Re: (idm) Ae, "brats," and tours

From Lance C McGannon
Sent Mon, Aug 10th 1998, 16:11

At 10:04 AM 8/10/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>I thought the AE real audio set was very good. This excellent set of
>experimental beats leads me to a a fruitless suggestion. Since people in
>Canada seem to dislike Autechre's live shows so much, why don't they come to
>the U.S. proper? Is the perceived audience bigger there or is it simply the
>proximity to the U.K.? Also, it would be nice if AE could shuffle into
>situation like Paradinas did with Bjork. 
>

Well two years ago AE came to cleveland for a live show
and only 60 people (including myself) showed up. Granted
the promoter was a moron but it might be that turnouts like 
that one might be what makes Autechre reluctant to do a
legit tour of the US?

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