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From:
Tai Nguyen
Date:
Thu, 17 Feb 1994 19:25:28 -0500
Subject:
Re: more ON...
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quoted 4 lines i don't mean to put the twin down entirely. i am by no means telling everyone>i don't mean to put the twin down entirely. i am by no means telling everyone >he "sucks" but i am saying that people are starting to think more highly of >him than they should. he is suddenly getting this mystique, this reputation for >being innovative when he really isn't all that.
well manish, if you read my posts about his On video you know I feel the exact same way. This is not say that I think he sucks because I don't, but I _definitely_ think he is extremely overrated. Brings to mind the story about the famous artist (forgot his name) who anonymously donated a toilet as an entry to an art show. The critics laughed at it and said it was a piece of crap (as it indeed was), but once the artist revealed himself as the creator, all the critics were tripping over their own feet to praise it. someone else started a similar "aphex twin/emperor's new clothes syndrome" on alt.rave and since then many other people have admitted to feeling the same way. I know there are more of you closet aphex twin anti-fans so come out and together we'll fight aphex twin conformism <== (the underlying mentality with idm fans that you must think the aphex twin is a god to be a true techno fan). down with the sheep mentality!!! sorry for the melodramatic tone of this post...lack of sleep has been wrecking havok with my sense of reality. ___ (:)====/__/\=(:)(:)============================(:)====================(:) |\| _\_ \ \|\||=| Tai Nguyen |\| email address: |=| |=| /__/\_\ \=||\| Cornell University |=| thn1@cornell.edu |\| |\| / /\ __/\|(:)============================(:)====================(:) |=|/ / /\ \ |=||=| "These are not my figures I'm quoting. They're |=| |\/__/ \_\/ |\||\| from someone who knows what he's talking about." |\| |=\__\/\ \ |=||=| - unknown congressman in debate |=| (:)==\__\/===(:)(:)===================================================(:)