Amen. My first thought when I saw the projected closeups of dancing breasts was of beer commercials. My second thought was that perhaps more people in the audience understand electronic music as a division from the popular media conglomerates that would use such tactics for entertainment/advertising. But maybe the audience (in general) doesn't recognize the distinction; perhaps a state of mind produced by the MTV "The Grind" generation. That doesn't imply at all that electronic music in Detroit (or the world for that matter) should detach itself from any commercial investments. It just means that I am surprised that such things would even be needed to spice up an already enlightening and entertaining set, especially when they run counter to the intention of the music itself.
I would much rather watch homeless people dance their asses off than see people stare at candy coated projections of dancing mammories. When I see grandparents getting down next to homeless people at the demf, words can't describe my happiness. Seriously, that makes me dance a whole hell of a lot more than 2 dimmensional scantily clad women. Hope you all felt that. cheers. /j ------------------------------------------------ Joshua Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] / icq: 3045997 / ph: 734.369.2665 Meteorite - Student Journal of Philosophy at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Design Editor / Editorial Collective Institute for Social Research: Population Studies Center: Social Science Data Analysis Network: Graphic Designer ------------------------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: kenneth taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:12 PM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: [313] evil corporations > > > Honestly, I found Bacardi to be the most invasive of the corp. sponsors. > Those full adds on the underground stage were horrible (as was > the punch in > the media tent!) Surprisingly, Ford was rather well-behaved (unlike the > projectile vomiting kids near the underground stage.) Really, > Ford's set up > didn't seem too bad and there weren't any Ford employees onstage making > their presence known, which was nice. > > My biggest peeve was the projections of half-naked women. For > someone like > Assault, I can understand (not accept or condone, but understand) but for > Saul Williams? WTF? Does consciousness raising hip-hop really > warrant this > crap? Contradictory is an understatement. > > ken > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
