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>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Albers, Brian" > >> Warp in the 00's is like Cleopatra or Invisible in the 90's. In the early days of

all three of

quoted 1 line those labels, they put out some really great stuff for the times.

>those labels, they put out some really great stuff for the times.

--------------------------- i think of cleopatra as a decent reissues label who then takes those profits and puts out crap. i think they made some pretty cool obscure punk, deathrock, and related albums available on CD, but a lot of their "original" artists tended to be very derivative. IMHO, cleopatra is nearly singlehandedly responsible for the decline in quality of goth and industrial in the 90's, with their stream of substandard releases, ubiquitous advertising, and global influence. thay are a major reason why everything was reduced to cheesiness easily sold at hot topic. goth as a genre and style has never been more easily-defined or widely spread, but also never more laughable. not to mention popularizing the eye of horus completely out of context. d. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 13 lines IMHO, cleopatra is nearly singlehandedly responsible for the

> IMHO, cleopatra is nearly singlehandedly responsible for the > decline in quality > of goth and industrial in the 90's, with their stream of > substandard releases, > ubiquitous advertising, and global influence. thay are a > major reason why > everything was reduced to cheesiness easily sold at hot > topic. goth as a genre > and style has never been more easily-defined or widely > spread, but also never > more laughable. not to mention popularizing the eye of horus > completely out of > context.

this sounds about exactly right to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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quoted 13 lines IMHO, cleopatra is nearly singlehandedly responsible for the

> > IMHO, cleopatra is nearly singlehandedly responsible for the > > decline in quality > > of goth and industrial in the 90's, with their stream of > > substandard releases, > > ubiquitous advertising, and global influence. thay are a > > major reason why > > everything was reduced to cheesiness easily sold at hot > > topic. goth as a genre > > and style has never been more easily-defined or widely > > spread, but also never > > more laughable. not to mention popularizing the eye of horus > > completely out of > > context.

quoted 1 line this sounds about exactly right to me.

> this sounds about exactly right to me.

Ditto. But who's Horace??? http://fusionanomaly.net/horus.html seek --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org