Re: (idm) a week in the life of dj spooky

From Darren Keast
Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 07:28

my half-hearted defense of Spooky:

He does name drop en vogue thinkers shamelessly and without direct relevance
to the point he's making. His writings are basically dribble. But I give the
guy major credit for at least attempting to bridge the gap between academia
and electronic music in the mainstream press. Being intellectual was just
not cool in Spin et al before he popped up. He may overstate his postmodern
influences, but at least he acknowledges them rather than the artist who
plays dumb and doesn't admit they're conscious of what they're doing.

I think he brings more to the game than detracts from it.

darren

Rodney Perkins wrote:

> Now that the IDMer hypothesis has been proven correct, perhaps Spooky can
> fill in the other equally predictable reply. ;-)
>
> NP: DJ Spooky - Synthetic Fury
>
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> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 9:17 PM
> Subject: Re: (idm) a week in the life of dj spooky
>
> >rodney hypothesized:
> >
> >> IDMer: "DJ Spooky sux, man. Art wank blah me know everything."
> >> Spooky: "You are caught in the simulacrum. You are representation of a
> >> representation, a bit floating in the digital sea. Word up, homeboy."
> >
> >the problem with dj spooky is threefold.
> >
> >1. desperate misunderstanding of Terminator X.
> >2. terminal misunderstanding of Brian Eno.
> >3. multiple and unforgivable misunderstandings of Jacques Derrida.
> >