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From:
Philip Evans
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Date:
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 18:37:07 -0800
Subject:
Re: (idm) MTV RANT
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quoted 15 lines Oh, this is just plain silly. These days, vinyl is an elitist medium:>Oh, this is just plain silly. These days, vinyl is an elitist medium: >very few reasonably priced vinyl decks are available any more and runs >of 1000 or so copies can be mastered on CD. > >Damn, I hate elitism, and this is one of its worst forms. The >attitude is: It's "our" music and we don't want the great masses to >pollute it. > >Question: why is "underground" techno better? > >> best wishes and no flames please, > >Mmm. > >Andrew.
Underground techno is better because aboveground techno (at least here in the US) begins with "La Macarena" and ends with whichever 2Unlimited song you'd like to pick (I can't tell them apart.) Even in Europe, I get the impression that the songs that cross over to the mainstream tend to be cheesy, tarted-up vocal versions of what are otherwise cool songs. Am I wrong? Peace, [Home is where the stereo is, unless my turntables get there first!] Currently splitting his time between L.A. and Sausalito, [--------] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--------] [--------] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [---] [---] [--] [---] [---------] can usually be found at one of the following places: aciddrop@mindsphere.com aciddrop@earthlink.net aciddrop@aol.com [actually, don't try this one, I'm never there]