i certainly agree.. though i think its more a combination of the two..
the only reason good music with a boring performance can get away with its
boringness is the fact that we're all used to djs, who many times do nothing
entertaining but play thumping music. and i believe thats how these
laptoppers can get away with doing nothing, because its now socially
acceptable to pay $10 to watch someone stand still and stare into space.
(the only thing needed to test the boring music = boring performance is to
find out if anyone has been to a show of boring music with a really exciting
performance, and see if it is still boring. i've never seen it, but i believe
it could be done)
In a message dated 10/6/02 1:43:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tosh@c4.ca
writes:
quoted 44 lines Sure maybe it's flame bait, but at least it's honest flame bait.> Sure maybe it's flame bait, but at least it's honest flame bait.
>
> I've had this in me for about two months now.
>
> Do you ever wonder why a laptop show is boring? I know many of you do
> because I've seen the posts to prove it.
>
> I know why a laptop show is boring.
>
> It's because the f**king music the artist is playing is boring.
>
> That's right. It doesn't matter how intelligent you think you are or
> how intelligent you think the artist is, or what they are trying to
> "achieve" with their boringness, the fact is that their music sucks.
>
> It's true, otherwise nobody would be complaining that it's boring.
>
> It's like the story "The Emperor's New Clothes." All it takes is one
> little girl to say "it's boring" and everyone knows the truth.
>
> Sure some people will try to delude themselves because their whole
> personal identity is wrapped up in thinking that because they like
> boring music they are somehow special. Ignore them.
>
> Why do I know this? Why do I speak with such god-given authority?
>
> Because two months ago I was outside in Cologne at a party on the beach
> (kinda) and The Modernist was playing. And do you know what? He was
> the most boring d*nm performer I have ever seen. He just stood there
> the entire time in front of his laptop doing something, maybe looking at
> porn (I know that's what *I* would be doing) for all I know. How boring
> can that be!?!?!?! But holy heaven/hell damn me if it wasn't the most
> energetic and amazing set of music I (and a thousand or so others) have
> heard in ages.... dance dance dance rock rock rock pumpin'.....
>
> So if The Modernist just sits around and is boring and other laptop
> artists sit around and are boring, yet nobody complains about The
> Modernist then the logical conclusion is that all the people that I am
> too stupid to understand properly are boring.
>
> QED.
>
> Tosh
>