>Well isn't that a pompous response?
No - it wasn't pompous, it was sarcastic. Crack a dictionary.
Do you know when the last time Jeff Mills was hired to play in Chicago? Or
the last time he was offered to play there?
Just because he's from Detroit or lives in Chicago doesn't obligate him to
play there - I could imagine that there *could* exist for him many personal
issues with people in Detroit (or Chicago) that would cause him to say to
himself - "you know, self, I'd only go back to Detroit if I was given a
million dollars"
>I think artists/musicians/whatever have a responsibility to their
>community beyond just releasing records--
As several people have stated - Jeff does give back to his community - he
just doesn't do it in the public eye for loads of attention or to get the
"ok" from people like yourself. It's called being humble.
>but instead is essentially plundering and pilfering
>whatever he can from the apparently willing fans.
I'd still like to know what you think you are personally being robbed of.
You've seen him at a bar - are you pissed because he's relaxing instead of
DJing?
I've known many DJs and artists who live in Minneapolis but don't play
here. They prefer to play in Europe or other cities because they get a
better response and they like to keep the city they live in as a sort of
quiet retreat from where they perform.
makes sense to me
MEK
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> I agree - all those Jeff Mills records I and thousands of other people
> own and enjoy in our living rooms - not to mention all of us who use
> his records to make other people dance, plus the fantastic DJ sets
> we've experienced, and his and Robert Hoods practical invention of the
> minimal techno style don't amount to much. We've been duped.
>
> I think Jeff Mills owes us all a personal apology for robbing us all
> these years of "a lot" - whatever that "a lot" may be.
Well isn't that a pompous response?
Jeff Mills hasn't played in Chicago since 1993? despite living here for
years. You may remember that he reluctantly agreed to play a show in
Detroit in 2000 after not performing there for years, even though he's
from there, and then cancelled it because it didn't sell enough tickets.
The event finally happened years later, but not until after he had acted
like a total prima donna.
I think artists/musicians/whatever have a responsibility to their
community beyond just releasing records-- art is not created inside some
sort of a vacuum. You may disagree with me, and that's fine, but that's
how I feel and that influences how and where I spend my money.
I think that Jeff Mills has a certain responsibility to help foster the
American electronic music scene being that he is an electronic musician
from the United States. It's like he took what he needed from
Detroit/Chicago and then just turned his back on them. It's not like he
invented techno, despite what some of you may think, but rather was
introduced to a fertile art scene and is not acting to maintain that
scene at all but instead is essentially plundering and pilfering
whatever he can from the apparently willing fans.
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