Beef Terminal
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I've spent the last week making tracks with guitar. Linked here
http://www.livejournal.com/users/chaircrusher/ has links in the last few
posts...
I know a lot of electronic musicians who bear no prejudice against rock --
DJ T1000 is way into early 90s shoegazer stuff like My Bloody Valentine and
Swervedriver. Stuntrock loves him some classic rock. Donna Summer is all
about Prog Rock. In general the only people who like just one kind of music
are young and looking to identify themselves with the subculture based
around that music. Being into electronic music and having a list of rockish
stuff that you've decide is cool enough to admit liking is such a hipsterish
thing -- I don't have time for it.
I like Johnny Cash a lot, and John Coltrane, and Zap Mama, and Bach, and the
Wailing Souls, and IDM, and House Music, and Techno, and Disco, and Funk and
...
On 6/16/05, Alan Lockett <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
quoted 39 lines Here's an odd one. Off topic, but with a strange on-ness. In the spirit of
>
>
> Here's an odd one. Off topic, but with a strange on-ness. In the spirit of
> encouraging open-mindedness and a certain exploratory spirit. Or just for
> the sheer hell of it.
> Have you noticed that there are one or two 'rock' bands (how quaint) that
> tend to appeal to people whose preferred tipple has an IDM flavour. Yes?
> No? OK, well, I have <steamrollering on>. I'll mention Interpol as an
> example of a band who seem to have a strangely compelling quality for a
> number of peeps I know who tend to shun R-word outfits.
> So, anyway, if you're one of these types or suspect you might be a closet
> fan of
> dark-tinged atmospheric melodic er... guitar-with-vocals-bass'n'drums
> music
> (phew),
> then I suggest you look out for a bunch from Birmingham called Editors
> (without a 'The',
> I believe) who have some new stuff coming out now which bears the
> hallmarks
> of a new Bunnymen or Joy Division or er... is it OK to mention U2...?
> *Early* U2...? Er...
>
> You've all gone quiet...
>
> I'll get me coat...
>
> alan
>
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