99.9 percent of people wouldn't have a clue if you told them you listen to
"IDM" music.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Piontek" <adam@damek.org>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 7:59 AM
Subject: [idm] endless "IDM" genre term discussion (was re: DEVO)
quoted 49 lines I generally just say I listen to electronic music, and leave it up to
> I generally just say I listen to electronic music, and leave it up to
> the person I'm talking to to make assumptions about what that means, or
> to inquire more about what specifically I like. They either pigeon-hole
> me in their mind, or ask me what I mean, and then we progress to
> specific artists and albums, and the history of the genre/email list.
> This is, I believe, really the only good way to talk about music: by
> specific example of the people and releases involved, and what little
> history/stories there are about the people making it.
>
> "IDM" is too specific and/or meaningless at term to serve as a
> jumping-off point, as far as I'm concerned.
>
> -Adam Piontek
> damek.org
>
>
> Jason Clark wrote:
> > problem with that is, I'm over sarcasm and irony. leave that to the
> > indie rockers. they seem to enjoy it much more than me.
> >
> > ps - can i download the Handbook somewhere? ;)
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 07:43:03 -0800 (PST), Eric Sorenson
> > <eric@explosive.net> wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Jason Clark wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>does anyone use "IDM" in daily life talking about this type of music?
> >>>even though it's the style i most listen to, i'm usually embarrassed
> >>>to use it in conversation. it's such a pretentious term. i usually
> >>>just say i listen to really weird electronic music. seems to define it
> >>>better than "IDM".
> >>
> >>The Handbook sez you're only supposed to use it in conversation if you
> >>simultaneously make quote-marks with your fingers and give an
> >>exaggerated eye-roll...
> >>
> >>--
> >>
> >> - Eric Sorenson - Explosive Networking - http://eric.explosive.net -
> >>
> >
>
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