Re: (idm) re: classical (lovely)

From wells
Sent Fri, Feb 12th 1999, 00:21

At 07:04 PM 2/10/99 -0500, xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote:
>Are we saying Beethoven and Mozart are god-like entities? more human than
>human? What's more laughable? Think about it.. if they were alive today.. what
>would they be doing? They wouldn't be doing anything "greater" than what our
>greatest artists alive today are doing. The kind of statement you made is an
>attitude that's been around for a long time, I don't want to get into where it
>comes from... somebody else do it.. my fingers are tired from typing all day.
>

if mozart & beethoven were alive today, they most likely would not be writing
souped-up techno.

i'm sorry. i love idm, but let's not take ourselves too seriously.

- wells oliver / xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx
  "If you make me look bad, I swear to God, I'll never talk to you again."