From Drusca Sent Thu, Aug 26th 1999, 03:05
From Drusca Sent Thu, Aug 26th 1999, 03:05
christopher shivers wrote: > anyone read <more brilliant than the sun-adventures in sonic fiction> by > kodwo eshun? beeeeeeautiful. two pages of this tome could replace all the > hours i've wasted wading through all the self-serving pseudo intellectual > masturbation that prevails on this list. I haven't read his book (although I tried to look for it when it came out), but I've read plenty of his writing in the Wire and I find that he's the king of "self-serving pseudo intellectual masturbation" as are most of the other writers of the Wire recently (I still buy every issue though). That segment with him in "Modulations" is (unintentionally) hilarious. I don't know who's worse, Simon Reynolds or him. > eshun's use of forced language You got that right ! > endless complaints of ae's lack of innovation show the writer's lack > ofeducation and emotional depth. I think you'd have to be deaf not to hear the innovation in Ae's music. I don't think anyone's complaining about that. Personally, I just think they've reached a plateau which they've been on for @ 3 years and I'm dying to hear them get to the next level. > to paraphrase eshun:<intelligent dance > music, smart techno, once it is called as such, alienates the body and locks > you inside your head. you can't get out.> This guy takes dance music too seriously IMO. Andrei np: Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses (!?...) (tryin' to familiarize myself with new wave synth pop)