(fax) Artist or Project name

[Trevor Cordes]

On  8 Mar, 'Alexander S.Kunz' wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> ...this lists Pete Namlook & Tetsu Inoue as artist "2350 Broadway" (which
> is, IMVHO, nonsense)

The only confusing thing should be the fact that sometimes in FAX the
"artist" is a real name (even when it's 2+ people), and sometimes it's a
project name.  2350.org is, I think, the "definitive" final word on such
matters.

The project-as-artist name thing (like the 2350 Broadway example) makes
perfect sense when you think of the traditional "music band", like the
Beatles or the Rolling Stones.  We don't list a Beatles album as being
done by the artist "Lennon, John + McCartney...".  The FAX collab is the
same thing -- a "band".  The fact they are more transient, I suppose,
means nothing.

I think Warren @ 2350 used the spine labelling for deciding when to use
project vs. artist names.  We all just wish (I hope) that PK had been
more consistent (unless the current state of affairs was all
intentional?).

As for mailman vs. majordomo -- that was a *long* time ago.  I don't
even remember when that was but I think the transition was pretty smooth
so not sure why you got dropped.