denver is awful, portland is awful, everywhere is awful, but what
are you going to do about it? there is no promised land of IDM, you have
to create your own. in my experience, the more people in a city, the
percentage of the cool people/dumb people stays the same, there's just
more of them.
many people think dj's are sycophantic, but many more see the
value in them. i know plenty of dj's i would rather watch than see some
bands/artists/performers play. vice versa. your rabid attitude will not
play too well here on IDM, but something tells me you are more scream
than substance anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
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Cameron psu00110@odin.cc.pdx.edu Blacksmith on the anvil in your ear
Electronica for the Jaded and Discerning
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On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, .GMV500 wrote:
quoted 23 lines Have fun! I do not know why Denver is not on the tour. A few years ago,
> Have fun! I do not know why Denver is not on the tour. A few years ago,
> Autechre came to the area, why can't some promoter have the balls to do
> it again when Autechre is kicking some major ass! Denver wants to be the
> next Los Angeles. Where the whole scene is kissing ass to Dj's. The LA
> scene is all about DJs never about the artists, sure groups like Banco
> de Gaia have performed in LA, but the majority of people out there only
> care about which DJ is on the Flyer to next weekend's rave.
>
> At least, LA does have live artists perform. I'll them credit there, but
> DENVER? No way, we charge $20 at the door of a rave just because some
> jerk who flew out here from NY is putting a needle on a record? Boy, what
> a laborious task. Anybody, and I do say, Anybody, can DJ! Anyone want to
> differ I will win hands down, I don;t care who you are,I don't care if
> your name is Keoki (kooky), anybody can DJ. This is not to deny the
> importance of some DJ's. Some have helped push the music to areas
> unimmagineable. Example- Bruno Guez and Jason Bentley, both who are from
> LA.I fyou haven't heard anything on the Quango label, i suggest you do!
> There are numerous others, but I don't need to list them. Nevertheless, I
> still stand my ground that anyone can dj!
>
> Bitter,
>
> GIL