I presume you mean "since the real world is not supporting such things, why should internet folks do so?"  I'm well aware that techies are by and large no more interested in art than the world at large, but music fanatics, avant- and otherwise, seem to be pretty well-represented in the  tech world, and I'm sure at least a few dozen of them stumbled into a pile of money.  I heard off-list from someone who cashed out and started a label, so perhaps it's more common than I realize.

   At 08:28 PM 7/23/2002 -0400, TagYrIt@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 7/23/2002 5:04:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, selvig@sonic.net writes:


a lot of
people made lots of money during the Internet boom, and I'm sure some of
those new millionaires are fans of avant-garde music, but I haven't seen
any foundations supporting the avant music scene. 


As much as I'd like to agree with you, why should the internet inspire any different priorities than the "real" world?

Dale.

Chris Selvig