From the Quaternions Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 15:35
From the Quaternions Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 15:35
Also, he often has good taste in other people's music,, and if the net
offect of his babble is to expose people to hip-hop, electronic, and
experimental musics they haven't heard, good for him. Basically, he's a
huge music fan/record collector who also happens to engage in enormous
amounts of bullshit and bad music-making. His DJ sets tend to be
interesting when he plays interesting music (which he has been known to
do), not because his skills add much of anything to the mix. It's worth
acknowledging that in his self-promotion lies a decent amount of promotion
for others--Xenakis, Organized Konfusion, Kool Keith, etc.--who deserve as
much attention as they can get.
That doesn't mean you should listen to his music or read his
writing...
Sam
> He does name drop en vogue thinkers shamelessly and without direct relevance
> to the point he's making. His writings are basically dribble. But I give the
> guy major credit for at least attempting to bridge the gap between academia
> and electronic music in the mainstream press. Being intellectual was just
> not cool in Spin et al before he popped up. He may overstate his postmodern
> influences, but at least he acknowledges them rather than the artist who
> plays dumb and doesn't admit they're conscious of what they're doing.
>
> I think he brings more to the game than detracts from it.
>
> darren