I guess. But don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the interview personally.
Also, I don't read The Wire, RA or indeed Gridface, looking for muckracking exposes, or Paxmanesque dressing-downs. I just don't think 'the scene' is big enough for it's media to need or want to do that [yet]. Maybe in 2050, when pop music will be what we call today techno/electro etc. -----Original Message----- From: Jacob Arnold [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:26 PM To: Odeluga, Ken Cc: Martin Dust; list 313 Subject: RE: (313) J--- M----- on DJing CDs and vinyl Odeluga, Ken wrote: > You mean they're not critical enough? > > I suppose that would be a fair point. > > On the other hand, this is a very small niche which people occupy > simply because they're already into the thing. > > A critical review seems reasonable, but a critical interview is > arguably pointless when ignoring what [or who] you don't like speaks > much larger volumes. How are you using the word critical? As in negative? In any case, I thought the most interesting point was when Mills explained that Kevin, Juan, Derrick, etc. were interested in industrial music in '87 and that's why he thinks techno developed a sound different from Chicago. I wish the interviewer had asked Mills for more stories about the early days. As a side-note, unlike the interviewer I don't think Metropolis is a utopian film ;-) Jacob -- underground music reviews http://www.gridface.com/
