(idm) limited domestic wire cryosleep

From martin burbridge
Sent Fri, Sep 25th 1998, 13:43

couple o' things.

<we *STILL* haven't gotten the issue with Coil here yet???>
<help... lost in _?>

picked one up in borders (phila) of all places yesterday, must be around
somewhere looked like it been there a while (well thumbed)

> did brian / datathief leave us yet? the seemingly hostile responses
> that followed his post.... arg.

i hope my remarks didn't appear hostile, i thought it was great. especially
in a forum were there seems to be an endless list of complaints directed at
the music industry. a refreshing change. which brings me to...

>The limited nature of a lot of IDM labels (V/Vm, Markant, the Mask
>series, etc.) is bad I think for the IDM 'scene' because it's going to
>become intractable and anal as a genre, appealing only to those rich
>enough and anal enough to be able to buy imports

i must say i think there is a point here w/ regards to markant - what is it,
about 2 a month fer $20 bucks a shot? anyone over $250 yet? i have 3 of
them, and while nice i feel that is enough. i noticed a few of the on-line
stores seem to have them available for longer periods these days, maybe i'm
not alone. the mask stuff are flagged well in advance as specials (what
would life be like w/out something special now and then), and appear
infrequently, i think that is more reasonable. as fer v/vm i still see the
"chart runners" and the fat cat split 12" (i have it taped at 33, great
driving music loud) in the stores not sure that they're that ltd. the xmas
single was, but again lots of advance notice and a special. not too bad, eh.

oh and the price of import v. domestic (shouldn't that be u.s. release, or
is this another 'world series' type blind spot). you could always try moving
to the u.k. (no i'm *not* really being serious here) and paying around $23
for a 'domestic' non-top40 cd there.

-martin

-btw- read a review in the wire of that jake mandell ep on lucky kitchen, is
that ltd? anyone know an on-line source that (still) has it?. thanks.