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1994-07-18 06:29CAPED CRUSADER1. i'd like to see the selection from this article where it says that warner is cancelling

From:: CAPED CRUSADER <SO94014@GSVMS2.CC.GASOU.EDU>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 2:29:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:: cancellations...

1. i'd like to see the selection from this article where it says that warner is cancelling all techno projects. 2. i'm not sure if i believe this. 3. wanna know why? a. pretty unsubstantial proof. if i turned to billboard and saw this, i would believe it, but on the net, taken from some 'zine, i'm sorry. but no. b. warner is not a group of stupid fools. they know what sells and what won't. 4. it's funny, all this afx hype. i wonder how much warner paid alternative press, option, and all those other magazines to run stories on aphex twin. 5. what about moby? i imagine he pulls in enough sales to convince anyone at warner's there is a market. i bet SAW2 would have sold a lot more if it had been more like r. james past material, such as digeridoo...as much as i dislike aphex hype, SAW2 was not a commercial album by any means. no matter what the press said, it was not an album for mass consumption. i liked it a lot, but then again, i bang metal pipes together and think they make the neatest sound. 6. who really cares about warners anyway? most of us buy imports anyway, right? the most we could miss is "futurhythms vol. 2" and fierce ruling diva, both on the medicine label, novamute's worthless disposable trance nonsense, etc. nothing there i ever cared for. but of course, don't forget novamute is a UK label. so we'd have to go back to buying imports. and i can imagine loads of people out there want to see moby shut down... (i'm not one of them) 7. i've heard so many people screaming about the death of techno, here it comes, it dying out...maybe they are right. maybe this is the farthest techno will ever go. i just don't think it's for everyone anymore like i used to. oh well. "if you don't understand it, you don't deserve to" -r

1994-07-18 07:26Chris.Hilker>6. who really cares about warners anyway? most of us buy imports anyway, > right? Yes, bu

From:: Chris.Hilker <cspot@netcom.com>
To:: CAPED CRUSADER <SO94014@GSVMS2.CC.GASOU.EDU>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 00:26:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:: Re: cancellations...
Reply to:: cancellations...

quoted 2 lines 6. who really cares about warners anyway? most of us buy imports anyway,

>6. who really cares about warners anyway? most of us buy imports anyway, > right?

Yes, but we aren't made of money either. I for one would am happy to buy, for instance, 'The Conversation' on Instinct rather than R&S, Orbital on FFRR US rather than Internal, and 'Pomme Fritz' on Island US rather than UK. And I'd be a fool not to. Take Infonet - I don't regret having bought 'Guidance,' 'A Collection of Short Stories' and 'Usability Now,' but would I feel better if I'd paid ~$40 rather than ~$60 for them. And I would feel better if I could've gone a few blocks to the nearest store and bought them, instead of having had to drive across town (and mail order one, in fact). And maybe, just maybe, if some US label had struck a licensing deal with them, Creation wouldn't have pulled the plug on Infonet, and I could look forward to enjoying more of their releases. C. -- Channel ** cspot/chris [cspot@netcom.com]

1994-07-19 03:28AWerks@aol.com>the most we could miss is "futurhythms vol. 2" and fierce ruling diva, both on the medici

From:: <AWerks@aol.com>
To:: <idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Mon, 18 Jul 94 23:28:25 EDT
Subject:: Fwd: cancellations...

quoted 1 line the most we could miss is "futurhythms vol. 2" and fierce ruling diva, both

>the most we could miss is "futurhythms vol. 2" and fierce ruling diva, both

on the medicine label, Medicine dropped FRD. There new album album will be out next month on Astralwerks and sports a wicked track with double entendre (sic?) meaning, "I Need Drugs". --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: cancellations... Date: 94-07-18 02:36:10 EDT From: SO94014@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu To: AWerks 1. i'd like to see the selection from this article where it says that warner is cancelling all techno projects. 2. i'm not sure if i believe this. 3. wanna know why? a. pretty unsubstantial proof. if i turned to billboard and saw this, i would believe it, but on the net, taken from some 'zine, i'm sorry. but no. b. warner is not a group of stupid fools. they know what sells and what won't. 4. it's funny, all this afx hype. i wonder how much warner paid alternative press, option, and all those other magazines to run stories on aphex twin. 5. what about moby? i imagine he pulls in enough sales to convince anyone at warner's there is a market. i bet SAW2 would have sold a lot more if it had been more like r. james past material, such as digeridoo...as much as i dislike aphex hype, SAW2 was not a commercial album by any means. no matter what the press said, it was not an album for mass consumption. i liked it a lot, but then again, i bang metal pipes together and think they make the neatest sound. 6. who really cares about warners anyway? most of us buy imports anyway, right? the most we could miss is "futurhythms vol. 2" and fierce ruling diva, both on the medicine label, novamute's worthless disposable trance nonsense, etc. nothing there i ever cared for. but of course, don't forget novamute is a UK label. so we'd have to go back to buying imports. and i can imagine loads of people out there want to see moby shut down... (i'm not one of them) 7. i've heard so many people screaming about the death of techno, here it comes, it dying out...maybe they are right. maybe this is the farthest techno will ever go. i just don't think it's for everyone anymore like i used to. oh well. "if you don't understand it, you don't deserve to" -r ----------------------- Headers ------------------------ From idm-owner@hyperreal.com Mon Jul 18 02:35:18 1994 Received: from taz.hyperreal.com by mailgate.prod.aol.net with SMTP (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA12430; Mon, 18 Jul 94 02:35:18 -0400 Return-Path: <idm-owner@hyperreal.com> Received: from localhost by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.5/8.6.5) id XAA17095; Sun, 17 Jul 1994 23:32:12 -0700 Received: from localhost by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.5/8.6.5) id XAA17083; Sun, 17 Jul 1994 23:32:08 -0700 Received: from GSVMS2.CC.GASOU.EDU by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id XAA17077; Sun, 17 Jul 1994 23:32:02 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 2:29:39 -0400 (EDT) From: CAPED CRUSADER <SO94014@GSVMS2.CC.GASOU.EDU> To: idm@hyperreal.com Message-Id: <940718022939.6dd37@GSVMS2.CC.GASOU.EDU> Sender: owner-idm@hyperreal.com Precedence: bulk Subject: cancellations... AOL-Member: awerks

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