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"Matthew Korfhage" <pomomofo2000@hotmail.com> sez:

quoted 8 lines ... falls pretty well in line with Popp's philosophy on the denial

> ... falls pretty well in line with Popp's philosophy on the denial > and/or demythologizing of authorship, i.e. it may be that Popp's > over-intellectualized motive behind being a half-existent droid is to reduce > the appearance of authorial presence. Now, why he would go and play live if > that's his goal is anybody's guess.... I can't believe that revenues from > his handful of stateside fans would even pay for travel costs. Quite > possibly he's just reinforcing an overwrought aesthetic of detachment at > this point.

Maybe, but if that's the case, the man just shouldn't play live and thereby go all out. If anything, a live setting makes it VERY hard to "deny and/or demythologize" authorship. There is the performer and there is the audience. Though some have tried to blur these lines in the avant-garde arena, Herr Popp very much stood on a stage and played in front of everyone in a most standard wat. Which, if he's going to be pedantic about it, is somewhat contradictory to what you're suggesting. And if the post-performance behaviour was a way of overcompensating for not indulging this philosophy during the performance himself, then he's even more of a prat in my books. :)

quoted 3 lines I can't verify whether audience disregard is standard routine for him-- I

> I can't verify whether audience disregard is standard routine for him-- I > didn't see anyone try to chat him up when he opened up for Jim O'Rourke, > although he certainly didn't shout out to the crowd at any point :)

I wouldn't even necessarily expect chattiness, but the merest acknowledgement of any other humans. When he spun around in the middle of something someone tried to say to him, I was at a bit of a loss... I've never had anyone be quite that oblivious before. It was obviously very forced and deliberate too, which is why it got my goat in the first place.

quoted 3 lines -- but at

> -- but at > any rate, I'll still be at his live show at the next opportunity, if only > because I think his schtick works well when the sound is keyed up right....

I honestly must say that while it wasn't bad, and while I think some of his records are/were quite good (Systemisch & Dok come to mind), it didn't carry over so well live. It was very much a one trick pony show towards the end. Of course, maybe I was subconsciously comparing it to the brilliant Ryoji Ikeda/Dumb Type show I saw over the weekend. :)

quoted 4 lines There are a number of reasons I refuse to try to talk to any given artist on

> There are a number of reasons I refuse to try to talk to any given artist on > the basis of a show they've done; not wanting to end up hating a personality > that is only peripherally related to the music they're creating is one of > them. Or did anyone forget that AFX is an overweening, pre-pubescent ass?

Well, I'm not about to throw out any of my Oval records, if that's what you mean. :) Though the few times I have talked to artists after shows, I have only been pleasantly surprised. And I generally don't accost people fan-boy style; I didn't try to say anything to Popp last night nor did I approach him myself -- I just observed what was happening a metre (3 feet :) or so away from me.

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