From Shane Cantwell Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 07:49
From Shane Cantwell Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 07:49
What, these artists need to project what's on their monitor just to make sure you don't feel ripped off? I might be bringing a bit too much from the rave mentality, but is a live performance just to hear your favorite performer fuck up trying to recreate what they did in the studio, or is it to share the experience of hearing their work with a bunch of people who share your tastes in an interesting setting with (usually) a much much louder sound system than you have at home? Why does it matter whether that was actually Richard D James here in Denver, and whether he was actually DOING anything while he was laying behind his laptop while those three guys in big fluffy costumes bounced around? The crowd was loving it, I was laughing my ass off at how he was thumbing his nose to everybody, and the music itself was really cool. Damn, I got sucked in, too. --Phrenetic "Life is composed of exquisite moments and the rest is shadows of them." -T.E. Hulme ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris.Hilker <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> To: Ironic Dance Music <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 12:32 AM Subject: Re: (idm) gender >>tangent: why do people get so hung up on laptop performances? > >Because they're so easy to fake (see James, Richard). > >C. > >-- >Chris.Hilker (xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx) >