From s.f.w.d. Sent Mon, May 25th 1998, 00:08
From s.f.w.d. Sent Mon, May 25th 1998, 00:08
This popped up in my inbox a moment ago.... ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- ------------------------- Contrast// 2 slabs of plastic received yesterday [1] Afx/Squarepusher , Boards Of Canada, Broadcast, Plaid 12" [Warp Wap100] keywords : apoplexy, inertia, acedia, onerous, illusory, perfunctory, officious, benighted, fiscal text : "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" George Orwell "He [the big landowner] practices robbery in monopolising the land. He practices robbery in exploiting for his own benefit the increase in population which increases competition and thus the value of his estate; in turning into a source of personal advantage that which has not been his own doing -- that which is his by sheer accident. He practices robbery in leasing his land, when he eventually seizes for himself the improvements effected by his tenant. This is the secret of the ever increasing wealth of the big landowners." Frederick Engels "It is useless, to expect even a caricature of creativity from a conveyor belt." Raoul Vaneigem [2] CV [EV] - Chart Runners LP [VVM Test Records 05] keywords :autonoumous, succinct, lucid, invective, daedal, capricious, impetuous, adroit, chimerical, intractable, insurgent, ardent, discord text : "Hypodrome of immortal guarantees: there is no such thing as importance there is no transparence or appearance MUSICIANS SMASH YOUR INSTRUMENTS BLIND MEN take the stage We are in search of the force that is direct pure sober UNIQUE we are in search of NOTHING we affirm the VITALITY of every INSTANT the anti-philosophy of spontaneous acrobatics" Tristan Tzara "Unwrap pop's layers and what we are left with is the same old plate of meat and two veg that have kept generations of pop pickers well satisfied. The emotional appetite that chart pop satisfies is constant. The hunger is forever. What does change is the technology this is always on the march. At some point in the future science will develop a commodity that will satisfy this emotional need in a more efficient way. There was a period in our own prehistory when Top Tens and Number Ones didn't exist, when tea time on Sunday wasn't synonymous with the brand new chart run down. For the time being we have our Top Tens and Number Ones and while science marches to the beat that will finally destroy it all, it also comes up with the goods that will satisfy our other endless appetite, that of apparent change. All records in the Top Ten (especially those that get to Number One) have far more in common with each other than with whatever genre they have developed from or sprung out of. In our lifetime Great Britain has been pretty good at coming up with or reinterpreting a constant flow of entertaining subcults that young people can either lose or find themselves in. With most of these subcults comes some kind of music. Our cult-hungry media grabs whatever it is and splatters it all over the place. Whatever music makers follow in its wake are bid for by the more desperate sections of the music industry. Once signed, a process will begin in an attempt to transform whatever noise that was made by the ensembles into something that will fit The Golden Rules of chart pop. The process involves plenty of trial and error and huge sums of never seen cash. So, if one of these ensembles find themselves in the higher regions of the charts and their sights are set on the Top Spot, their fellow subcult members interpret this as the Walls of Jericho finally crumbling, or at the very least, their boys working as moles from the inside. All that in actual fact has happened is, unwittingly or not, the Golden Rules have been adhered to and the nouvelle subcult has attained maximum media exposure. Although the latest subculture might be useful to give each potential chart record its attitude gloss, it must be remembered that this particular attitude might put as many people off the otherwise perfectly acceptable pop record, as be attracted to it. Another useful hint when it comes to subcult attitude gloss: it often helps not to be purists." Bill Drummond & Jimmy Cauty [The Manual] The new will be built on the ruins of the old contact VVM - xxx@x-xx.xxxxx.xx.xx http://www.sonic.net/~brap/vvm distributed in the UK via SRD +44 [0] 181 802 3000 -- -- http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Gold/2142/index.html une jeunesse que l'avenir inquite trop souvent http://www.sonic.net/~brap/ sfwd.dyn.ml.org [on rare occasion* [V/VM][blackdog] ETC-+/////////// @ICq#12645306.......? .xxxx@xxxxx.xxx