So now that you've all heard Julia's view on I am Spoonbender which is
possibly as low as they come, go to allmusic.com and read the blurbs on
them there. Someone there apparently has the hugest boner in the world
for the band. Even I couldn't gush about the band like that.
-Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julia Matusov" <ulia5@hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, September 6, 2001 1:59 pm
Subject: Re: [idm] I am Spoonbender
quoted 101 lines Well, since I was the one writing the original statement, I shall
> Well, since I was the one writing the original statement, I shall
> respond...
> Yes, you are right, it is a matter of perception. The reason why I
> mentioned
> it though and why I am so annoyed by this band is that it follows
> the
> Emperor Wears no Clothes Phenomenon. It's getting so much
> publicity in San
> Francisco, so many articles, they open for like every frickin'
> band, their
> name is buzzing around all over the place, that the fact that
> their music is
> empty is getting completely ignored.
>
> And because people hear the name so much, psychologically they
> think that
> there is something there for them to like, hence they dont notice
> that the
> emperor is really naked. If they closed their eyes, they would
> realize that
> it aint shit (especially in comparison to some of the other music out)
>
> Once you get past their cool haircuts, the lights, the publicity,
> the smoke
> and hear the actual music, you realize that it has no depth, its
> shallow as
> hell, it basically sucks.
>
> And with my art school outings comment I was referring to this
> analogy:
> picture a bunch of art students looking at a piece of shit wrapped
> in a
> really shiny wrapper. The professor describes this piece of shit
> while the
> students are taking notes, like look at the depth and the
> significance of
> this piece of shit to the social status of blah, blah, blah, blah.
> Look at
> the folds and the texture, look at the statement the artist makes.
> The
> students all think, wow, yes, yes, yes.
>
> anyways...
>
>
>
> >From: jean paul l'asthme <jplasthma@yahoo.com>
> >To: idm@hyperreal.org
> >Subject: Re: [idm] I am Spoonbender
> >Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 02:52:58 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >this is exactly how most people describe idm.
> >it's all a matter of perception. i've seen i am
> >spoonbender a couple of times and haven't really
> >been terribly impressed with their performance
> >ever, though on record they're quite wonderful.
> >and anyway, what's wrong with art school outings?
> >(please interpret that as a rhetorical question,
> >because i can just imagine getting a googolplex of
> >idm listers breaking down the positive and negative
> >aspects of art school outings as though it were an
> >unreleased autechre track. ha.ha...cough... ha...
> >gregory
> >
> > >>Way too pretentious,
> > > > such
> > > > boring music, that I almost fell asleep on my
> > > feet.
> > > >
> > > > Not that they werent talented, just lacking any
> > > heart, seemed like
> > > > one of
> > > > those art school outings where everyone pretends
> > > that they are
> > > > hearing
> > > > something deep while in fact they are bored
> > > shitless.
> >
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