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From:
Marc Wangenheim
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Date:
Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:10:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) re: Alec Empire - MTV brat?!
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On Sun, 5 Jan 1997 gman2@sprynet.com wrote:
quoted 16 lines On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, "Tim Zeigler" <zig@pa.net> wrote:> > > On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, "Tim Zeigler" <zig@pa.net> wrote: > >> > > This Sat. - Alec Empire "22:24", > > > >So, this was off Destroyer? I remember that album being pretty > >hardcore in comparison to this. > > no - "22:24" was the a-side of the Alec Empire 7" in the DHR/Grand Royal series. > > does it 'scare' anyone else that such harsh and uncompromising music is being > played on MTv?! something seems wrong there... and i don't want to get into a > whole 'our music'/'their music' debate, but . . . it's Alec Empire f'r crying > out loud?!?! the guy who just recorded the album Stockhausen never got around to > making (_Les Etoiles Des Files Mortes_ on Mille Plateaux!) not exactly eMpTy-V > fodder.
No it doesn't 'scare' me at all cos Europe MTV plays stuff like that all the time ever since Techno became popular in Europe. And I can't find anything 'wrong' with that. Every music style should be played on MTV. I don't have a prob with watching experimental videos on MTV. Marc