quoted 1 line i don't have to explain how Mtv ruins, yes they ruin by co opting>>>>>i don't have to explain how Mtv ruins, yes they ruin by co opting
artists, the specific genre they are exploiting. I turned away from what
was once "alternative" and ended up on the IDM thing thanks to folks like
you.<<<<<
Folks like me? Brother, I've been in this since 1990, not that gives me any
sort of membership card or anything... I'm a firm believer in keeping things
down low, but there comes a time when the marketplace demands it.
I'm skeptical as you are, but I've seen the pilot - you haven't. I sat down
with the person at MTV in January to offer Astralwerks' input on how this
show could be the coolest possible, and that's keeping it as underground as
possible. No cheesy human hosts like Dave Kendall or Eric Nies or who the
fuck ever to goof it up. Videos chosen on visual creativity and musical
merit, not how much hype there is.
I'm right there with you, it's my greatest fear that once the programmers at
MTV see this baby they'll start trying to inject LaBouche videos with fucking
fractals in this because they think that that's what we want.
Wouldn't you rather have something decent on MTV for once? As someone who
grew up watching Peter Gabriel (when he was cutting edge), Adam & The Ants,
and all kinds of really cool shit on MTV in its early days, I for one would!
As for history repeating itself, it already is, my friend. If you haven't
noticed, RAVE music is back. It may not be Belgian hoover synth sounds ala
Dominator, et. al., but it's back.
We all know what's credible and what's not. There will always be an
underground. It's your job and mine to make the mainstream come down to our
level, not make the underground rise to the mainstream.
Peter Wohelski
Astralwerks