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From:
Christopher Fahey
To:
'KaisrSolze@aol.com' , idm@hyperreal.com
Date:
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 02:58:48 -0400
Subject:
RE: (idm) circuit bible/dj spooky, etc.
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<01BC7F81.FA311280.chrisfahey@mindspring.com>
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KaisrSolze@aol.com wrote:
quoted 4 lines Next was a guy from EBN, who was pretty> Next was a guy from EBN, who was pretty > good, but sort of repetitive. the best part was the video stuff that > accompanied it (drumming guy went with the drums, bass player with the bass > line, etc.)
The reason why everything was perfectly in synch was (if you had read my earlier review of EBN's show a few days ago) because all the guy was doing was PLAYING A FUCKING VIDEOTAPE. ITS A TOTAL SHAM!
quoted 6 lines DJ Spooky closed. I had never seen him before, and frankly I was> DJ Spooky closed. I had never seen him before, and frankly I was > disappointed, if not very surprised after all the shit people have talked > about him. > So here are my questions-did I see him on a bad night? Is he always > like this? For those of you who were there, what did you thing of his set? > Is his music something that grows on you if you hear him spin a few times?
His shows vary from show to show. He certainly has the skills to rock a house if he wants, but most often he does not want to. BTW, Did anyone see the "Apology" for DJ Spooky in the Village Voice a few weeks ago? It said that people don't give him respect because he's black. Then the guy went and called him the "Basquiat of the turntables"! Oh, I see, he's the Basquiat of the turntables simply because he's a black guy with dreads in NY? Gimme a break. The guy missed the point. I don't know anyone who doesn't respect Spooky except for two reasons: 1)They don't like his music or 2) They find his pretentious rants intolerably and inexcusably nonsensical. I know a lot of people who find Spooky tiresome and none of them are racists. -CF