Re: (idm) I'M A LITTLE TEA-POT SHORT AND STOUT

From laerm
Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 20:50

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, v/vm wrote:

> the fact that the Wire searched us out, conducted an interview and
> put us on the cover (to our surprise more than yours) at least gives
> us, and i'm sure other small independent labels faith in some aspects
> of the major press. We saw the interview as an opportunity to give
> not just ourselves, but lots of people a chance of a little
> exposure (which we feel we did)__ don't you think the article takes
> the PISS out of the big labels ??? We started VVM with =A3300 and have
> struggled against the flow ever since ,,, all the majors spend more
> than that on one business lunch//////////--------------------->

i, for one, believe that subverting the system from the inside is loads of
fun.
three cheers for V/VM: hip, hip, hurrah!

while we're on the topic, i see on the new soleilmoon catalog there is a
comp coming out with dj speedranch^jansky noise on it. i'll be buying that
one...

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laerm. @voicenet.com                                                  ##:#
           "People are ecstatic about getting into the mainstream. I think
        it's a little bit stupid, since the mainstream is pretty muddy..."
                                                               Glenn Gould