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From:
Pete Ashdown
To:
Intelligent Dance Music
Date:
Sat, 28 Jan 1995 19:19:14 -0700 (MST)
Subject:
Re: We need more serious criticism of techno! (long rant)
Msg-Id:
<199501290219.TAA07675@xmission.xmission.com>
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quoted 4 lines Examples of REALLY good reviews that come readily to mind are> > Examples of REALLY good reviews that come readily to mind are > > Pete Ashdown's XDZebra reviews (despite his initial inclusion of the > > next-to-useless "dance factor" and his inability to be rational when > > it comes to either Aphex or Orbital) and Dave Walker's many freeke
quoted 4 lines Almost all reviewers, after listening to tons of music, tend to lose> Almost all reviewers, after listening to tons of music, tend to lose > an objective focus no matter how hard they try. It's sort of like an > occupational hazard, precipitated largely by the sheer amount of > really crap music out there.
Which is part of the reason I stopped. I started repeating myself and having a hard time evaluating stuff that was good, but I was sick of. Frankly I don't know how Siskel and Ebert have been doing movies for so long. Maybe there's just more to talk about than a 70 minute disc. The other reason I stopped was of course XMission. Here I sit on a Saturday night, unshaved from my 3:00 AM night on Friday. Road crew for the Infobahn. Bleck.