>Dear Stewart, (heyyy Stewart is my last name Baute!)
> maarten your taste is crap! ;P >funny you say that. First, a lot of the stuff you like, I like too and vice well, it wasn't "haha" funny, but yes, i was kidding! >versa. I just don't buy as much records as you do. Second, one of my yooo i buy very few records. i bought maybe a dozen records retail last year..maybe a dozen more from thrift stores record fairs etc...but i get some freebies... >a lot of people would agree I have a great taste. I might be a bit too critical at times, that's definitely the case. (thanks for the compliments!) still, i think you are stuck idealizing all this old house and disco stuff at the expense of good new stuff, like practically everybody else i know. i never got ahold of the yoav b on delsin or wabi sabi, but i know these records are fresh, raw, very good house, and i'm sure i could come up with 8 more records that arent edits or reissues...give new stuff a chance, it wont sound all dusty and classic for awhile but some of it will eventually..everybody wants instantly dusty classics now. i do too, but... >I also think a lot of people would agree there is relatively less interesting music coming out than 5 years ago (in house and techno anyway). I hear a lot of people complain about this. This was the point I was trying to make (and being tired as I am, I relied a bit too much on bold statements and one-liners, I apologize). well, that's probably an accurate view of the state of the "scene" or whatever, but that doesnt mean there isn't more good music out there than you give credit to....in fact there's so much less coming out, the ratio of quality music to throwaway crap has probably increased... >Still, I think 2004 was not a good year for house and technno music. not as good as last year, i'd agree...still, not too hard to come up with 10 records...even if they're just the best of the crap! :P jt
