From jamesx Sent Wed, Jun 24th 1998, 22:05
From jamesx Sent Wed, Jun 24th 1998, 22:05
Alien Spit (Wiija records) wrote:- >I think you might find a lot of women are intimidated by the cult of the >jock and the one-up-man ship that man can often indulge in when they are >into music. * yeh, that's why I'll post some info on here but don't feel comfortable doing any reviews of clubnights etc, even tho I go to all the Rephresh's, Blechs, Clear nights, idmy type stuff (+ plus loads of other interesting nights), ... but I reckon if I named one track wrong in the set or ventured a negative opinion, I'd get lynched here. I remember when I first subbed to IDM, just happened to mention onetime, that Kraftwerk at Tribal had disappointed me somewhat, in that there seemed to have been no progress in 10 years, and got screamed at, in vicious rants, by one Stuart mfr geezer,(flippin fellow Scot too!), for daring to have such an opinion. Then he went onto to laugh at me, rantin & ravin, accusing me of lying when i mentioned in some drum'n'bass discussion, ,that I was a regglar down Rage & Speed, as if being a lass, i couldn't possibly have known whats what and have been there from the start! so yeh, I was shocked and intimidated by such an attitude on an "Intelligent" dance music list and unsubbed for a time because of it. >Yes, but this is partly to do with the difficulty of hearing the more >obscure stuff if you are not prepared to go into a rekkid shop and ask to >be played all the new 12"s!! And have loads of sad Djs sneering at you >because you don't know shit. You can't get near the decks in the rough >trade shop for blokes listening to bleepy stuff and stroking their chins! * nah, don't agree with you here, I reckon being a minority helps in this respect, when I go down Blackmarket, down in the basement, it's always heavin with hardcore junglists, puffed up to double size in their Puffas, 6 deep at the counters, ALWAYS all blokes, never once seen another girl down there but the lads workin there are gents & will clear a space for you at the counter and on the decks ... but yeh, you see the djs buyin up loads, lookin at you as if you're gonna ask for cheesy stuff just cos you're a woman, but if you know yer stuff, aint afraid to ask to hear new sounds,and they can see your hunger burnin, they soon give you respect. (but you might have to give a few discreet kicks at troosered ankles, to get thru the throng & show them that you mean bizness! "ooops sorry, dint see you there,", as you dive into his space at the counter. (Handy tip: if you're on the wee side, wear your highest, most toe damagin shoes!) Berwick st shops are all well cool, Atlas & blackmarket, & the R & Tape boys but as for those blokes in the Rough Trade shop, they always look soooooo out of it, I reckon anyone'd have a hard time gettin thru to them! Hellooooooo, anyone workin ere??? >Alien Spit > >Who went to see the Beasite Boys last night and thought they were >embarrasingly bad. s'funny, my mate went to that and thought it was a blinder! alessandra