From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Wed, Sep 2nd 1998, 18:00
From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Wed, Sep 2nd 1998, 18:00
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Hrvatski wrote: > of the 'correct' techniques necessarily involved. This is why all of the UK > guys are now eating up US stuff (it's happening, believe me), we do it > WRONG, and they like the spin we put on this 'now had' genre. He's putting > Lesser in with the great legion of American 'cut-offs', i.e. Jandek, > Bertoia, Partch, etc... people that made music based on their fundamental > understanding of other existing musical forms, and continued to mold their > own mutant strain into something along the lines of their 'voice' of > 'individual take'. This is a good thing. OK - but it seemed to me like a pretty derogatory statement. Curious how Jandek is a cut-off - I mean, certainly he's not part of normal society, but he's at the heart (sort of) of the kind of music he makes (sometimes). > But you have. Oh, the great IDM irony. I've seen the Haters four times now, > and Hekla's been there for three of them. In a particular show, Larsen > 'played' a contact-miked tire w/ an electric sander. While this sounds good > in theory, and does still seem appealing after the first few minutes, it > does not after 90, and the resulting vulcanized air spewing around the > small room makes EVERYONE ill, including those who go to 'test' their > appreciation of experimental musical forms and die-hard fans. I'm all for > art pranks (as is Hekla), but only good ones. I wouldn't go see the Haters. I object more to the idea that someone could dismiss an entire label based on the fact that they released a Haters record (nevermind that the Haters are only one band on the label), and I think it's just indescribably idiotic to claim that nothing good can come of a mix of certain influences. > Hekla (and now I as well, to some extent) is railing against this whole > idea of 'joke' records; not even pranks but full-on jokes, ones very easy > to see through before even landing the CD in your player. 4 disc CDs? i got Fine, I'll agree that the disc CDs are a waste of everyone's time/money/effort. But that's no reason to dismiss VC entirely - maybe reason for reproach, maybe even concern, but not for dismissal. --- the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto