You are all nazi's and I am hitler. Next...
At 06:03 PM 8/17/00 GMT, you wrote: >Alright, let me try to clarify what I mean. Currently with the rise of >popularity in electronic music more and more artists are just situated on a >rising curve of how popular or known they are. If they are low on the curve >it doesn't nesacarily make them underoground. I've seen some artists who do >one time events...like Buhdist sand art....and never repeat them or record >them. They are lost in time, except for your memory of it. That, I believe, >is underground. I'm not saying it's better than what anybody else is doing. >Now for some of these points (if we are to be all on the same page): > >>a movement or group organized in strict secrecy among citizens > >Not all so-called "underground" artists operate in strict secrecy. UR sort >of does (with their personas) but they still dessimenate info to "get the >word out" > >>a usually avant-garde group or movement that functions outside the >>establishment > >Selling product isn't really working outside the establishment. Remember the >establishment can be the so-called underground dance movement. > >>Anyways, read the definitions before you start calling someone a >>"sell-out" or what have you. > >I don't know if this was directed to my posting but I don't think I called >anyone a sell-out. You can't really be a sell-out unless you go against your >own morals and rules that you set down for yourself. > >>If you like or dislike the music, that's where you should stand, not >>telling them they can't promote themselves on this list. > >Promote away, I think it's great if people become rich and famous for >sticking to their guns and believing in what they can do, but_only_if they >want to become rich and famous through their work. > >>Even if you think they are "selling-out", that's their right. > >It doesn't matter what anybody but the artist thinks. I don't know what any >particular artist's intention is unless they tell me. So how can I or anyone >else judge an artist unless they make public their intentions? > >>>But they are 'underground' in that that sell outside the retail channels, >>>to specialist stores. They're way out at the edge of things. > >Again, selling product isn't really working outside the establishment. How >can exchanging money for product be regarded as underground? They may be way >out at the edge of things but they are still working within the established >way of doing business. And believe me, selling records, owning a record >label and being an artist who sells records and signs contracts is a >business. > >>>there is a consequent strain when people try to make the leap (Detroit >>>Grand Pubahs?),because to really play in that larger mass arena you have >>>to tap into a whole new structure for distribution. > >It's not really a new structure it's just more complicated and has more >legal bullshit. It may seem new because it's bigger and there are more >people who want a piece of the cake. > >Really, I think to use the term "underground" is just trying to romanticize >the image of lesser known artists. I'm not slighting the efforts of artists >by saying whether they are or are not "underground" because I know it's hard >work no matter to what degree to which they are recognized by the public. > >>>What's exciting to me is the stuff that happens outside the traditional >>>manufacturing, distribution and publicity systems. > >I don't know what is exciting to you because you didn't mention any examples >but if you record a tune, press it, distribute it even to a small specialty >shop and put some time and energy into getting publicity for it...that is >still working within traditional system. It's just a smaller scale with less >money available to make it work. >I don't think that makes it underground. > >That's my point. > >Fred >P.S. There has to be some kind of agreement as to what underground means >other wise we can all argue our points until we are blue in the face and >still not agree and this thread will go on until someone calls me or someone >else a Nazi or Hitler:) > >>From: "Dennis Donohue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 313@hyperreal.org >>Subject: Re: [313] Underground (was Re: [313] Pooh-blahs) >>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:07:22 CDT >> >> >>Quoting Webster: >> >> >>Main Entry: 1un·der·ground >>Pronunciation: "&n-d&r-'graund >>Function: adverb >>Date: 1571 >>1 : beneath the surface of the earth >>2 : in or into hiding or secret operation >> >>Main Entry: 2underground >>Pronunciation: '&n-d&r-" >>Function: noun >>Date: 1594 >>1 : a subterranean space or channel >>2 : an underground city railway system >>3 a : a movement or group organized in strict secrecy among citizens >>especially in an occupied >>country for maintaining communications, popular solidarity, and concerted >>resistive action >>pending liberation b : a clandestine conspiratorial organization set up for >>revolutionary >>or other disruptive purposes especially against a civil order c : an >>unofficial, >>unsanctioned, or illegal but informal movement or group; especially : a >>usually >>avant-garde group or movement that functions outside the establishment >> >>Main Entry: 3un·der·ground >>Pronunciation: '&n-d&r-"graund >>Function: adjective >>Date: 1610 >>1 : being, growing, operating, or situated below the surface of the ground >>2 : conducted by secret means >>3 a : existing outside the establishment <an underground literary >>reputation> b : existing outside the purview of tax collectors or >>statisticians <the underground economy> >>4 a : produced or published outside the establishment especially by the >>avant-garde <underground movies> <underground newspapers> b : of or >>relating to the avant-garde underground <an underground moviemaker> <an >>underground theater> >> >> >>Main Entry: Underground Railroad >>Function: noun >>Date: 1842 >>: a system of cooperation among active antislavery people in the U.S. >>before 1863 by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach the >>North or Canada -- called also Underground Railway >> >> >>I think we are just arguing over the perceived definition of a word now. >>Which means that someone had to get a definition. (that underground >>railroad was just for fun!) Anyways, read the definitions before you start >>calling someone a "sell-out" or what have you. If you like or dislike the >>music, that's where you should stand, not telling them they can't promote >>themselves on this list. If you can give your opinion, then they can >>self-promote. Even if you think they are "selling-out", that's their >>right. >> >>Regards, >>Dennis. >> >> >> >> >> >>>From: Kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: FRED MCMURRY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 313@hyperreal.org >>>Subject: Re: [313] Underground (was Re: [313] Pooh-blahs) >>>Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:44:44 -0500 (CDT) >>> >>>I think 'underground' doesn't mean that you can't sell records, or sign >>>with a label. What's exciting to me is the stuff that happens outside >>>the traditional manufacturing, distribution and publicity systems. >>>Is Watts Music 'underground?' or Sonic Groove? No. They're brick and >>>mortar >>>businesses whose survival is dependent upon them operating as good >>>capitalists. >>> >>>But they are 'underground' in that that sell outside the retail channels, >>>to >>>specialist stores. They're way out at the edge of things. And there is >>>a consequent strain when people try to make the leap (Detroit Grand >>>Pubahs?), >>>because to really play in that larger mass arena you have to tap into >>>a whole new structure for distribution. >>> >>>kent williams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>http://www.mp3.com/chaircrusher -- tunes >>>http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=chaircrusher -- mix >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >