On 6/27/07, J.T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
did chi people get all protective when detroit did their take on house? probably some did.
detroit had their own dance culture already going on, as well as taking part in chicago's house culture.
insisting that new permutations are wrong is just assanine imo.
i dont care if the permutation is new. there are plenty that are just fine and dont have anything to do with cultural appropriation in any way. i dont have any problems with that.
i don't care if indie rockers start doing some retarded take on techno and get famous for it, go for it, i won't enjoy it and i'll talk sh*t on it and give it a stupid name, but it has as \ much a right to exist as anything else.
it can exist all it wants. but im going to talk sh*t on it. and call it names. which is what im doing. and youre saying i shouldnt?
this is all art 101 if you ask me, but tmo is acting like it's a sport of keepin it real.
it has nothing to do with keeping it real. i like how since we're talking about black music i have seen the words "on the street" and "keeping it real" thrown about in reference to my opinions, yet i never use those phrases, i talk about artists being part of a culture.
some of the best music of all time is made by ultra reclusive socially retarded people who could care less about being down with a scene or culture, they just make music.
name these people whose music is not from a culture. it doesnt exist.
i don't know spank rock and i don't know their motivations or personalities and i don't presume to know.
all i can go by is what i hear and read. if they dont want to be judged on that, they should do a better job of PR.
i keep hearing tom assert that they are fronting on bmore club, but i think their name is supposed to be a concept in itself, it's spank rock. yes, it's got a rock attitude. it's not bmore club per se, it's in the name for godsakes
why then does every single review, writeup, etc mention baltimore and club music? they dont even live there anymore. they try to cash in on that credential. tom
