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From:
paul symons
To:
David Mcpherson
Cc:
Theorema Binario ,
Date:
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:36:57 +0100
Subject:
Re: [idm] most embarrasing album
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'the best of X-MIX ' 3 dj mix cds by laurent garnier / richie hawtin & john aquaviva / dave angel i personally think that there is an alternate persona that resides deep inside me that bought this cd 5 years ago. i hope it never re-emerges !! On 4/24/05, David Mcpherson <generentropy@yahoo.com> wrote:
quoted 73 lines I would have to say that the few Flaming Lips ep's> I would have to say that the few Flaming Lips ep's > that I have off of the "Yoshimi Vs. The pink Robots" > (or whatever that album is called) are pretty > embarrassing, in that they have this whole sissy thing > about them, what with the lead singers falcetto voice > and the indi-rock guitar strumming and kinda > candyflipping hipster lyrics. Whenever I play that > stuff I feel sort of dorky. > > Add to that list Funkstorung "Disconnected" which a > good third of falls into the gay sissy vibe catogory, > and Telephone Tel Aviv's latest effort. Not that I'm > homophobic or anything, but when the emotional black > man trying to sound like Bjork starts singing how he > got his heart broken by a grey haired man in high > heels, it's a little wierd. Actually some friends of > mine were trying to describe that album, and the only > adjectives they could come up with were "gay" for > certain songs. Which BTW isn't a bad thing. But it's > totally wierd when you try and fit that music into the > context of those artists other work, especially > Funkstorungs' kinda more flexing hardcore DSP bad-ass > muthafucka hip-hop testosterone macho tracks on that > album, it's like they either are trying to appeal to > various "music marketing" demographic niches or have > some wierd bipolar identity crisis going on. And > Telephone Tel Aviv went from IDM that people that > don't like IDM like, to not really IDM that people > that like IDM think sounds like smooth jazz diva stuff > that should be played at some stupid yuppie bar or > some sleek stupid "design elements" kind of store that > sells slick modular couch ensembles made in italy or > something. --- Theorema Binario > <theorema.bin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > final fantasy owns :) > > > > On 4/24/05, Jeff Kiecker <jeffkiecker@earthlink.net> > > wrote: > > > I thought this might be an interesting discussion. > > > > > > Whats the most embarrasing album in your CD > > collection, the album you'd rarely admit you own? > > > > > > I guess it depends on the people, but for me, it > > would have to be any of the final fantasy video game > > soundtracks (i have a few) > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Theorema Binario > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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