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quoted 19 lines Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:51:02 -0400

> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:51:02 -0400 > From: "Lance C. McGannon" <mclance@nacs.net> > Subject: Re: (idm) Don't be dissin' the Puma (was: Re: slight return (re: GPR)) > > At 11:07 AM 9/10/97 -0700, you wrote: > >Lance McGannon blasphemed: > > > >> At 08:10 AM 9/10/97 -0700, gg2g4ink@sprynet.com (Gil Gershman) wrote: > >>> (PS, Ken - congrats on the Puma ad! :-D) > >> > >> Yet another idm artist selling out to commercialism. > >> Is Ken going to appear in a Starter jacket with his > >> hat turned to the side in this ad? > > > >Hey now, this is Puma we're talkin' about. Not Nike, not Reebok, not even > >Adid-whack-daddy-ass. Puma. As in Walt "Clyde" Muthafuckin' Frazier "Black > >Power" Memorial 3-color suede Puma Clydes Puma. The original Old Skool Puma. > > The verbiage of this post proves my point exactly.

Sigh... sadly none of this proves your 'point' Lance. The Black Dog has remixed "BULLITT" by LALO SCHIRFIN. We have *not* produced the theme music for the Ford Puma car and we have not had any contact whatsoever with their advertising agency concerning their ad campaign for the Ford Puma (which also uses this theme music). Speaking personally I think the Ford Puma Car advertisement is highly creative, but it has *nothing* to do with us (we're not about to produce music for Puma's spare parts either, in case you're wondering). We have, however, been commissioned by Warner to exclusively produce three remixes of the theme music to "Bullitt" written by legendary 60's Composer Lalo Schifrin (also responsible for the themes to Dirty Harry and Mission Impossible). This will be released on 29th September - I'd provide more information, but I wouldn't want to be accused of polluting IDM with commecialisation ;) We consider it a great honour to be working on material by Lalo, an influential and talented composer (the term genius applies here, imo) and our remixes are an homage to his style (still very much alive, incidentally) and the superb title theme to the Bullitt film, featuring Steve McQueen. No attempt to 'emulate' the Bullitt theme has been made - you can't improve on perfection (why other artists continue to try is a mystery to us - create your own perfection). If you consider The Black Dog's efforts to remix "Bullitt" to be 'selling out' that's your prerogative but I don't share this opinion. We wanted to work on something by Lalo and we have. But, based on the fee we'll receive (we've barely broken even, and haven't even been paid yet - Ken wouldn't do *anything* just 'for the money') I'd say you're a million miles from the mark and have 'assumed' far too much (since when did IDM turn into a mailing list equivalent of alt.showbiz.gossip?). Also, big up to Warner for having the guts to commission an experimental artist to produce *all* the remixes, as opposed to a 4x4 cheese fest. Well, must dash, I've got some hardcore creative prostitution to be getting on with... :) Cheers, Keir Jens-Smith BLACK DOG PRODUCTIONS