man, you took the thoughts right out of my head and put them to
words. thanks.
-adam
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:25:09 -0400, Alex Reynolds wrote:
quoted 27 lines quoting raymond chandler:
>quoting raymond chandler:
>
>"The mystery story grew cold and cynical about motive and character,
>but it was not cynical about the effects it tried to produce nor
>about its technique of producing them. A few unusual critics
>recognized this at the time, which was all one had any right to
>expect. The average critic never recognizes an achievement when it
>happens. He explains it after it has become respectable."
>
> -- from "Introduction to 'The Simple Art of Murder'"
>
>replace "mystery story" with "post-Warp era intelligent dance music"
>and "motive and character" with "pitch and timbre" (or something
>similarly electro) and there's not much else to say, folks.
>
>i respect kid606, v/vm and underscore and the tons of truly
>independent, punk, fuck-it-that-sounds-good-so-let's-do-it electronic
>musicians and labels but i can't respect the output (yet). i'm sorry.
>it's not about the anti-anti-establishment hip mentality, i just
>can't get into it.
>
>i suppose it could be a 'beat deafness' on my part -- something
>biological or whatever -- like some are tone deaf. but it's just not
>for me. i won't be listening to it more than a few times in my life,
>so it has no meaning for me.
>
>sorry...
--
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... "Laugh it up, fuzz ball." - Han Solo
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