- UPDATE
ON THE STATUS OF THIS
SITE/WEBZINE
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- This is the last monthly
issue of Wind and Wire for awhile (at least a
year). Beginning next issue (approximately October 1), I
will begin uploading an issue every other month while I
am on sabbatical from reviewing. You will still see the
occasional review from me during this time, but these are
reviews I had promised to artists before the start of the
sabbatical. If you are an artist, label rep, promoter,
etc. and are concerned about a review that you hoped for
from me, just drop me an email and ask. I'm going to do
my best to fulfill my obligations to you all. I am no
longer accepting new material for review, although you
are free to contact
me and plead
your case. Note: send
money...it helps!
;-)
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- Seriously, please refer
your queries for reviews to my other
writers, all of
whom have pledged to do their best to keep this website
viable and current during my absence. Because of the
situation in my personal life which is dictating the need
for this sabbatical, the "NEWS" section of this site will
be considerably trimmed down. I simply do not have time
to search for news on the 'net nor to weed through the
informational emails that are sent to me via many mailing
lists from artists and labels. As a result, PLEASE, if
you want me to post something about a new release, a
concert, or the birth of your pet bird, email it to me
personally with a very short "Hi Bill, please post
this for me, okay?" and word it exactly as you
want it to appear so I can cut-and-paste it. I will not
edit it. If you wish to imbed a link, just go ahead and
type out the link info and I will convert it.
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- Contrary to public
opinion, I am not taking this leave of absence due solely
to reviewing burnout, although that is certainly a
condition that afflicts me these days. Due to a change in
my and Kathryn's employment situation (which is
temporary) I am going to have to work more than one job
for a year or so. This will cut deeply into my free time
and, as a result, the reviewing will suffer. Rather than
just plod along, I have decided to take this time to also
take a break. I have been at this since March of 1997
without a real break, so what the hell, I guess after all
that time, I deserve to listen to music for "fun" for
awhile, doncha think so?
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- There are no immediate
plans for my leaving my radio show, but I will not rule
that out either. If I do pull out of radio, I will
announce it here, of course.
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- You will doubtless find
out that Wind and Wire will be somewhat lacking in
new age music (and similar genre) reviews during my
sabbatical. I have plenty of ambient and electronica
music reviewers, but for some reason, new age music
reviewers are few and far between. If there are any of
you out there, and you don't mind working for free, I am
open to your contributions. Send me a review sample and
we can go from there. Otherwise, please don't interpret
the lack of new age music reviews as an indication I am
personally abandoning the genre. Nothing could be further
from the truth, as I remain steadfast in my love for this
type of music which I feel has always been ignored by
many of the other sites out there.
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- Well, that's it for now.
I turn 50 this week, and it sure feels like 50. On
the other hand, maybe it's more as Indiana Jones once
said "It's not the years, it's the mileage." Regardless,
I hope you're all faring well in these troubled and
troubling times. As always, I wish you well and happy
trails, wherever the journey takes you. Hopefully,
everything will go back to normal in a year or
so.
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- Do good
work.
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- Bill
Binkelman,
- founder,
editor and webmaster
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