On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, SS wrote:
quoted 1 line Exactly and yours isn't any better than anyone else's.
> Exactly and yours isn't any better than anyone else's.
And when did I say my opinion was better than anyone's? Feel free to
quote what I've written, and try to avoid the usual "your tone says . . ."
nonsense. I was voicing my opinion, just as you were. I even said to
take what I wrote 'with a grain of salt.' Sheesh. You're no fun at all.
quoted 4 lines I don't know anyone else with the same tastes in music as me that I
> I don't know anyone else with the same tastes in music as me that I
> know personally so I can't comment on a racial thing. Yeah I'm sure you're
> right, the "intelligent" part of the name refers to most of the fans being
> white, yeah right. Stop trolling for flames and start talking about music.
I am talking about music; in particular, social aspects of this type of
music and its fan base. I think it merits discussion; I would like to
know other's viewpoints as well. It is very interesting to me that an
artform by mostly white artists that borrows heavily from mostly black
artists has a description that effectively states: "All other forms of
(dance) music are unintelligent." Moreover, I've heard few
acknowledgments of those artists who created the samples used by, and
which have inspired IDM artists. I've been on this list for over a year
and I have read no other thread in the archive that deals with this
observation. Let us discuss or put our heads in the sand and talk about
the next neat-o AFX or FSOL publicity stunt.
As it stands, flames have no effect on me. If they had, I'd have
responded to mail re: orbital much earlier. So -- take care.
Yours,
Alex
Alexander ("Alex" will do nicely) Peter Reynolds
polygon@jhu.edu
http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~polygon
http://www.jhu.edu/~jhufilm
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