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j snod
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Mon, 7 May 2001 17:47:27 -0500 (CDT)
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Re: [idm] sex, drugs and Autechre
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the el rey has a bar, but it's a fucking ripoff. $6 for a corona. fuck that. they cost 75 cents in TJ. mixed drinks are more expensive and come in a little dixie cup. your best bet is to get trashed in the parking lot, high school days style. no smoking allowed in california, buddy. -j --- "<Insert ubiquitous deep quote from dead guy here>" On Mon, 7 May 2001, Brian M. Cass wrote:
quoted 73 lines I'm going to the ae show at the El Rey on May 19th and I had a couple of> I'm going to the ae show at the El Rey on May 19th and I had a couple of > questions. Would you suggest a person who would actually like to listen > to the music and not just hear the bass wear earplugs? I ask because > they're kinda silly and uncomfortable. > Also, does the El Rey have a bar? Can you smoke there(cigarettes)(And > before you say anything, I only smoke when I drink)? > I was thinking about dropping three hits a little while after ae came on > stage, is there any place nice to trip around the El Rey? Perhaps a > pleasant campus to explore? Being LA I don't suppose it would be wise to stroll about a > park in the middle of the night. > > PEN EXPERS kicks ass!!!! > > quick review > Meat Beat Manifesto - Actual Sounds and voices: I don't know if you could > call this idm, but its kind of a fun cd. I'm not much for big beat which > this is a little bit , but this is also kind of jazzy. I don't think there > are enough quality tracks that are actual full blown tracks. They often feel > unfinished. Quality, but not something that has enough to offer to > distract me from Confield, and not fun enough to distract me from stuff > like Clarence Park and Agony. It might sound like I'm dissing this > cd, but I really apreciate the jazz on it. Side note: Its on Reznor's > Nothing Label, which is nice, along with Autechre, Squarepusher, and > overplaid. Oh, and anyone know where that acid again clip comes from? > Orb also used it on the Little Fluffy Cloud track. 3/5 > > LENTIC CATACHRESIS kicks ass!!!! > > "what are you, some kind of machine?" > http://mirror.yellow5.com/archive/index52.html > > > On Mon, 7 May 2001, R. Lim wrote: > > > On Sat, 5 May 2001, Kurt Hoffman wrote: > > > > > nonetheless, if one closed one's eyes, there was plenty going on, > > > more riches than one could keep up with at times. no one does it > > > quite like them, despite routine allegations to the contrary. would > > > have been happier closing my eyes in a more comfortable and intimate > > > space than Bowery Ballroom, but what the hell. > > > > Yeah, this pretty much sums up night one. My biggest complaint with the > > venue was the sound system. The bass only existed as a diffuse thudding > > sound that obliterated a lot of the high end detail and made it almost > > impossible to enjoy with earplugs (think dinosaur stomping on Dixie cups). > > Between this and being continuously jostled/stepped on/poured beer upon > > made it sort of difficult to follow the boys once they cut the moorings > > loose and started to navigate through more oblique territory. The early > > part of the set did pretty much affirm their reputation as rhythmic > > virtuosoes & I imagine that the latter part was equally rewarding, > > especially to those who possess the Boulezesque ability to comprehend the > > most difficult music in one go. Unfortunately, I did not rank among their > > number that night. > > > > By the way, I couldn't help but notice that David Byrne (dressed in > > full-on suburban dad mode) checked out an hour into the set. This means > > that we're much smarter than him, right? > > > > -rob > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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