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> ....haa haa....let me try and change my pace so that some of you may better
>understand me.
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>Nearly most of you, I have discovered, are young cats, save a few. Coupled
>with the fact that nearly most of you are white, you only speak of
>documentaries.....articles, interviews, books--all of which are secondary
>information. How many of you can say that you went to basement parties when
>you were younger(or whatever type of party) and heard the DJ mixing Pocket
>Calculator or Numbers? Sure some of ya can, but how many can say I have
>experienced underground clubs where brothers dance to Hip hop and, at the
>drop of hat---"Jitt" to Techno...and then back again to Hip hop?..
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>What about George Clinton and the many bands which he influenced. Who
>remembers his concerts when the entire place smelled like Dank, and black
>lights, strobe lights and lights of all colors dimly lit the stage? This is
>what Techno is all about, the past cats(people).... This is what Theo
>Parish, Eddie "Fucking" Fowlkes, the ROOTS, Alan and some others tried to
>teach the crowd at the DEMF...seems that few learned this.....by playing
>older music...but still rocking tha Fuck out of me and all of you, they
>attempted to show U that they are just teachers. With their Music as the
>lesson and the Soul as the crux, they taught us many things...and its funny
>when I think about it, because this form of learning(and also Dancing) goes
>back in many African cultures and civilizations(Native Americans too, and I
>met two cool ass Indian cats from Canada)....
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>Some Jose cat on the 313 mentioned a club called The Outcast......Thats
>where you will find the true Techno....but with fear, coupled with white
>anxiety....you'll never see it! and my message will seem and sound as askew
>as all the other messages I have written.
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>Frisco(San Franscico)---it has its good artists, but these artists havent
>went thru the same pains as Detroit artists(the tacit agreement by many
>people to overlook the FACT that African Americans catch HELL in AMerica is
>truly beyond me).
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>My apologies though, for my way of communication is not the way to teach
>people. Me, angry isnt the word. Culturally plundering many of our art
>forms--such as Blues, Reggae, Jazz, etc.....the Machine--if you will--has
>ultimately controlled the distribution of music and thereby has adequately
>marketed it to the younger white population and not the younger African
>American population. It has grown exponentially as a result. But there
>remains a few proud Warriors who battle the giant, never selling themselves
>to the Machine....never selling out for the money, fame, glory, status and
>or recognition, who I had the pleasure of meeting.
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>Galliant ass muthfuck'n NIGHTS many of you would relate to them as. They
>know the deal.....and some of U others know but it, but its only a
>few.......Now I hope all you treat this post as you treated all my others
>ones, dont respond............Just read it..
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>p.s. I speak of Techno, not of what YOU call "electronic music"