quoted 29 lines The Los Angeles Times reported today that Orbital are considering>The Los Angeles Times reported today that Orbital are considering
>playing this years Lollapalooza festival. If this doesn't make your
>heart sink, I don't know what will. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news,
>hell, downright evil news. If Orbital played Lollapalooza it would be an
>utter disaster. They'd get booed off the stage, which they would
>probably end up playing in the middle of the day (not the best time to
>see orbital live), by an endless sea of American Highschoolers and
>meatheads who came to see Metalica and Soundgarden. It would be the
>worst kind of publicity for them, since they'd be torn apart by every
>god damn back water rock critic for not playing 'real' insturments. And
>of course, we'd all be forced to endure a full day of hell since we
>wouldn't want to miss seeing Orbital live.
>
>Even stranger is that Perry Ferrell has decieded to break off his ENIT
>festival from Lollapalooza and carry it on on his own. Let me say that
>ENIT was the worst fucking experience of my life last year. Although I
>was able to see Teachings From the Electronic Brain and saw Single Cell
>Orchestra and Freaky Chakra live, Moby performed absolutely horribly and
>the utterly talentless (unless you count sucking a dick) Traci Lords was
>alowed to 'D.J.'. And to cap it off I suffered permanent hearing dammage
>from the terrible sound mix....
>
>
>-Fresh
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Actually, I think Perry Farrell has his heart in the right place. He
admires the rave concept, but he didn't have the contacts to put together a
*real* rave. So he found the artists the mainstream press are aware of
(remember, Moby is being praised by the old-fart mainstream critics as the
"future of techno,") dug up a few easy-to-find outsiders, and rushed his
own version of a rave together. I'm positive he'll do better next time,
with a little time to research things.
You should read the article in the current issue of Spin. Based on that
article, I have a tiny glimmer of hope that he'll get it right this time,
just like he got the first Lollapalooza right for its time.
-Phil
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