quoted 11 lines All I can say is THANK GOD Autechre is playing at the Troubador and not>> All I can say is THANK GOD Autechre is playing at the Troubador and not
>> some monster rave. Who the hell wants to go to all the hassle of waiting
>> through countless DJ's playing stupid floor pumpin' Techno until 2 am
>> when Autechre would probably finally get a chance to play. IDM is much
>> better suited to smaller venues (i.e. The Orb's show at American Legion
>> Hall) than some huge rave full of X-ed up 16 year old pacifier suckers.
>
> exactly.
>
> yeah, the perfect example not to have the tour at a "rave" in l.a. would be
> the aphex/orbital/moby disaster a few years ago.
ROTFL!!!
Were you even *there*? The people who were inside that saw the decorations
and heard the soundchecks were the most disappointed of all, because they
said the space was awesome, the decorations were great and that it was gonna
completely go off!!! (Paging Dana Watanabe to the blue courtesy IDM phone)
Just because Art "Buttwipe" Parent pissed off with the money and conveniently
forgot to take care of some of the details (thus leading to the shutdown),
does that mean it was "the perfect example [of how] not to have [a] tour"???
The 2 greatest (IMHO) Techno performances I've witnessed in the past 5 years -
Aphex Twin outside on Aug. 14th 1992, & Carl Craig on New Year's Eve '94/'95 -
were both part of big rave events, with many many people there. I can't
think of a *better* setting. Putting them in a little dingy rock club where
people just stand there and tap their toes is nuts. Conventional Venues Suck.
(As does wanting to keep it in some little place so only the oh-so-smart
IDM cognoscente know about it. Phuque THAT. X'ing pacifier-suckers are
people too.)
- Greg