I'm going to expose myself as uncouth and dorky here, but, my Basic Channel question would be: "Why did the Basic Channel CD suck so?"
(Okay, that's melodramatic. Please, no thread about how the CD ruled. Fine. Different strokes. I respect you. Respect me...) What I really mean is: The vinyl was so cool. Up. With it. Smart, yet fun. Each record built upon the previous record, and they all hung together fairly well. They sang with one voice. And while a couple of the tracks ran toward the ambient end of the spectrum, these moments seemed (to me) side salads and not entrees. But the CD: I haven't pulled it in a long time, but, as I recall, it is loaded with ambient, beatless shishing and swooshing. I found it a real disappointment -- one drum machine short of a good time. Intellectually interesting, to be sure -- all Basic Channel spoke to the mind. But listening to the CD was reading Noam Chomsky -- where the vinyl was like delving into Salon.com. Hip, smart, invigorating and approachable. My memories may be twisted, but that's how I saw it. That's like four cents, I guess. JOHN KOHLSTRAND ROCHESTER, N.Y. USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
