Re: (idm) aerodynamic, sleek, refined - boring

From Kent Williams
Sent Wed, Jun 10th 1998, 22:06

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, siliconvortex wrote:
> > > > My interest is Techno as
> > > > I said and I can listen to Techno in my nice quiet room
> 
> > To not see techno, in the hands of a gifted DJ, with a crowd who is up for
> > it, is to entirely miss the point.
> 
> come on kent, you know this is ultra narrow-minded.  

Moi? Narrow minded? Nah. Strong opinions? Sure!

> let's face it, most club pa systems are shit, most djs are up their own
> arse, and most of the people around you are annoying.  

I guess I'm lucky enough to go to better clubs than you do.  I thought
Iowa City was a backwater, but apparently not. Or perhaps BECAUSE it's
a backwater, the people DJ'ing and clubbing are up for it and appreciate
it.  It is different than Chicago -- not enough going on here to get
jaded about it.

> > That perhaps deserves a different sort of attention and appreciation 
> > than someone trying to push the state of the art, but it still deserves 
> > massive respect.
> 
> well, this is a difficult one.  problem is, their industrial products are
> beginning to look a little dated.  the things they say are becoming
> irrelevant.
> 
Whatever.  Is Bach irrelevant? He hasn't done anything new for over 200 
years! I think he's lost his touch.

Feel free to have your own opinions but don't get on my jock for disagreeing.