its his loss at this point. maybe he's afraid he cant compete with the new talents coming out of detroit now. maybe detroits under him. I guess its his choice, theres more gig opportunity than there is mills to go around
even tho he still plays the same records as 3 years ago, I still would pay 15 bux to go see him if he could stomach a night in detroit :) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "atomly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 5:49 PM Subject: Re: (313) axis > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > atomly > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] > m> cc: > Subject: Re: (313) axis > 01/14/04 04:18 PM > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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. > > -- > :: atomly :: > > [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] : www.atomly.com ... > [ atomiq records : po box 805319 chicago il 60680 : 312.804.5389 ... > [ e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for atomly info and updates ... > > >
