179,854Messages
9,130Senders
30Years
342mboxes

← back to listing · view thread

From:
William VanLoo
To:
Jeff Pitrman
Cc:
Q-Bot Eye ,
Date:
Wed, 05 Jan 2000 17:08:40 -0600
Subject:
Re: (idm) simon reynolds blurb on matador site
Msg-Id:
<3873CEF8.5034D1EF@sigma6.com>
Mbox:
idm.0001.gz
quoted 3 lines You're talking about a guy who is vocal in his conviction that Speed> You're talking about a guy who is vocal in his conviction that Speed > Garage is the future, savior, and secretly avant-garde front wave of rave > music.
You know what? He just might be right. But we don't really discuss "rave music" on this list, now, do we? In all seriousness, Simon Reynolds comes from a fundamentally different context in discussing music than most people on this list. He's all about populism, dancing, and cultural revolution. Most IDM and the people on this list who follow it are about abstraction, elitism (to some extent, don't tell me that you who own the Skam frisbee do so because it sounds great), and the fact that it's in opposition to most of the stuff Simon and his Dance Music represent. Yes, I'm painting with wide brushes this afternoon, but oh well. If you take offense at the mass generalizations I've made above, at least take a second to consider whether or not there's some truth in them. Bill / dj marathon -- AppNet MidWest Interactive [formerly Sigma6] / http://www.appnet.com http://www.chromedecay.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org