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From:
Lazlo Nibble
To:
Intelligent Dance Music
Date:
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 13:07:21 -0700 (MST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Manuel Gottsching
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quoted 9 lines Not to drag out this hoary old argument but while Gottsching's>> Not to drag out this hoary old argument but while Gottsching's >> influence has definitely been felt I don't think there's much that's >> particularly "techno" about E2-E4. > > Techno has always been to me, a particular way of working ora particular > way of thinking about music. If some people cant see past standard > definitions of music then they are surely missing out on so much music > which defies standard categorisation. Purism is as damaging to music as > Patriotism is to the human race...
Well, but standard definitions are how human beings communicate with each other. I don't think there's anything "purist" in expecting that most of us are going to be using words to mean roughly the same things. By the way, Steve, I think you're being a shithead. Now, I'm not using the standard definition of "shithead" when I say that, so feel free to guess at what I really mean. (Get my point?) -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ::: Internet Music Wantlists: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo/Wantlists