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

From Jon Drukman
Sent Wed, Jun 10th 1998, 20:27

siliconvortex wrote:
> come on kent, you know this is ultra narrow-minded.  i enjoy going out to
> music and staying in with music and there will always be a valid reason for
> both.

wait til you are in a gigging band.  you will never want to go out
again.  going to a club now is like going to the office.

> and this is where their ideology clashes with (most of) the fans!  who on
> this list is going to be brave enough to admit preferring the 'perfected'
> versions of their tracks to the original releases?

me.  i was just listening to The Mix in my car with my new subwoofer
booming away and thinking, damn, this is just awesome.  it sounds like
machines dreaming.

> 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.

good god no.  in fact they're more relevant now than ever.  i mean,
computer world at the time was prophetic - now it is fucking eerie.

> and just to add - kraftwerk have never been my idols..  Ken Downie, Andy
> Turner and Ed Handley are!

bootlicker!  :)

-jsd, just a mite disgruntled as the person who was getting him
kraftwerk tickets said, no, there aren't any, and then called to say
that, yes, there were some... about 5 minutes before the show was due to
go on.