> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 March 2006 04:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: (313) Re : (313) Frankie Bones > > I think the Bones remarks, that is > what he makes, are exxagerated, I believe I spelled that > wrong, but I don't understand this regional hero bit. I come > from the Midwest as well, and clearly you and I were going to > different parties, as I saw him many times there, and in > Canada. Wasn't he at Even Further? Any techno dj's from > techno to hardcore all knew his name, and had respect for > what he was doing. Like alot of Dj's in his time. And when I > was going to parties in France, Spain, Portugal, and so on he > was there, and people knew his name. I sound like the PR rep > for damage control at Bones Central, but I could give a rats > ass. It's just so ignorant of a thing to say, that you got me > talking at 5 am. Good night.
OK. I definitely overshot the mark, and indeed, I must've 'missed it' when I said he hadn't made much of a mark on the rest of the world in the last 10-15 years (I don't recall ever seeing him play in the midwest, but then I never really travelled for my raving needs much). In fact, I think Frankie Vega probably played more in Iowa than Frankie Bones, but whatever, that's Iowa and not representative of the rest of the world, I know. So... Hands up. I was talking out of my arse. But I should clarify what I meant with the "Frankie Bones is a regional hero and certainly goes out of his way to attribute more than that to himself" comment. Frankie Bones is an absolute legend in New York like Donald Glaude is in Seattle or Scott Henry is in D.C., but beyond that his production and DJing have never mattered to me. I've just never seen what the big deal is. What I saw of him @ DEMF was not my thing. I've never been interested enough in his music to spend time checking all of his stuff out, but that's a normal response when you're not interested in what you have heard. He's just failed to make a mark on my world at every point I've encountered his mixing or production. I'm perfectly willing to grant that his regional importance is what it is. I know about how important the Storm raves were, how much he mattered to the early NYC techno scene and I know how important Sonic Groove was. I just fail to see that he's worth my time in any other way. There are plenty of touring DJs that I don't care about (like Donald Glaude and Scott Henry), but most of them don't go this far out of their way to self-promote in a nearly-fictional manner. If you only knew what he's written you would think he was "quite simply, the most influential artist in American electronic dance music history", as Michael has already quoted. I respect what he's done for what it is but that's it as far as I'm concerned. He just doesn't interest me as an artist. I mean, how many people outside of the mid-Atlantic would actually go see him if he were playing in your city tonight? How many people still follow his music? I honestly don't know because he's never mattered to me in either sense, but I'm happy to take an interest if I've been missing out all this time. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 03/03/2006
