State of the Strut

Jonny_Paycheck said:ok. this thread doesn't really seem like jokes




And my follow-up/explanation/self-defense gets lost in the shuffle. Awesome.





Hey guys, my name is my name.





Philahobo, my records are your records.
 
Herm said:Jonny_Paycheck said:ok. this thread doesn't really seem like jokes




And my follow-up/explanation/self-defense gets lost in the shuffle. Awesome.










It didn't get lost in the shuffle.
 
Jonny_Paycheck said:Herm said:Jonny_Paycheck said:ok. this thread doesn't really seem like jokes




And my follow-up/explanation/self-defense gets lost in the shuffle. Awesome.










It didn't get lost in the shuffle.




Kool & The Gang.
 
Possum Tom said:I know of a couple BIG things on the horizon, and we will need soulstut to be alive and well to break the news. I'm not at liberty to speak in any more detail, but I sure hope the strut is up and running when the news breaks.





how can we help you Raj?




Thanks for the concern T*m...





This thread is a good look... the therapy I needed to get a little perspective. Definitely going to keep this up until at least the 15 year landmark.





:necessary:
 
RAJ said:Possum Tom said:I know of a couple BIG things on the horizon, and we will need soulstut to be alive and well to break the news. I'm not at liberty to speak in any more detail, but I sure hope the strut is up and running when the news breaks.





how can we help you Raj?




Thanks for the concern T*m...





This thread is a good look... the therapy I needed to get a little perspective. Definitely going to keep this up until at least the 15 year landmark.





:necessary:




Anniversary rendezvous at the mansion?





















































page me...
 
Herm said:RAJ said:Possum Tom said:I know of a couple BIG things on the horizon, and we will need soulstut to be alive and well to break the news. I'm not at liberty to speak in any more detail, but I sure hope the strut is up and running when the news breaks.





how can we help you Raj?




Thanks for the concern T*m...





This thread is a good look... the therapy I needed to get a little perspective. Definitely going to keep this up until at least the 15 year landmark.





:necessary:




Anniversary rendezvous at the mansion?


















































page me...

I will keep the date clear on my calendar. lets do this!!!!
 
Name and train a willing and competent successor to operate the the place with the same elegant diligence that you always have. Pass the baton. Transition it rather than cease altogether- all things morph, it's very normal. Let that happen.


And then pour yourself a scotch and breathe easy.





Raj, you have created something and different people will make use of it differently. Thank you, you know this. Some people will always take more than they give, others are the first to contribute something useful... Some people here are really experienced and knowledgable and share a common language, and there are some that are clearly uninformed and are freshly fallen off that turnip truck. It's like anything in life.
 
soulstrut is my front page of the internet.





i have my daily hu$tle of sites, blogs, tumblrs, whatevers that i run through on a more or less daily basis...... but then i check in with the STURT to see what i missed. the reason we all keep coming back is because we keep on finding what we're looking for, which is a bunch of people with similar interests filtering what they've seen and experienced and concentrating it into a single place. we are editing this huge barrel of digital idiocy for eachother and making lasting relationships while doing so.





soulstrut has always been more of a theoretical LOCATION than just internet effluvium....... a record store. a barbershop. a pub. a library.
 
all that said..... buildings cost money and require maintenance.








clean the gutters out and change the air filters every spring and shit. RAJ has been that dude for 13 years. sounds to me like he needs the next generation superintendent to step up and take the scepter.
 
I think the whole re-branding thing is something that should really be addressed.





How do u graduate from Braeks, Yo, and keep the same spirit but upgrade our shit to keep us interested and attract new blood.





Im not feelin the "cater to the 30 somethin's" thang. Music is too wide for that shit.





But i cant front that shit could use some new shit and come out like Sandy in Grease( flat butt leather pants, cigarette, pumps and a perm vs the woe is me Rizzo.......tee hee-hee MJ.





Has the "Funky Black Man Soul" fetishization been knocked down the menu?
 
I don't recall this site ever being about breaks.


My recollection is that the people here were all into breaks, but discouraged talking about it.


:thebreaks:





Obsessive break hunting detracted from the music was feeling, I think.
 
people talked about breaks but it was either about; the new shit OR waxpo style examination of the classics.
 
Why does it need a description/rebranding. With as much history as this place has, it only needs to be soulstrut. Content will attract new people, not some tag line.
 
MusicaDelAlma said:BRING BACK TEH RAER







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