As things stand now, I do plan on doing a show on Monday, March 31st. I know I will not do a show on April 7th as that is election eve. I will have a very long day camped out at the polling place Tuesday. Wish me luck! Hopefully things will be back to normal the following Monday, April 14th. (I guess I'd better make sure my taxes are done by then!)
My apologies to all, but I won't be able to do the cast Monday night, March 24th. As I feared, there is a meeting of the Board of Aldermen scheduled that night that I need to attend. I've been attending all Board meetings since last October in anticipation of running for the aldermanic seat. Monday night meetings are very rare - they're usually on Thursday nights. This is an exception. If the meeting ends early enough, I might be able to get on later for a couple of hours, but I won't know that until the very last minute. With my campaigning activities, I don't expect to be able to do a make-up show later in the week.
As things stand now, I do plan on doing a show on Monday, March 31st. I know I will not do a show on April 7th as that is election eve. I will have a very long day camped out at the polling place Tuesday. Wish me luck! Hopefully things will be back to normal the following Monday, April 14th. (I guess I'd better make sure my taxes are done by then!) I just got an e-mail from one of our regular viewers who informed me that he won't be joining our OtC casts anymore in the chat room. For him, the level of trolling is unacceptable on JTV in general and in my channel in particular. Even though he enjoyed the show, that wasn't enough to offset the unpleasant aspects of the platform. He was kind enough to tell me about his situation, and I do appreciate his thoughtfulness in that regard.
I'm not going to identify this viewer by name. His issues are his own. I respect his point of view and I believe I understand his particular situation. I am pretty certain he is NOT complaining about me, the mods, any of our other regular viewers or chatters. I think his problem is mainly with the occasional troll we get in chat, and the inability to permanently get rid of them. I wanted to share my response because I think it's generally applicable. I've edited it to remove any direct reference to his name. "I'm sorry to see you go. In a medium like this , there will always be trolls and other people that act rudely, thoughtlessly, maliciously, or otherwise inappropriately. Come to think of it, that's true in everyday interactions in the real world, too, although it is easier to misbehave in an anonymous environment. With the one person you were talking about, who [tried to impersonate you], we knew that wasn't you, and I think we ended up banning that person from the channel. JTV does have an avenue for redress as it is against their Terms of Service for one user to impersonate another. However, it is up to the aggrieved party (you, in this case) to file a complaint. No one, not online and not in real life, can PREVENT someone else from behaving badly. One can only react to bad behavior by identifying it and then dealing with it as best as one can. That is what I try to do during my webcasts. At the risk of raising your ire, I feel like I ought to say this, for what it's worth: When you first joined my channel, your name did catch my attention, and not in a good way. I ban people simply for having an offensive or vulgar name, as is stated in the Community Standards section of my channel page. The name you chose for yourself kind of falls into that category. However, you interacted in the chat well, so I decided to overlook the uncomfortable name. Just as a bit of unsolicited advice, why not pick a name that draws less unwanted attention to itself, something that might cause you less grief from people that don't appreciate where you're coming from?" In summary: Yes, trolls can be unpleasant. Sometimes you just need to have a thick skin. That's life. Not all bad behavior can be eradicated. That's also life. Don't add to the problem by being trollish yourself, and that includes the choice of a user name. Maybe I was wasting my breath (or type, in this case) by responding. There's a piece of me that wants to offer help where I can. The recipient can take it or leave it, his choice. I did my part. Now I'm ready to move on. |
AuthorGil is the host of the "Gil's Channel" webcast on Vaughnlive.tv. References
These sites are particularly helpful when it comes to learning about and tagging music. Some are blogs. Others are labors-of-love reference sites. And to be complete, I'm including the well-known sites I use often.
45 RPM Records of the Ohio River Valley 45cat (7" vinyl database) 45worlds (non-7" singles db) The "A" Side (informative blog) Album Liner Notes (reference) Allmusic ASCAP Repertory Search (db) The "B" Side (informative blog) Billboard Hot 100 (historical) Blues & Rhythm (magazine) BMI Repertoire Search (db) Both Sides Now Publications British Dance Band Encycl'p'a Bullfrogs Pond - #1s by Date. Bullfrogs Pond - Artists. Bullfrogs Pond - Yearly Chart. Classic Jazz Online. Classic Urban Harmony. The Cosimo Code. The Database of Popular Music. Dave's Music Database. The Dead Rock Stars Club. Discogs (database). Donald Clarke's Music Box. The Doo Wop Society of So Cal FAU Recorded Sound Archives. Garage Hangover (60s 45's) HeyPally's 78 rpm Page. It's Psychedelic Baby (blog) The Jazz Archive Site. JazzBiographies.com Jazz Discography Jazz Downloads (1917-1955) JazzStandards.com Jeff's 78 Labels Label Discographies Lyrics.net (searchable lyrics) Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebook Music VF (US & UK hits db) Noal Cohen's Jazz History The Online (78) Discog. Project Rhythm & Blues 50s Oldies Man Rock & Country Encycl & Discog Second Hand Songs SESAC Repertory Search (db) Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Hvn So Many Records, So Little Time Songbook (Doc's Songbook) Soulful Kinda Music Spectropop Express Spirit of Rock Webzine Tony's Rock & Roll Links Traditional Music Library (ref) Tredwells Music Centre The Vocal Group Harmony Site Wikipedia YouTube Archives
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