I got your flier! Good job on grabbing our attention, I never read these
things, just either stuff them in my pocket or throw them away, but yours
was witty and creative somehow (I cant remember what it said, I just
remember laughing).
Okay, for my non-biased account of the show.
1)yes, RD was really good, but I hate that they stuck him up behind the
audience in a little booth where you couldnt even see him. I HATE IT WHEN
VENUES DO THAT! You know, audience interaction and all that, tends to be
important. I am glad that he is getting exposure though, he deserves it.
2)Mira Calix... she should have been stuck upstairs in that little booth as
opposed to RD... no audience interaction, something i would listen to in a
dark room with big fluffy couches smoking opium and drooling on myself.
Which brought me to my big gripe of the night, fuck man, what is up with
female IDM dj's or producers, can you please please send me the names of
some really good ones, because everything i hear is boring and there is
really not much of it out there. Makes me really really want to do this
myself...
3)Oh yes, Plaid. It's all been said... i was gyrating like a monkey on LSD.
This was the shit.
nother little gripe, there is always something that bugs me about the El Rey
Theatre and i just now figured it out... Electronic music events i dont
think should be "shows", aka, people come in, arrange themselves in an
appropriate fashion to watch the performers, drink their beverages and stare
foreward... that's what made me jump ship from the indie rock thing... there
should be a better way, that seems to be the OLD way. The better way I think
is when the audience is a part of the event, when their energy directly
contributes to the experience. Not, I am just a dumb spectator type of feel.
Anyway, I'll have my own place and figure out how to deal with that...
quoted 50 lines From: jean paul l'asthme <jplasthma@yahoo.com>
>From: jean paul l'asthme <jplasthma@yahoo.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>CC: RLIND2@bordersgroupinc.com
>Subject: [idm] plaid la - 5 live
>Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:27:21 -0700 (PDT)
>
>rlind2@bordersgroupinc.com wrote:
> >so here's my
> > long-winded & biased recap:
>
>how was your recap biased?
>
>i missed rd and most of mira calix on account of
>getting a flat tire on the way to the venue. c'est
>la vie. well, i went into the show not caring much
>for plaid, viewing the show as an opportunity to
>be converted, or to walk away. well. it was fucking
>fantastic and definitely one of the better laptop
>shows i've ever seen. i had to buy the album, and
>i haven't stopped listening to it yet, so i feel
>vindicated.
>also i met a lot of people as i was handing out
>flyers-
>mine were the red ones with pictures of lips and guns
>on them... hope you all had as much fun as i did!
>
>top 5 live:
>mouse on mars-LA '01
>radiohead-milan '00
>sonic youth-LA '98
>muziq/autechre- '99/00? when was coachella?
>kid 606-SF '00 actually not the greatest show i've
>seen him play, but it was the right after i really,
>really got into electronic music beyond the whole
>warp thing and it was a transcendent listening event
>
>gregory
>
>
>
>
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