've done a remarkable job of it and good luck to you in all future ventures. (Now stop all of this whining and put up a new post...kidding)
Wow! I never imagined this would create such a wave of comments. To say that I'm pleasantly surprised would be an understatement: "deeply touched" rings closer to the truth!
Anyway - sorry folks - for the moment my mind is made up and that's that.
Thank you so much, you're the best.
(and yes, probably I'm just an idiot...)
It was nice while it lasted. Kurt Weill: smart way to say good bye (or see you soon?). Thank you!
I'm discovering this announce of leaving...Such a loss !
Thanks a lot for your work.
If you're feeling you're not listening to music anymore, at least, you filled our ears with sweet things. And that's important too (anyway for someone who is caring about music)
Bye!
THANKS FOR THE MUSIC, I LEARNED TO LOT.
THANKS AGAIN.
FROM ARGENTINA,BEST WISHES.
After Dualtrak another one goes...
The music you post is a pleasure for people from my generation and a daily lesson for the new ones.
Thank You !
Think twice and don´t go !
I appreciated your kind gift to the world. Thank you so much for opening my ears to a lot of stuff I wouldn't otherwise have heard.
You posted all my favorite musical memories from my high school and college years, which is how I found TW in the first place. So everything I found here was just as good, and took me back to those days. Greetings from Indianapolis, Matth
You Wouldn't belive but downloaded all your Blog (it took a while...;oP)
I found your Blog only few month ago and it is a Goldmine for all kind of memories and also new artists of the past years.
Thank you very much!!
About fatigue, you are right. I wondered in these past months:"what is this guy doing in his life? Posting new music every day? that's incredible!"
My suggestion is to take a rest and if you feel it, to upload irregularly, only when you find something you think is worth the trouble.
Hi ELT,
thanks for the time you spent for us, it's really my favourite music blog of all times, there is so much records i discovered here, i used to have a blog myself and i know how much works it is, I closed my blog for the similar reasons, no time to listen to new music, play guitar or read a book ...
thank you very much and greetings from France.
PS : i take a look on the new band called "the sonnets" it seems like this good old Aztec Camera, exciting music never ends !
So sad to read this.
I understand it takes too much work and time.
Thank you for not shutting the site down. Ive really appreciated all your work.
Enjoy time for playing music and maybe, post some of your favorites every once in a while?
Anyway, thanks for all the music you hsared.
Can you post anything by 100 Flowers?
Just Kidding!
Honestly, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and passion for music. I have learned more & purchased more recordings from this blog more than any other I have come across. I hope you return, but if not, you have done a great service.
Thank you - square.
I know how hard it is to keep up the momentum needed. It is easy to run out of steam and to carry on sometimes seems so forced. Be happy that you have made a lot of other people happy too. All the best
thank you ,man,take a rest and enjoy the music.I'm sure alot of us understand.best wishes from south patagonia and tanks again for all the work done
This is sad but understandable news. You've passed on so many good sounds and info, that there are hardly any words to thank you. Even if you take your break or stop maintaining this blog - I'll keep this bookmark as a monument.
Thanx a lot - have a good time!
Hopin' ya return after a good rest!
Thanks...e fica bem...!
Hej! Stworzyłeś kapitalny blog! Z nadzieją czekam na reaktywację i obiecaną płytę Commercial Suicide Colin Newman! Serdecznie pozdrawiam z Polski. Romeo
Muito obrigado por partilhares tão bom gosto musical e todos estes albuns literalmente idos buscar ao fundo do baú!
sad news but i understand...
i'd be interested to know what you are listening to at least, don't have to provide links just a list of what has caught your ear then i can look around for them myself. funny i was thinking today that blogs have replaced record stores for me, many years ago i could spend a day in the city walking around to all the independent stores to see what they had, now they have all closed down. sorry to hear you have closed shop!!
I discovered your Blog just a short time ago and ... whoah; how could it be to find someone who has been traveling exactly through the same musical universe as me ... To find these albums, artists, stories, opinions, statements is wonderful to read.
Anyway, I fully understand your decision... Good luck ! Let me mention an album as possible inspiration:
Red Guitars - Slow to fade (hopfully not this Blog)... Cheers, -fluorescer-
Ex Lion Tamer, you will be missed! But you must have the time you need to listen!! You have awakened so many memories for me and given me so much music I missed the first time around. The best of luck in your future endeavors! I hope further blog activity fits in somehow.
-Brian
Thanks for all the work you put into this blog... your efforts made a great contribution to the quality of my life in 2009 and last year, and I will continue to enjoy your gifts for as long as I love music. I understand your situation completely... just trying to manage daily life takes up far too much of my own time, and there's often little or no time left for music along the way. I sincerely hope you're enjoying yourself. Best wishes...
Marc
As much as I don't want to, I do understand - my own blog (recently risen from its own ashes) insists on being my primary focus, in spite of my reminding it that a blog is only as useful as its author's creativity outside the blog!
We all appreciate what you've done. And we'll all be looking through our telescopes for any sign of your return...
i tell you i tell you we must die
As others have already stated...this is an excellent blog. Thank you so much for all the work you've put into this.
And I also hope that maybe you will still post once in awhile...when you feel like it.
Absolutely one of the best blogs on the web...I loved my daily fix, not knowing what the next post would be. Here's hoping you will return one day but if not, thanks for all the memories and the wonderful music.
We are still patiently waiting for the return of 'EX LION TAMER'!
Hope you return.
Easily, one of the absolute best blogs online.
You are educating a lot of folks, with your stellar selections.
Truly hope that you return to this.
peace from NYC.
Grande Blog!
Abbiamo speranza!!
Grazie per tutti i post!!!
Ciao
I sincerely hope that you are still reading the comments posted here. First of all I want to say that I'm sorry to see that the time-consuming activity of music-blogging has temporarily got the better of you. As a fellow music-blogger I can completely understand. Were it not for my fellow contributors, I would be unable to maintain my own blog.
I would like to discuss something with you in a more private setting. If you happen to see this message, please send me an e-mail to shockw4ve_x (at hotmail dot com)
Thank you and take care.
0II
Hope you return
A Fantastic Blog !
I found here stuff I've been looking for years !
I can't tell you how grateful I am.
Thank you very very very much!
I really hope you will come back.
Well, I think you should just listen to the music you love, as you said :)
Everything else comes later.
Your blog is probably (one of?) the best in terms of quality of posts and content!
Also, It will keep me and others busy for some time, as there are still unexplored regions, for sure.
Thank you!
damn & blast it !!!
Still hoping for a come back!
Today is an anniversary, but a sad one indeed.
After a year of total silence, I think it's time to let go of all hopes of a return.
Trisha.
well come on...........
Don't stop your wonderful blog !
I support you !
All the best !
Ditto for all the above. Volta mazé :)
I have just found this blog and am enjoying it very much. So thanks for that.
Maybe you'll come back after a 100 comments? Please? :)
This blog is a record of a phenomenon that occurred for a short burst of time. Thank you so much for documenting it and making it available for those of us who are always searching and are never satisfied. My only regret is not finding this blog when it first started as some of the links are now unavailable.
Best to you,
Los Angeles
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