sorry, it's a webmail interface and there's no setting in the preferences to turn it off all the time... I'll try and remember to switch it manually when I reply to the list.
- jobot ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:22 pm Subject: Re: (313) Nitzer Ebb....eh? > On Jun 22, 2004, at 1:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > <BODY><P></P> > > <P>> I refuse to buy into the nostalgia of the era - just > because I > > was <BR>> intothem when I was 16 doesn't mean that they were > good > > </P> > > <P>very true. Nitzer Ebb is fun in the same way that something > > like LA Style "James Brown Is Dead" is -- a nonsensical time > > trip. It is not, was not, and never will be quality music -- > but > > to me it's still fun. </P> > > And I refuse to buy into the nostalgia of HTML mail. > > <*Flogs jbartuski with his Goth cat-o'-nine-tails 'til he turns it > off*> > :) > > On Jun 22, 2004, at 2:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > <BODY><P></P> > > I think that bands like Cabaret Voltaire, Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, > > Throbbing Gristle / Chris & Cosey, Front 242, MBM, et al, have > just as > > much relevance as Kraftwerk, P-Funk, Prince, Laid Back, Liquid > Liquid,> Newcleus, Manuel Gottsching, etc.. in shaping the sound > of current > > "Detroit" dance [and non-dance] music.. > > At some LA gig (Autechre? Scion? Don't remember ... ) during the > pre-set music, they started playing "Sharivari". I ran over to > cEvin Key (from Skinny Puppy) and said "Listen to this! It's the > firstDetroit Techno record!!!" and he listened for a bit and said, > "Wow.Really? This sounds like the Cabs." > > > If it weren't for the magazines Freestylin' + Homebpy [a > freestyle BMX > > / skate mag, edited by Andy Jenkins from Girl Skateboards, Mark > Lewman,> and Spike Jonze, which regularly listed albums they were > listening to > > in the office], [...] .. I probably would have never had the > > inspiration > > to start making music on my own. > > <anecdote> > > Andy Jenkins was in a great LA Industrial band called Factory > (yah, I > know, > poorly named) in the mid 80's. We tried to get them on the bill > to > support > Skinny Puppy for their 1987 show upstairs at the Variety Arts > Center (I > still have the handbill with them listed as support), but through some > promoter shenanigans, they got thrown off. > > > > Ob313: Speaking of Old Music, I just got the "Made In Sheffield" DVD. > It's brilliant, but probably better discussed on little > detroit > :) > > - Greg (who'll see Skinny Puppy 4 times in the next 2 weeks. heh) > >
