From daniel Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 22:16
From daniel Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 22:16
> "ALL MAGAZINES THAT ARE WRITTEN FOR COMMERCIAL > GAIN ARE RUN BY THE MAJOR RECORD LABELS" > (that includes WIRE and Jockey Slut) >=20 > the fact that the Wire searched us out, conducted an interview and=20 > put us on the cover (to our surprise more than yours) at least gives=20 > us, and i'm sure other small independent labels faith in some aspects=20 > of the major press. We saw the interview as an opportunity to give=20 > not just ourselves, but lots of people a chance of a little=20 > exposure (which we feel we did)__ don't you think the article takes=20 > the PISS out of the big labels ??? We started VVM with =A3300 and have=20 > struggled against the flow ever since ,,, all the majors spend more=20 > than that on one business lunch//////////---------------------> >=20 but see the fallacy here is that you help propigate what you hate about these magazines. They need controversy and they need to be hip. So what do they do? they go and get some art terrorists and stick them on the cover. So now they can appear legit and still be able to talk about the latest Capatain Beefheart bootleg. No kidding aside. It was hard to take the article seriously because of the magazine you were in. Wire (in the editorials even) continues to discount electronic music while always making sure to spotlight the flavor of the month. And you beleive it or not are the flavor of the month. So who is using who here?=20 > if you think we're believing any of the WIRE hype/tripe then you=20 > don't know us very well or it is YOU WHO IS BELIEVING THE=20 > HYPE AND CHANGING YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS US ????,,,,////_ >=20 naw, I still think you are a bunch of crazy blokes who produce very interesting works. I feel though that you have your blinders on and are not looking at the big picture. =20 > as far as Jockey Slut goes have you compared the early issues to the=20 > latter ones recently ????? noticed the huge swing towards=20 > commerciality ????? basically magazines grow etc. and the majors=20 > become interested and the carrots are dangled... > It's up to the magazines whether or not they decide to take the=20 > carrots. In Jockey Sluts case they've not only taken the carrots but=20 > they've bought a full fruit and Veg Stand including a cockney barrow=20 > boy. =20 > =20 same can be said for any magazine that has a huge circulation. Wire again. Like I said, articles (and editorials) upon articles have stated that they think drum and bass is dead. But when grooveriders album is released they suddenly do a feature and tout it as thought provoking.=20 Please.=20 >=20 > ps. does anybody remember the SLUT TRAX 12" jockey slut put out, > it had remixes from Dave Clarke, Salt City Orchestra and Fatboy=20 > Slim....... bet that was good then ;-) >=20 to paraphrase jeff mills, there is not one song the entire planet would agree is shit. =20 as you are meeting a demand they are meeting a demand. -daniel