[idm] re: ELph farce at ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria.
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I don't think you're overreacting at all, i would be pissed to be expecting
elph and get whatever other shit they replaced it with. I wouldnt call elph
faceless, its very unique (and beautiful) in my opinion. so basically what
im saying is that whoever is a fuckhead and if you were expecting elph then
you should get elph.
In a message dated 9/9/00 6:10:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
idm-digest-help@hyperreal.org writes:
quoted 12 lines Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 10:19:43 +1200> Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 10:19:43 +1200
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> From: "Greg" <gregg@paradise.net.nz>
> Subject: re: ELph farce at ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria.
> Message-ID: <007f01c019e2$e3f8a380$d09560cb@destruct>
>
> >
> > I'm in no way blaming Coil/Elph for this, it's possible they never
> intended
> > to play anyway, but the ARS electronica organizers deliberately lied to
> the
> > public by stating they would play, taking their money, and then duping
the
quoted 6 lines audience into thinking they were by using a stand in..> > audience into thinking they were by using a stand in..
> >
> > Sorry if I'm rambling, but am I over reacting to this? Or are we just
> > expected to be fobbed off, ripped off and then quietly go home........
>
> I find the whole thing pretty darn funny. Its interesting how we demand
this
quoted 8 lines cult of personality that is akin to a rock-concert in regards to electronic> cult of personality that is akin to a rock-concert in regards to electronic
> music. Yes you are overreacting... its all pretty faceless music anyhow and
> who cares who is "playing" Elph music? For god sake, Peter and John would
> just as likely to have been spinning CD's if they did turn up.
>
> I hope Peter Rehberg was playing a joke... if he had thought about it
> properly, he would have replaced the entire evenings performances with
> imposters. Now that would be funny!
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