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Helix Tradesman
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:08:35 PST
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Re: (idm) article by moby in Time
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I read an article where the interviewer asked how he felt about doing publicity and he assumed that when he was going to become a musician that he was going to have to do press. Now this fact alone is probably the reason the press has "chosen" moby as a spokesperson for electronic culture. Because he's one of the few electronic artists who doesn't tell interviewers to fuck off the first chance he gets. I think the reason he's an electronic culture spokesperson is because he makes himself easily accessable. You could say that he's pimping himself to the media, but whatever. Aphex Twin basically prides himself on fucking mainstream media at every turn. I wonder why magazines wouldn't want to continually try and interview someone who shows no interest in keeping appointments. Most mainstream music media is a business, and Rolling Stone probably couldn't give 2 shits about how good something that's popular is. However they do care about getting interviews with whoever is popular so they can sell magazines. Remember, it doesn't matter how good the music is, when it comes to popularity it's who can sell.
quoted 7 lines Do we really need this level of interactivity.>Do we really need this level of interactivity. >Isn't it enough to hear gospel and blues >stuff over fatboy slim beats. I'm always >shocked at how the press chooses moby >as a spokesperson for electronic culture. > >Rob
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