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Mon, 23 Jun 1997 16:51:18 -0400
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Re: (idm) circuit bible/dj spooky, etc.
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quoted 8 lines Ben Neill went on next, which was decent at points, but mostly boring. Is> Ben Neill went on next, which was decent at points, but mostly boring. Is > he actually a good trumpet player when he's playing for real? > 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. Really boring, didn't go anywhere. The most interesting thing he > did was further deconstruct Hendrix's national anthem, but really, what's the > point? 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?
Yes, DJ Spooky constantly sucks. A friend of mine said best about him, "You have to actually build something before you can deconstruct it." I didn't make it there. But I really try hard to avoid Soundlab events, and have heard Spooky one too many times.
quoted 1 line Is his music something that grows on you if you hear him spin a few times?> Is his music something that grows on you if you hear him spin a few times?
It gets worse each time. freshie Paranoia: The choice of a Tech Generation http://silly.com/~tang