Re: (idm) Re: Greg Earle knows nothing about Can

From laerm
Sent Fri, Oct 2nd 1998, 20:27

On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, C Twomey wrote:

> My point with you and the other premee was that although you have the right
> to your (uninformed) opinion you would have got better results by
> witnessing the whole show and participating in the event they way Can's
> audiences did (not from the back of the hall).

how did they participate (the audiences)? you sound like you were there...

> Obviously it was a mistake having idm content on the Damo Suzuki/Michael
> Karoli tour (Mark Spybey was included because he has the same
> management). An audience of nerds with Richie Hawtin hair cuts and
> Sesame Street-entrained attention spans is not going to inspire these
> guys. 

mark spybey has no idm connection. he comes from a straight
experimental/industrial background. and i guarantee that no one with a
short attention span owns a dead voices on air disc. and the only people i
see with richie hawtin haircuts are richie hawtin, moby, the occasional
raver kid, army recruits, black basketball players, and old guys. 

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