Speaking of dance music on the screen, I actually managed to catch that 'Around The World In 80 Raves' show on Channel 4, UK last week - the one I posted about beforehand (normally I post about these things then completely forget about them!).
Anyway, these Brits who are travelling around America sampling its dance scenes visited Detroit (amongst other places) on Friday's edition. Before they reached the city they had had their heads filled with stories of how dangerous it was, loads of murders etc etc, and frankly, most of them were sh*tting themselves as a result. When they got there they were shown first visiting the office/studio of Electrofunk Records to get 'clued up' on ghetto-tech (none of them had heard of it before), then the guy from Electrofunk (big fat bloke - name anyone?) took them to a club playing the music. Didn't catch the name of the place, but most of the Brits' eyes were popping out at the sight of people bumping & grinding to - you guessed it - 'Ass'n'titties' (!). One of the women was a former stripper herself, though, so she got right in there and was a big hit with all the local guys - unsurprisingly. At the end of the (pretty short) segment the Brit contingent were clearly relieved not to have been mugged or murdered and were burbling on about how everyone they met in Detroit was 'actually really nice' (shock horror), but to the viewers the overall picture presented of Detroit was of a dangerous city populated by leering, pawing fat blokes making stupid music about womens breasts (No, please don't let's start a thread about the merits or otherwise of Assault/gehetto-tech). Oh yeah, at one point the narrator referred to Detroit as "the home of American techno", but that was it. So there you have it. Anyone else in the UK catch it? TOM > I came across Maestro - a documentary about the history of the underground > music scene which is currently in production - on the deephousepage and it > looks like a really interesting project. Check out the details at > http://www.maestro-documentary.com/index.htm. I did notice, however, a lack > of presence of the detroit pioneers, and was wondering if anyone had any > thoughts or interesting info on the project or the omission. > > funkus :o > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
