They do it everywhere. Hip hop shows. Indie shows. Punk shows. No matter
where you go, people are still releasing their "inner hippie." Man I tell
you, if Bob Wier and Phish played out more often, none of this woulda
happened ... the humanity!
pardong the snobing,
dave
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Chachi Jones wrote:
quoted 66 lines Seems I touched on a sensitive topic. To clarify, I have no qualms with
> Seems I touched on a sensitive topic. To clarify, I have no qualms with
> people dancing their ass off however they like at any show - people should
> dance - it makes the whole experience more enjoyable (I know I was getting
> down). The issue I was trying to address is this recurring phenomena of
> people doing this Tai Chi 'calling of the spirits' thing at IDM shows (maybe
> they do that dance everywhere and I only see them at IDM shows?). For one,
> it strikes me as odd that a music so rich with rhythm inspires folks to do
> this slow-motion psychedelic martial arts thing. Secondly, there's a reason
> people do Tai Chi in the park (or in the grass seats at a Phish concert) -
> it takes up space. It's pretty rude (and selfish) to expect the people
> around you who shelled out their $15 to see their heroes perform to have to
> accommodate your haphazard slo-mo kung-fu spirit circle, especially in such
> a small venue.
> Whatever, it's not my mission in life to be the dance police. If the divine
> spirit is telling you to prance around like David Carradine on mescaline
> then by all means.
> Just don't shoot me because my mom dresses me funny.
>
> -chachi
>
>
> > From: Charles Freeman <charliefree@yahoo.com>
> > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:50:05 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: Eric Sorenson <eric@explosive.net>
> > Cc: Donald <donald@wallrichlandi.com>, idm list <idm@hyperreal.org>
> > Subject: [idm] Re: dancing vs. snobing
> >
> > --- Eric Sorenson <eric@explosive.net> wrote:
> >> Hahaha, I was getting my groove on, make no mistake, I just wasn't
> >> making an ass of myself in the process. If you think snobbery's not as
> >> much a part of IDM as dancing... Pooh on you! Fishnet or velvet,
> >> sweetie, NOT BOTH.
> >
> > OK, From now on let?s call it ISM.
> >
> > Because of people like you, snobbery is a part of the idm scene just as it
> > is a part of every scene. However, I'm a firm believer in our ability as a
> > community to seek out and destroy you and your cohorts. Take this as a
> > warning. All people seen snobing around will be shot. All people seen
> > wearing boring clothing that their mothers bought for them will be shot.
> >
> > As far as fashion taste, it seems to me that my friend Magnus? outfit
> > (fishnet shirt, etc.) which he designed and sewed himself was a hell of a
> > lot more creative then the black sweatshirt and converse sneakers that
> > seems to be the standard uniform you snobs aspire to. It also seems to me
> > that people who think of themselves as being on the cutting edge of music
> > would be a little bit more open to creativity that isn?t based on the
> > status quo.
> >
> > -charles
> > http://mp3.com/groundchuckles
> >
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