oh- i COMPLETELY agree that there should be other artists photos on the site.
i found it thoroughly pathetic that PCM used photos of artist who have publicly dismissed them (Hawtin and May) but i sensed this thread going into another black/white debate, which i don't think anyone is in the mood for right now. so i felt it pertinent to present other reasons why Hawtin is Hawtin :) On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, neon tse tse wrote: > that?s all fine with me, > > though I couldn?t flip as you do bout certain "coca cola"-aspects - > > still the question was: "why is he the MORE popular" ? > > many of the things you mentioned would fit > > to many different individual Detroit artists - > > the way you pronounced it also gives me the impression > > as if you think Mr Hawtin is the one doing it "better" - > > don?t want to go on with this - > > and no question: respect for Mr Hawtins work > > but I would prefer to see some more people (from Detroit) > > representing on the pictures too - > > (imagining about a million young people visiting the page) > > out > > m > planetz2002 > > > > > > > 1. Richie Hawtin is more popular because he's a marketing genius. > > > > 2. The Plastikman logo is an icon. Just like Coca-Cola logo. > > > > 3. He ran an extremely successful recordlabel (+8) that didn't limit > > itself to strictly Detroit, therefore it had more sucess outside of Detroit. > > > > 4. Spaztik is perhaps the most versitile track of all-time. It works with > > house, techno, booty... Everyone plays it, everyone loves it. > > > > 5. Even today, Rich aligns himself with exciting new technologies that are > > not only cutting edge, but great for filling column inches in magazines. > > > > 6. Plus, he is definately in the top 10 DJ/producers in the world when it > > comes to quality records and amazing sets. > > > > But since quality in music is more or les subjective and I have no desire > > to argue with anyone who believes that Richie is not a good artist, please > > refer back to points 1-5 to answer the question 'why is hawtin more > > popular?' > > > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, neon tse tse wrote: > > > >> Yes, Richie Hatwin is a serious good artist, > >> > >> but why is he the "far more popular" one ? > >> > >> because he?s "the best" ? > >> > >> do you believe in "the best" ? > >> > >> is it possible he?s "far more popular", > >> > >> because he also is on so many photos, jpgs, maybe ? > >> > >> so again we need to enter the question: > >> > >> why is he on so many photos ? > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>>> 5 out of the 6 pics of dj's on the website are of richie > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> whitewashing at it's finest > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> *angry beyond measure* > >>> > >>> > >>> if it was 5 different white artists, then maybe i can understand. But if > >>> all five are of Richie, then i don't think this is whitewashing in the > >>> SLIGHTEST. Say what you want, but richie is a far more popular and well > >>> recognized artist (please, don't just say because he's white), and most > >>> likely *that* is why so many of those pictures are of him. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>> Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.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] > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
