From objet Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 03:17
From objet Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 03:17
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. The story of his success is due to a perverse little equal-exchange situation. Philosophers get to think they're "streetwise" as well as well-versed in dialectic by listening to DJ Spooky's mindless "pastiche", while Paul D. Miller gets to think that his inappropriate sleevenote misquotings from Deleuze and Guattari actually provide a gravity to the music that the music itself simply doesn't have of its own accord...or rather, of its own sophomoric discord. DJ Spooky sucks at all levels. He's not "real", and he's not "scholarly" either. Then again, neither are the hack-endemics who actually give his work the time of day. Amazing what you can "accomplish" with a little name dropping (as Ae showed us so well so recently)...doesn't matter if it's the IDM list or an MLA conference. sr -- sd