Well, Ben I'm just tired of ppl slamming good events. It's rare that a good
event comes to Denver. So, I felt blessed rather than disappointed. I
mean, you think you could do a better performance?
I don't know you. I'm sure your a good person. Just remember, it's easy to
be a critic and hard to be someone who puts his/her work on the line and
actually accomplishes something that they feel passionate about.
And, by the way, the show had plenty of energy. If you missed it, I don't
know how. And energy has nothing to do with ppl dancing or not. Have you
ever been to an orchestral performance? Talk about amazing energy, and no
one is moving or making a sound.
--Plaid
quoted 81 lines From: Ben Knowles <knowles@Colorado.EDU>
>From: Ben Knowles <knowles@Colorado.EDU>
>To: ben Dover knowles <l__________@hotmail.com>
>CC: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] Re: Plaid in Denver
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 15:31:33 -0600 (MDT)
>
>ben dover knowles! hilarious! wow, this post made my day.
>
> > What's the matter? Are you jealous because they made some music that
>blows
> > your shit away? Come on. It doesn't matter how the music is made, at
>the
>
>riiiight. my shit. do i even have any shit? um, not last i checked. not
>yet anyway. moving on...
>
> > end of the day the question is was it good. And their music was
>fantastic.
> > I've never been a plaid fan. But I thought the show was awesome. And I
> > could give a fuck if ppl were dancing or not. To each his own. Why are
>you
> > worried about what other ppl are doing? If you are letting other
>people's
> > activity ruin your show experience, then you have problems.
>
>look, i said i enjoyed it. i agree with you on this - the music itself was
>great. PLAID MAKE GREAT MUSIC, YAY, WHOOPIE. i'm not arguing that. but the
>crowd sucked and the performance was not all that exciting for me, and
>while the visuals were cool, they did not save the show. a show is not
>just music - if i wanted just music i'd listen to the cd. the one thing
>that separates a great show from a mediocre show, imho, is the energy -
>and it wasn't there, either in the crowd or on stage. so you disagree -
>(great! that's what free will is for!) - frankly, i could give a shit.
>what's your problem with letting me have an opinion?
>
>someone else brought up, and it has been discussed before, the point that
>i might be comparing this too much to a standard "rock" show, and maybe
>they're apples and oranges. i understand what you're getting at, but i
>don't think i agree - a good show, be it electronic or folk or hippy rock
>or whatever - should at the very least get the crowd excited. this is
>indicator number one. an even better show should involve an exchange of
>some sort between the audience and artist - sometimes this can be an
>actual musical exchange, sometimes just an energy or feeling. to me this
>is a very tangible thing that is either there or it isn't. of course
>mileages may vary, so while you might have seen god during the squance
>encore, i just thought watching prince get eaten by pacman was pretty
>cool.
>
>btw, i'm guessing that the reason you thought the show was so great is
>that, like you said, you've "never been a plaid fan," and seeing them live
>you finally realized that they kick ass. congratulations. now go buy
>restproof clockwork and the peel sessions and be happy. me, i already knew
>that the *music* kicked ass, but i was hoping to see a fun *show*. in this
>respect, i was a little (a very eensy-teeny woo-woo tiny wee bit!)
>disappointed.
>
> > And obviously you weren't listening to Mira DJ. She played a wide
>variety
> > of sounds everything from Avante-japanese noise artists to Warp IDM.
>
>you might go back and read where i said that i only caught the last 10 min
>- i didn't really comment about the set at all except to say that what *I*
>saw wasn't very exciting. it seems like plenty of people have found faults
>with mira's djing, so whatever - neither here nor there.
>
> > You need to shut your mouth, stop complaining, and open your ears, Ben!
>
>will do! thanks!
>
>love,
>nub
>
>np. speedy j - public energy no. 1
>
>
>
>
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