Re: (idm) mtv, woodstock, and kidrock

From Alex Reynolds
Sent Tue, Jul 27th 1999, 15:59

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, ChairCrusher wrote:

> whereas Eminem seems to me to really spit his venom with directness,
> honesty, and real humor.

Date rape, cutting throats, homophobic crank calls, kidnapping. Yes, this
is all quality material. Granted, the mushroom song had its moments.

> And I don't know if you really listen to hip hop,

Eminem would be back to scrubbing the barnacles off my 40ft speedboat if
Dre didn't help out.

> figured out how to suck the danger out of Rage against the Machine and
> turn it into a frat boy kegger jam.

RATM are a bunch of fucking hypocrites, working for Sony, selling $50
tickets and t-shirts and mouthing off about socialism, like they know
anything about the working class. Just for laughs, let's not delve into
the socioeconomic makeup of their audience.

-ar