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1994-03-07 16:09RIMELLBD@ibm3090.computer-centre.birmingham.ac.ukI think we should quit this discussion. Drugs are an integral part of IDM, though these pe

From:: <RIMELLBD@ibm3090.computer-centre.birmingham.ac.uk>
To:: <Idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Mon, 07 Mar 94 16:09:29 GMT
Subject:: So late it scares me.

I think we should quit this discussion. Drugs are an integral part of IDM, though these people arguing that drugs make IDM into UDM (Unintelligent...etc) annoy me. Personally I cant stand the phrase Intelligent Dance Music, cos music iosnt something you sit down and study. Its something you listen to and feel, and dance to. Dancing is a way of expressing yr own feelings to the music. It doesnt require thought, it requires imagination (the two are different, in my book anyway). At the risk of sounding like The Shamen here (activate the rhythm, the rhythm) I think IDM makes it sound like something to be studied, and I think the "emote" discussion (ie what we love) was a lot more relevant to this group than "cd vs vinyl" (ie what is generally accepted to be better), because there is no "better". The same goes for use of drugs. Use them : fine : you'll probably have a good time at a club. Dont use them : Fine: You'll probably also have a good time at a club. I, too cant stand pro- or anti_ drug factions, so I think we should drop it. darko (I dont think this made much sense........oops)

1994-03-07 18:39B R O T H E R A L P H A B E TI think the term IDM applies more to our own intelligence for listening to this type of mu

From:: B R O T H E R A L P H A B E T <jah10@Ra.MsState.Edu>
To:: <RIMELLBD@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk>
Cc:: <Idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 12:39:52 -0600 (CST)
Subject:: Re: So late it scares me.
Reply to:: So late it scares me.

I think the term IDM applies more to our own intelligence for listening to this type of music as opposed to Debbie Gibson...or Those damn new kids...:) I think also those who think or have the capacity to think are afr more likely to have the ability to imagine bigger and greater things...i mean if you cant think...what would be on your mind other than that recurring feeling that means youre hungry...or is it the "i need to sit on that porcelain thing in that little room with the tiles and tub..."-feeling... imagination is a completely mental process...it is all about thoght patterns...the thinking person is the creative imaginative person...all else is memorization and instinct... now if you said that dancing was an instinct...an instinct that is an extension of the instinct that is music...you might be right...but i would have to argue that for if it were instinct wed all dance like Micheal Jackson...(but keep our hands to ourselves)...and compose like Mozart... neither are instinct but both come from slight training and observation...and massive amounts of imagination and thought. i will concede that to do drugs is ones own individual choice...and to accompany this music with drugs is also...but the problem...which wasnt that big until we escalated the matter...that i had was the seeming necessity with the music itself's encouragement of the listener to also do drugs... if it is to be truly left to the individual...why then should it necessarily be condoned in public and labelled "cool"... if its is indeed the cool thing to do...why does it need so much hype? the music would be the same without it... thats all i have to say right now...but im sure ill think of something later. later. jasonosaj. @@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@ j a h 1 0 @ r a . m s s t a t e . e d u @@@ @@@ @@@ --------------------------------------- @@@ @@@ @@@ b R o t H e R A l p H a B e T @@@ @@@ @@@ --------------------------------------- @@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@-how many days to oblivion anyway?????-

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