Well you certainly got the goat of some of the people posting on that thread Martin. Those were the bits that I found quite funny/stroke interesting. Despite the general (possibly artificial) atmosphere of 'fluffy niceness' that the Big Chill forums have, some of the responses to your posts were noticeably 'un-nice' or positively lairy. It seemed to me that they were all very happy spreading their niceness among themselves, but the minute you challenged them they became quite abusive....
Just to keep it relevant to 313, I was quite surprised (or perhaps not?) by the total ignorance of most people posting on that thread about what 313 techno even was. Then again, I think it's easy to forget that despite the often furious devotion of most/all people on this list to music from Detroit, the vast majority even of music lovers haven't a clue what we're on about. What's more they probably don't care, despite the historical debt to Detroit of almost any form of electronic music that they might care to listen to. I made me feel like the Japanese WWII soldier in the film, who's still sitting on a tiny isolated pacific island 40 years after the end of the war, waiting for further instructions from his commanders. Does it matter that we're so cut off from the mainstream? You wrote: > I should point out that we did that for a joke after the snotty mouth we got > off the promoter - I don't know if you've been but it's like a large meeting > of people who read the Guardian with the volume set to about 4 - great if > your white, middle class, with kids and in the C2 and above social group. > > Martin > > > 4/3/04 12:15 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >> From: "Dan Bean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 4 March 2004 12:13:17 GMT > >> To: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: (313) Big Chill vs Detroit Techno (wasThe story of the > >> Original Hot Mix 5) > >> > >> Interesting thread there Robin > >> > >> If there are any other work avoiders out there check this link I was > >> sent the other day: > >> > >> http://www.bigchill.net/forum/read.php?f=1&i=396885&t=396885 > >> > >> It's quite a long thread featuring 313's Martin Dust and assorted Big > >> Chill forum people arguing about/slagging off techno among other > >> things. > >> > >> Quite funny in places and maybe a timely reality check on how techno > >> is sometimes perceived from 'the outside'? > >> > >> P.S. Candi Staton - You Got The Love - TUNE! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> You wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Candi Staton - You got the love - source records > >>>> > >>> > >>> been playing this quite a bit recently, my neighbours (who are in > >>> their > >>> 60's) gave it to me! > >>> > >>> to keep to the subject just been reading this thread on DHP, features > >>> Kenny Jammin > >>> Jason, nice house background in there... > >>> > >>> http://rose107.biostat.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi? > >>> ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=002550 > >>> > >>> robin... > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > >
