i don't know what's more disappointing- the fact that he couldn't decide
between playing to the cheesedicks and playing like the laurent we know
and love (and ultimately opting for the cheesedicks, being that they were
in overwhelming attendence), or the fact that you, 313, were right. his
set friday night was uninspired, predictable (due to previous talk on here
of his dropping out of space, nirvana, white stripes, funky breaks, etc.),
and in some parts downright crappy. he's usually so good at walking he
fine line between techno and trance-- fri. night he stumbled right into
the cheesy side. maybe he was drunk. touch your nose, laurent, and then
recite the alphabet backwards. in any case, out of the 4 or so hours that
he played, an added total of only about an hour and a half wound up
sounding like i was sure it would. and that's adding up all the times he
went back and forth between sounding cheesy and sounding like laurent
(which came in 30min snippets). being one of the people that was
convinced he could do no wrong, i sure was let down. what happen???
guess i'll go back to listening to the detroit disc of his box set and
trying to relive the magic that was that night.....
