At 03:06 PM 2/23/97 -0500, Chris Fahey wrote:
quoted 14 lines I've seen Spooky about a dozen times. He likes to treat his events as>I've seen Spooky about a dozen times. He likes to treat his events as
>more along the lines of a rock show - you stare at the musician and nod
>your head. You're supposed to think about the music, not bug out to it.
>
>People who have never seen a DJ before sometimes come to see him play at
>artsy-fartsy hoity-toity places like the Knitting Factory or the Kitchen
>(venues which usually play stuff like virtuosic guitarists and
>performance artists). Having read Spooky's liner notes or an article in
>Art Forum, they want to see what this whole
>"DJ-ing-is-actually-an-art-form" idea is all about. Many of them seem to
>think that DJ Spooky is the first DJ to ever consider the turntables an
>instrument with which to make music (actually he seems to use a great
>deal more standard off-the-rack break beat disks than other
>headlining/performing DJ's I've heard).
As it has been said before, many dj's would put dj Spooky to shame. If
someone wants to see a real turntablist (someone playing the turntables as
an instrument) I suggest checking out q-bert, mixmaster mike, dj swamp, dj
Alladin, and tons of others...dj spooky has not even passed scratching 101 yet.
The fact that he plays the experimental (psuedo?)intellectual music, and
(somewhat prentensiouly) qoutes philosophers and shit makes some people
think he is innovative, which I give him credit for actually doing in public
and not just his bedroom, I would just hate to see him get credit for
inventing the art of battle djing which has been around for well over a decade.
quoted 7 lines So anyway, his intention is not the same as many other DJ's: It's not to>So anyway, his intention is not the same as many other DJ's: It's not to
>make you get up and dance, nor is it to impress you with virtuosic
>scratchin, nor are you supposed to be impressed with his vast, cool
>record collection. His intention is to confront the audience with new
>ideas. He over-intellectualizes the thing. He is fully capable of any of
>the above three DJ duties, but chooses to avoid them in favor of making
>himself look smarter than you.
He should clean up his act, cause he made himself look a little silly when
he came to Portland to the people that weren't fooled by the smoke and mirrors.
derek