From cristian Sent Sun, Jun 20th 1999, 19:34
From cristian Sent Sun, Jun 20th 1999, 19:34
it was just a very badly promoted event really... spooky never actually played even..but thats beside the point. it just wasnt really announced. cristian On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Tom Millar wrote: > "m@" wrote: > > > i wanted to know why he was received so badly... he didn't play a *bad* set > > at all.... but there was just very little response, and at one stage he > > stopped playing and called out something unintelligible to most along the > > lines of 'what's the f***g problem?!' ....... was it a bad night, or does > > new york city (or the us?) just not get what he does??? definitely a lot > > of people dancing to his set were looking real conscious and awkward.... it > > wasn't till most had left and the 10 or so remaining were going hard out > > that things started feeling right (though empty). > > Well, most of them were probably there for the headliner, that > subliminal kid. > So they probably didn't know exactly what to do with a techstep set; The > New Yorkers who would've showed you what was up are the ones I saw one > night last year at CBGB's slamming around to Alec Empire, Bomb 20, CDB > and Merzbow at the DHR CMJ showcase. Fuck me, it was ridiculous. > Most of the folks I've met at other shows in NY (e.g. the phoenicia > show, with more live PA's than you can shake a stick at, last summer) > are all far too absorbed in weed or other drugs and passing the word > around about how cool so-and-so is to get down and dance. > No slam on NYers, though, in my experience America is more or less the > same all over with respect to dancing acumen at these sort of shows- I > think it's the pants. > > Tom >