Oy. I have a deadline to meet and I don't have time to critique this
as much as it deserves, but it sounds as if mr ed c. needs to travel to
gay communities around the world and tell them that their scene is
dead, because they've been acting like house is still vibrant and
developing.
I second jeff's comments about writing dance out of IDM.
Luis
On Feb 14, 2005, at 11:04 AM, ed c wrote:
quoted 62 lines "second summer of crap." Dance music gives a bad name to IDM,
> "second summer of crap." Dance music gives a bad name to IDM,
> electronica, whatever you want to call it. Whenever i say i produce
> electronic stuff people automaticaly think i make disco beats in my
> basement with the same shitty bassline and synth with a diva of some
> sort. I respect disco and house for its gay history but my god, that
> died so long ago, but in many ways so did IDM.
>
> Luis-Manuel Garcia <lgarcia@uchicago.edu> wrote:I don't see that the
> "cruising drunk egotistical" side is merely a
> product of recent history; I think it's been part of the scene (and any
> party-oriented scene) all along. While I'll be the first to admit that
> I've been tempted to romantically re-imagine the past out of nostalgia,
> I don't think it helps us deal with the here and now of the scene.
> That whole "second summer of love" thing also involved the kind of love
> that you clean up with a mop and bucket. =]
>
> drrty,
> Luis
>
> On Feb 14, 2005, at 9:31 AM, ed c wrote:
>
>> It's sad how house and raves used to be a spiritual thing for people
>> and now it is just filler in clubs. I would see the revolutionary side
>> if i did not see the cruising drunk egotistical side way in front of
>> it.
>>
>> Kent Williams wrote:Getting off our faces and
>> dancing like loons can have revolutionary
>> potential and cause the open exploration of minds and hearts. You just
>> haven't been at the right parties.
>>
>> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:16:41 +0000, David Sim
>> wrote:
>>> Lord - and I'd always thought people were going out clubbing to get
>>> off their faces
>>> and dance like loons. I must have on the other side of the floor from
>>> the
>>> revolutionary potential and the open exploration of minds and hearts.
>>>
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