true. could be a lot worse though.
imagine if some company wanted to really cash in on the music/culture (and
at the same time, insult it in a major way) and they came out with a detroit
doll. the doll would be black, his favourite music would be "techno", his
favourite hangout "the ghettos of detroit", etc. this sort of goes back to
what alan was saying a few days ago about how the editors of Techno Rebels
couldnt believe all these detroit artists didnt grow up in the ghetto
Had to get my $.02 in... If DJ Ken is not the commodification of DJ
Culture,
I don't know what is - and _that_ is what troubles me. The BK DJs and other
"DJs for effect" are also very troubling, but DJ Ken takes the cake. I
think
I had a nightmare about this last night after going to an afterhours with
all sorts of young DJs I'd never seen before.
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