Re: (idm) jazz supply

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Sent Fri, Sep 3rd 1999, 18:31

>I don't know. I'll probably get flamed but I think 98% of jazz is seriously
>overrated. Mostly you get these suburban PBS yuppies with large jazz
>collections saying how great (insert obscure jazz musician here) is.
>Something about this fetishist, elitist attitude really disturbs me, since
>a large part of how jazz has earned its cachet as "civilized" music is
>through a bunch of rich people kissing up to blacks.

good thing your argument doesn't draw any parallels to IDM, alex ;P

                                                        -jeff

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