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From:
Andrew Haley
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Date:
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:03:28 +0100
Subject:
Re: (idm) MTV RANT
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quoted 2 lines Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:58:03 +0200 (MESZ)> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:58:03 +0200 (MESZ) > From: Harald Schmitz <qpy320@spf1.power.uni-essen.de>
quoted 9 lines MTV is nothing else than a 24 hours advertising channel. Program and> MTV is nothing else than a 24 hours advertising channel. Program and > commercial breaks are almost the same and don't think that the > "underground" makes any profit out of this. Buisiness as usual! > If you want to support majors, fine, buy CD at Blockbuster and watch MTV > day and nite but don't complain then about missing innovation, about a > dying underground. Buy going to the real underground clubs and by buying > vinyl at your local record dealer, you can do something for this scene > yourself. It takes some more effort, work and maybe more money but it is > worth it!
Oh, this is just plain silly. These days, vinyl is an elitist medium: very few reasonably priced vinyl decks are available any more and runs of 1000 or so copies can be mastered on CD. Damn, I hate elitism, and this is one of its worst forms. The attitude is: It's "our" music and we don't want the great masses to pollute it. Question: why is "underground" techno better?
quoted 1 line best wishes and no flames please,> best wishes and no flames please,
Mmm. Andrew.