Yeah,
I had the same experience in Cleveland. I tried to tell him he did a
nice set. And he ignored me. He was a complete ass. I lost a lot of
respect for him and his music. I hate that "Rock star" attitude. If it
weren't for ppl like us, he wouldn't sell any records.
I'm done with Oval!
I thoght the opening band was really cool though, at least they were
friendly afterwords.
--AL
quoted 52 lines From: "P. D." <piotrd@home.com>
>From: "P. D." <piotrd@home.com>
>Reply-To: piotrd@home.com
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] I just saw Oval.
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 01:14:22 -0400
>
>I went out to see Oval here in Ottawa. Granted, Ottawa is a lame place
>to see stuff; Scanner played to maybe a dozen or two people and Merzbow
>lost money. So, I wasn't surprised that there was no one there. Maybe 20
>people. Empty club. Popp got on stage like 3 hours late (everyone waited
>outside). He played his set and the sound was too rumbly and all the
>texture was kinda lost, though the music was interesting for a while.
>Then it dragged on a bit and I started losing interest. He finished, and
>left a loop running and just closed up his powerbook and packed his
>equipment while the sound was still going off the mixer. He just ignored
>everyone (who sat quietly watching what he was doing) and just packed
>his stuff. When the sound shut off because he unplugged the last piece
>of gear everyone clapped appreciatively for a while, but he acknowledged
>no one. People then approached him and tried to tell him his set was
>good, but he ignored them as if they weren't there (even though they
>were talking to him from 1 meter away). He then walked past everyone,
>right by them, not even acknowledging that they had waited patiently and
>wanted to talk to him, and went outside with his gear back to his hotel.
>His manager (or the label guy or whomever) was at least gracious and
>said 'bye guys have a good night' to everyone. On principle, I recommend
>you don't go, so Popp doesn't get any money. :) I mean, so the show was
>badly organised in a shitty club and no one came. You think he could at
>least make an effort to be nice to the people who came out, paid their
>hard earned cash, waited out in the cold and bought CDs and came to tell
>him he was good and maybe ask a question or to. AT LEAST he could have
>said something. If he was mad, he could have at least said "Sorry guys,
>I can't really talk right now" or something, but no, NOTHING. As if we
>weren't even there.
>
>So, unless your mum died 5 minutes before the show, FUCK YOU MARKUS
>POPP... I would have driven to see you in Montreal, but this is the last
>time I give any of my time and money to a rude prick who doesn't respect
>his audience enough to even acknowledge their presence when they talk to
>him directly; paying him a complement no less. At least Robin Rimbaud
>was cordial enough to thank the 15-25 people who came out for showing up
>and didn't take out his disappointment on the fans that did make it.
>
>How was the music? Uh, not bad, but the whole thing left such a bitter
>taste in my mouth, I don't even care. Luckily the Ryoji Ikeda show I saw
>three days ago more than made up for this...
>
> >piotr
>
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