From Aaron S Michelson Sent Mon, Aug 30th 1999, 18:41
From Aaron S Michelson Sent Mon, Aug 30th 1999, 18:41
>From the Onion's interview with Mojo Nixon: O: Your new song, "Machines Ain't Music," says that all techno music is disco, "and disco sure does suck." MN: There's been a resurgence. I was at Woodstock a month ago; the radio station sent me up there. The Chemical Brothers and stuff--it's just horrendous! Horrendous. O: To you, it's as bad as disco in the '70s? MN: And it could possibly be worse. But it's equally as bad. I mean, if you have shit sandwiches, it's one of 'em. There's no soul; there's no funk. All this--what's it called, techno or somethin'?--is all just noise. I mean, to me, anyway. It's just disco, just bad disco. O: What are the kids getting off on, then? MN: Well, hopefully they're getting laid. And hopefully, they're on something. 'Cause from my perspective, you've gotta be on something to listen to that crap. They had these raves going on. Rave music sounds like an electronic disco version of '30s Universal monster movies. It was all kind of minor-key and ethereal and somewhat ominous in a light way. That's what it sounded like to me. I about went berserk. I firmly believe if you can't take an acoustic instrument and make people from a different culture butt-dance, you aren't doing shit. Aaron np: a shit sandwich from King Britt and Sylk 130 (Season's Change)