Re: [idm] Mr. Popp has a right to hate the audience
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If you really want to get someone's attention after they/he/she/muppet just
played then spit at them as they walk off stage or pass you by..it always
works for me...oh, unless it's skinny puppy..then throw eggs before they
even get off the stage..that way they know where to find you....
quoted 41 lines He "shouldn't play live" just to be consistent with a philosophy he aspires> He "shouldn't play live" just to be consistent with a philosophy he aspires
> to? Is it hypocritical to hate your job and still go to work every day
> because you need the money?
>
> I'm sure touring helps Mr. Popp pay his bills. He doesn't have to like it
> and he doesn't have to talk to anybody, but he probably has some financial
> or contractual need to tour. He wishes he didn't have to tour and get
> pestered by us ugly IDM fans hounding him with our fan bullshit. Sounds like
> he hates the myth of the artist/god and would rather avoid all of that
> stuff. It's not hypocritical to want to do something that your job doesn't
> let you do.
>
> (I seem to spend a lot of time on this list defending adults for doing their
> jobs and not being "pure artists". It's as if nobody understands how artists
> are working people too.)
>
> Besides, most IDM artists *should* sulk offstage and hide themselves in
> shame for the fake-ass near-lipsynching inert non-performances most of them
> give on stage anyway. I think most studio-based musicians (which 95% of IDM
> is) dread being on stage and feel like hypocites when then step into a
> spotlight to simply turn on and off tracks in cubase.
>
> Maybe Mr. Popp has a kind of refined, introspective sense of shame that even
> most electronic acts don't have. When he breezes by someone as if they
> weren't there, maybe he's trying to tell them "You just saw me embarass
> myself by pretending to be a live musician. I'm ashamed to have to do this
> to get your money, so please don't embarass both of us further by commenting
> on my 'performance"."
>
> How's that? There are lots of reasons why he doesn't have to be nice to us.
>
> ;)
>
> - Cf
>
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