On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Gonzalo Merchan wrote:
quoted 1 line 1. WHAT is a punter?> 1. WHAT is a punter?
A punter is what in US terms would be a duffer, which is a golf term.
A duffer plays golf, is lousy at it, and enjoys the hell out of it.
quoted 1 line 2. WHAT is a trainspotter?> 2. WHAT is a trainspotter?
Literally, someone who lives in the UK and makes a hobby of writing down
the numbers on rail cars, hoping some day to see every rail car in
Britain. Figuratively, someone obsessed beyond all reason with something.
quoted 2 lines 3. WHO is this Leo Anibaldi guy mentioned in the Rephlex ad in Muzik and> 3. WHO is this Leo Anibaldi guy mentioned in the Rephlex ad in Muzik and
> what is he all about? Does anyone have this record?
Uhhh...sorry I'll take question #4 for $100
quoted 3 lines 4. WHY is it that I'm the only one of my friends into IDM and I have to> 4. WHY is it that I'm the only one of my friends into IDM and I have to
> do all the footwork (ie. finding out about new releases, discovering new
> artist) by myself?
Because your friends suck. Drop 'em.
Recorded music is like chocolate chip ice cream. That bland white stuff is
Mariah Cary, Madonna, and Green Day. The chips are stuff like techno, reggae,
industrial, etc. You gotta wade through a lot of vanilla to find the chips.
quoted 2 lines 5. DOES anyone know the domestic (U.S.) release date for Clear by Bomb> 5. DOES anyone know the domestic (U.S.) release date for Clear by Bomb
> the Bass on Quango?
I'll take #6 for $200 alex.
quoted 2 lines 6. WHY is it that every damn record store in LA has 50 cheesy house> 6. WHY is it that every damn record store in LA has 50 cheesy house
> records to every 1 drum&bass record?
Cheesy house is club music. Drum&Bass is, well, drum&bass. You can
round up 50 raver types and 49 of them will like house and 1 of them
will be into jungle. Of course that's beginning to change.
quoted 4 lines 7. WHY doesn't some enterprising young IDMer who has all the Caustic> 7. WHY doesn't some enterprising young IDMer who has all the Caustic
> Window Joy Rex ep's clean them up real nice and record them to DAT, then
> make a bunch of those homemade CD's of it and sell it through the list
> for like 20-25 dollars?
Umm .... because that's illegal?
If you think you want to do something like this mail to
rephlex@dircon.co.uk and ask about licensing the tracks for
a CD release. You can get 1000 CD's pressed up for about $2k,
and sell 'em on the net, and through Watts.
I suspect that they're definitely holding off on releasing these
themselves both because of artist's wishes and wanting to
push out new stuff over old stuff. I've no idea how receptive
they'd be to licensing..
quoted 1 line Orange County, California> Orange County, California
Orange County? Well THERE'S the problem!
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