From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 17:07
From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 17:07
***I agree wholeheartedly with what you've written here. Thanks for saying it. Andrew Chaircrusher wrote: > OK, I've kept my mouth shut while people go off on how pretentious the > Wire is, how trendy Jockey Slut is, and even had the temerity to get on > Urb's jock. > > All I have to say is step the hell back. YOU try putting out an expensive > color magazine, attract advertisers, and attract enough readers to justify > your ad prices, etc. When I read those mags, I'm struck not by their > shortcomings, but by how much they GET RIGHT, despite being pulled several > different directions at once by the forces that would put them out of > business. > > Look at it this way. You may be the ultra-cool, tastefully pierced art fag > who's down with the true players, but in order for your precious Boards of > Canada or Jega or Basic Channel to make a living, people who you might think > are lame, stupid or bourgeois have to buy their record too. The same goes for > magazines. > > [As an aside, the last issue of the Wire I saw had an excellent article > on Basic Channel, that at least takes seriously what they do.] > > As far as getting more information from 'zines, that's fine too -- do what > you have to do. But I like Jockey Slut and the Wire, and appreciate the > job they try to do. If they aren't perfect, well, neither am I. -- Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 TEL 902-422-7132 FAX 902-422-1262 http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition (Cognition Audioworks/In The Mix: listen : read) In The Mix show 575: Richie Hawtin/Neil Landstrumm/Merrick Brown In The Mix show 576: John Tejada/Damon Wild/D.JeRome playing now: John Tejada:Little Green Lights And Four Inch Faders:A13 world premiere playing next: Low Res:Approximate Love Boat:Plug Research world premiere