--- ugly and mean <ugly_and_mean@yahoo.com> wrote:
quoted 19 lines Of course it would never be possible for anyone to actually not be in
> > Of course it would never be possible for anyone to actually not be in
> > raptures over every note they ever released, right? It must all be
> > posturing, so the IDM-list will think I'm cool.
> >
>
> I'm sure there are plenty of people on this list that are not "in
> raptures" over quite a bit of the music that is discussed on this list -
> I
> know I'm not. I have no doubt that you don't like BoC, and never have
> liked BoC... but I think you're being disingenous if you're saying that
> the negative comments that you and others have made about BoC doesn't
> come
> from a combination of a need to be respected in the scene, and
> irritation
> at reading reviews by lame rock critics that describe BoC as "warm and
> emotional" music, as if the rest of IDM isn't. It's annoying, but
> recognize it for what it is, be objective, and keep your negative
> opinions
> to yourself.
Keep my-- hahahahaha haha ha, oh shit you crack me up. No... no, I don't
think I will.
You got me all wrong, pal.
I don't DISLIKE BoC-- I often find myself putting on "beautiful place"
when I can't decide what I feel like listening to, and it always seems
just about right for that-- but I do think that other points of veiw need
to be represented, hence my negative or neutral opinions. As for being
respected in "the scene," I certainly wouldn't presume to speak for the
others to whom you refer, but I don't really think I'm actually in the
scene. I'm on the list because this is a fairly interesting list to be
on, and good threads come up, and music discussed here is more likely to
be music I enjoy than otherwise, but I don't personally know so much as
one single other human being besides myself who even knows what the term
"IDM" means. This exchange, for example, I am enjoying thoroughly.
In summary:
The scene, for me, is a non-entity. I don't really care about the scene,
because I don't know anyone in the scene.
I've never read a BoC review in my life.
I am acutley and constantly aware-- neurotic, even-- of whether my
opinions are truly my own, or whether they are a reaction to the opinions
of others, and I generally try to avoid the latter.
Now I know that's 100% more than you ever wanted to know, but please don't
make assumptions about me. It gets my dander up.
I'm sure you'll regard all of this as "indie-r than thou" posturing, but
I'm not laboring under the illusion that I can convince you of anything
over the friggin internet. Maybe I'll see you at a show some day, and
you'll want to punch me in the neck, and I'll buy you a drink. I'm just
that kind of bastard.
Z
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