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From:
Aaron Michelson
To:
Chris.Hilker
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Date:
Sun, 28 Jul 1996 05:23:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Vincent
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On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Chris.Hilker wrote:
quoted 2 lines Love the title, BTW - combines an Eno homage with a swipe at people like> Love the title, BTW - combines an Eno homage with a swipe at people like > Aphex and Biosphere selling their music to the highest corporate bidder...
In a major attempt to start a heated debate, I'd have to interject on one thing: music is a commercial thing, and thus musicians sell to the highest bidder even before commercials are made. Now, both the Aphex commercial for Pirelli tires, and Biosphere's Levis Jeans commercial were absolutely brilliant works of art. Like the respective artist's music, the commercials did more than simply sell a product, they were enjoyable to watch, and spoke well for the artists. Now if it had been artless commercial schlock, you'd have something to argue about...but you do remember the levis commercial right? What a great spot. Lame Thread Prevention in Effect: Aaron Michelson --------------------------------------------------------------------- aw-teck'r (autechre) "Everything you Know is Wrong." For reviews, interviews, art & trash http://www.io.org/~amichel/ amichel@io.org