dj spooky & freedom of music, was: (idm) Graffiti and mass art (long)

From david turgeon
Sent Mon, May 10th 1999, 15:40

> Sounds like DJ Spooky joined the list under an alias and is dumbing down
> his speech...

so uhm, to shift the conversation away from graffiti to something more
idm-related, i'm curious about why dj spooky gets so much criticism on
this list & elsewhere when his ideas are in the very least fresh enough
to deserve some attention (although his music doesn't always get me). 
what is he, the satan of electronic music?  he-who-you-shall-not-follow?

i like the fact that everybody is entitled to do their own music
nowadays & post it publically for others to witness/enjoy.  i refuse to
accept that it'll necessarily lead to chaos & cacophony.  nobody makes
art just to add to ambient chaos -- it's usually the other way around;
making art so as to bring humanly-recognizable order into chaos.

monday morning ranting!  you can tell i had a good weekend.  (actually,
i did.  :)

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david turgeon at http://www.notype.com