From Mitchell K. Hilton Sent Fri, Jul 10th 1998, 19:11
From Mitchell K. Hilton Sent Fri, Jul 10th 1998, 19:11
>> Organic sucks. *Real* instruments suck. Vocals suck. Live sucks. If you want all that, listen to folk music. Give me the cold, hard, & artificial, baby. << </lurk> I *hope* you're taking the piss. Does Squarepusher suck because he = plays live bass? What does it mean when one likes both electronic and = acoustic music? My CD wallet currently contains Harry Smith's = _Anthology of American Folk Music_ as well as a fistful of electronic = CD's of various flavors, and stuff I'm almost embarrassed to mention, = like Elvis and Chumbawamba's _Swingin' With Raymond_. What would you = say if I stuck the lot in a blender and hit "puree"? Bwahaha! Oh damn, = wait, Beck and the aforementioned Chumbas already did that. ;) Me, I like just about anything done well in the service of a specific = artistic vision. Except opera. And I may yet discover an opera = composer who blows my mind. As for the sampling debate, I'm reminded of = Marcel Duchamp with his urinal and his mustachioed Mona Lisa. Was he an = artist or a charlatan? Time has proven one can be both, 'cause he was. = Which in turn reminds me of AFX. Oh well, I guess one man's eclectism is another's dilettantism. Or = maybe at 31 I've outgrown believing that the music I listen to dictates = who I am and the lifestyle I am supposed to lead. Or maybe I've seen = too many promising musical movements die of inbreeding. <sarcasm> Or = maybe I should just shut my piehole, 'cause I'm only on this list to try = and complete my AFX collection anyway. </sarcasm> Sorry if this ground has been covered already. I have been away for a = couple of days and I have a buttload of email left to go through. Peace, Mitch PS: Respect to the guy who name-dropped Joe Jackson. His _Will Power_ = is a brilliant 'modern classical' album often found in cutout bins (at = least in America). Don't listen to "No Pasaran" for the first time with = a hot cup of coffee in your hand though, it *will* end up all over you. Now playing: V/A, _Avantgardism Drum 'n' Bass_ <lurk>