Cameron Bowden writes:
quoted 3 lines may i please remind all promoters, label-honchos, dj's, mixtape customers or> may i please remind all promoters, label-honchos, dj's, mixtape customers or
> semi-interested lurkers to avoid supporting anything with keoki in, on, or
> around it. this copy of "fix" will be recycled.
Oh, "shoot the messenger" eh? Sven Väth was in town, so Mike Patrick (a.k.a.
Mike Fix) decided to interview him. I don't know where/how Keoki got into
the picture, but what of it?
quoted 1 line and as for "fix"... magazines like this seem to do more harm than good.> and as for "fix"... magazines like this seem to do more harm than good.
How so? In what way?
quoted 5 lines american marketing schitzo to the last, this issue features hangers-on love> american marketing schitzo to the last, this issue features hangers-on love
> and rockets, oliver lieb, space oddity, radiohead, loop guru, and cocteau
> twins. a half-baked expressway from the industrial cover stars of yesterday
> to the no longer faceless techno smirkers of today. this magazine was free,
> and still wasn't worth it.
How are Love and Rockets "hangers-on"? The drummer has been going to Techno
events - indeed, even starting his own Sunday night club, with well-respected
L.A. DJ Christopher Lawrence - for several years now. I've seen him at many
events, including our oh-so-underground Moontribe Full Moon Celebrations. I
give him props for that, not a dis like you. Who are you to judge them? They
at least had the balls to release an album that reflected their current tastes
and influences, an album nearly guaranteed to alienate a majority of their
existing audience. Hardly "hangers-on".
And what's wrong with covering Oliver Lieb? He was just in town and played 2
shows, why not cover him (yes, "Fix" is local to L.A.)? What's wrong with
covering Loop Guru? And as for the Cocktail Twins, well, there was that
Mark Clifford remix EP not too long ago, hmmn?
As for "a half baked expressway", well, that's the music that Mike (and his
roomie Simon Lamb) like, so that's what they cover. I personally see no
point in wasting column inches on Industrial deadbeats, but it's not my mag,
y'know?
"Fix" doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't, which is a magazine started by
a fan who came from the Industrial scene and now likes Techno, but who still
likes the other stuff as well. I personally read the bits that interest me
and ignore the rest. Not too hard, innit?
quoted 1 line on now: a diamond hidden in the mouth of a corpse> on now: a diamond hidden in the mouth of a corpse
Featuring the industrial cover stars of yesterday. What a coincidence.
Anxiously awaiting Cameron's magazine,
- Greg
P.S. Cameron, you can tell Mike how much toilet paper your copy became at
MikeFix@Fix.COM.