Jazz@Rochester

You will see that I have a new category in the links on my sidebar for “Friends of Jazz@Rochester” (actually two, but more on the other later). One of the things about blogging that I find fascinating is the communities that it can create. Both of the current entries in this new category are written by people I’ve never met in person, but we have exchanged a few emails and comments. I discovered them last year during the 2005 Rochester International Jazz Festival as they, like me, were blogging it, writing interesting pieces about the acts they had been to and their reactions to the music and the festival. They have graciously included me in their blogrolls, and have had kind words for what I do (thanks…). Finally, I was able to add their blogs to my sidebar recently (it took awhile for me to get the time to add the new categories as this free blogging package I use does not make it really easy to hack the format).
And yet, Seth at Cup ‘O Books in addition to the encouraging comment on this post has just “done me a real solid”—he recently sent an email to RIJF Producer/Artistic Director John Nugent to ask to get the Jazz@Rochester blog added to the RIJF Jazz Links page . I was working up the gumption to send such an email myself before too long. Seth beat me to it, and said some real nice things about Jazz@Rochester in his email. I really appreciate that, Seth!

Fretful Porpentine, the rebranded smokerblog, has also been a good friend of this blog. I encourage my readers to check out both blogs. By the way guys, I agree with both of you (here and here) on Michael Saffran’s Speaking Out article on blog writing. While I admit I don’t write this blog the same way I would write a legal brief (I am a recovering lawyer), a person’s life or money is not at stake. They’re blogs, dude! Perhaps Mr. Saffran’s concern is not as much with the writing on blogs but with the writing on the wall that this technology represents?