Once again the rule of internet threads holds true; It was only a matter of time before some called someone else a nazi, a fascist, or a Hitler. We ought to keep track of these occurrences :^)
sean on 7|21|00 12:45 PM, Todd Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > God damn! > > I truly want to believe that what you just wrote is just a big joke. Dearly > held? > Hopelessly biased? Revolutionary? This is musical racism, and you might as > well be > Hitler. Or maybe they just aren't informed enough to understand the music? > Please > don't write anything to the press, in fact stay away from the media as a > whole. You > will only hurt the cause instead of forwarding. This isn't elitism, or better > than > anything else, this is simply something we enjoy and others do or don't. I > think you > need to humble yourself to the fact that you probably didn't listen to techno > your > whole life. I still don't understand how you think techno is morally superior > to > other forms of music either. How does music have morals? If music did have > morals, > then techno has promoted more drug use, sex and smoking than any other form of > music > (and yes I'm including all the music in the 60's, we are the children of the > baby > boomers therefore there are more of us, way more). But that is a insipid > argument > that I don't care to give anymore thought to. > ah well it's all good though right, yeah right > todd > > Christina Haiser wrote: > >> True, but this flies in the face of the dearly held notion that techno is >> intellectually, if not morally, superior to other genres of dance music. Now, >> before i'm impaled, I'm not saying it is or isn't. I will be the first to >> admit >> that I'm hopelessly biased. I just want to suggest that if we are to declare >> the >> electronic music movement to be revolutionary (and I know many of you believe >> this), it might be a more beautiful story if no one were to be left behind. >> Consider this, we might be right, but if someone else doesn't "get it," it >> may be >> for a lack of information (on several fronts), rather than inferior or even >> different sense of aesthetics. >> >> Or maybe it is just all good. >> >> --tina >> >> Giles Dickerson wrote: >> >>> or maybe techno just wasn't her thing? i don't think it's faire to knock >>> someone's taste because they don't get what you do. that kneejerk reaction >>> of >>> being defensive when someone is critical of your likes dislikes is the kiss >>> of >>> death for any artist. it's best to just be comfortable with the fact that >>> this >>> music is for some people and not for others. isn't that the beauty of it? >>> >>> // giles >>> >>> FC3 Richards wrote: >>> >>>> i spun techno at a house party and a girl told me that she didn't like it >>>> because there were no buildups or break downs. i think she just wanted to >>>> hear cheesey synth and snare rolls. >>>> jeff >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: James Bucknell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 8:48 AM >>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Cc: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: [313]In the Ghetto (was Richie Hawtin is the future of >>>>> Detroit Techno.) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> neither the ghetto nor the suburbs are the future of techno. >>>>> >>>>> in the ghetto people don't listen to techno--they think it's white boy >>>>> music >>>>> from england. >>>>> the kids in the suburbs don't listen to techno. they listen to trance and >>>>> drum n >>>>> bass. >>>>> >>>>> in the u.s. techno will probably just continue to be the preserve of a >>>>> small >>>>> dedicated group. >>>>> >>>>> i'm putting my thoery to the test. i'm meant to spin at my block party in >>>>> harlem >>>>> on saturday. i figure i'm going to get hit with a flying bottle before i >>>>> mix out >>>>> of the first track. >>>>> james >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
