hmmm it is her point of view at that moment in time not some definition of
others reality. she sounds like she has a rock an roll attitude and its that
that winds people up. it is more likely that a person with a laptop is
middle calss cause of the price of laptops.....a mathematical precision
engineering of music through a computer in a linear fashion isnt the most
exciting method of creation......like comparing tiddley winks with
snowboarding... but hey i dont think it is the source of a personal
disturbance....
my 3 pence....
hehe
----- Original Message -----
From: "r stanton" <industrialrobot@hotmail.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 6:33 PM
Subject: [idm] Nic Endo in Grooves#7
quoted 3 lines In the latest issue of Grooves Magazine, there's an interview with Atari
> In the latest issue of Grooves Magazine, there's an interview with Atari
> Teenage Riot member Nic Endo, where she makes the statement:
> "Music has to be a physical or emotional experience and not people having
a
quoted 8 lines drink, looking at a white middle-class nerd with a Mac laptop."
> drink, looking at a white middle-class nerd with a Mac laptop."
>
> It'd be interesting to see how people respond to this...
>
> My opinion: In the interview, she claims to not label people, but that's
> clearly what she's doing here with the term "nerd." Also, in order to
> afford time to use or purchase the machines she uses for her albums, it's
> quite obvious that she's at least middle-class or above. So, obviously
her
quoted 1 line credibility is not very high, nor does she seem to follow her ideals of
> credibility is not very high, nor does she seem to follow her ideals of
not
quoted 17 lines labelling people. Obvious hypocrisy, much like her fellow Atari Teenage
> labelling people. Obvious hypocrisy, much like her fellow Atari Teenage
> Riot members. I won't get into the ideological errors of that group...
>
> Finally, who's to say that a white middle class nerd with a laptop can't
> make emotional and physical music? I definately think that some of the
> laptop-based music I've heard in the past few years has been both physical
> and/or emotional. The music-maker can't stop people from having a drink
> while making music...it's beyond their control what the audience does...
>
> I guess I'm just a bit angered by someone making blatantly false,
> hypocritical remarks like that, especially someone who supposedly is from
> the same "scene" or whatever. Blanket statements never ring as true.
>
> Robert Stanton
>
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