From Philip Sherburne Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 07:24
(i can't believe i'm falling into this thread...) > Your missing my point. Most 'IDM' events I've been to consist of > elitist sweaty guys bobbing thier heads up and down staring intently at > laptops while muttering about rare records. If somone is only passively > interested in what's happening, then I doubt they'd find much value in it. > Most of the women we know fall under this category. maybe it's the trainspotters (boys & girls) who are missing the point... and the reduction of the idm "scene" to such a characterization as the above that results in idiotic threads like this. case in point (oh shit, i'm resorting to anecdote): my girlfriend & i went to see pole play here in san francisco. my girlfriend, not necessarily a huge idm or techno fan, was so blown away by the performance (and he was playing a laptop) that she said something like she could understand getting really frustrated at people that just didn't "get it," because it was such an absorbing experience. as far as i'm concerned, gender doesn't have a damn thing to do with it. openness to aesthetic experience does. tangent: why do people get so hung up on laptop performances? stop looking at the stage, close your eyes, and let that bass rattle your chest cavity. oval was, performance-wise, one of the most boring spectacles i've ever seen -- he played his laptop with one hand in his pocket, fer chrissake -- but the music was as compelling as it gets. blew the records away, as far as i'm concerned (and i love my oval records). but now i'm just spouting... p