(idm) Short albums (was: Re: The Middle of Nowhere)

From Greg Earle
Sent Tue, Apr 27th 1999, 01:12

Mr. Clow jostled me awake:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Warp Yourself wrote:
>
>> I'm quite surprised to hear the positive reviews.  I paid $27 for the 
>> import which turned out to be 8 tracks long and only 64 minutes.
> 
> "Only 64 minutes"????
> 
> Jeezus. Surely I'm not the only one here who remembers when an album more
> than 35-40 minutes was considered long?  (I'm talkin' to you, Mr. Earle!)

WhoMe?

*Closet rustle*  *Deep breath*  *Dust cloud*  *Cough*

Wire, "Pink Flag", 1977 - total running time: 34:43

:D

obIDM: Anyone posted the preliminary Sonar lineup yet?  If not, I will ...
       Live: Orbital/Suicide/I-F/Speedy J/Bomb 20/Ryoji Ikeda/Bola/ATR/
       Supercollider/Plastikman/Theorem/David Toop/Fennesz/Jim O'Rourke/
       Fetisch Park/Tikiman ... DJ's: Terry Francis/Kruder & Dorfmeister/
       Cylob/Marco Carola/Grooverider/Laurent Garnier (Dub+Drum n' Bass set)/
       Scratch Perverts/Roger Sanchez/Rob Hall (Skam)/Optical/Baby Ford/etc.
       With "Sonarlab sets" from labels Fat Cat/April/Compost/M-nus/Bungalow/
       Grand Central/The Wire/Chain Reaction/etc. and a Kiff Sm showcase
       with Kreidler/K7-SST/Pole, and more!  Yee-hah, Barcelona here I come!

        - Greg