Denise: the love is mutual.... My sarcasm didn't translate as well...I was just riffing on that old "back in my day" idiom... haha...
On Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 8:36 AM Denise Dalphond <[email protected]> wrote: > FBK, I love and respect you 4ever. But I just gotta say, they’ve always > been havin techno in the clubs. In the eighties & nineties, in US cities, > and cities on other continents. In the clubs. It’s just rave culture is > awesomer cause more people could gather round. > > Denise > > > <3 > > > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 2:54 AM Kevin Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Denise: First of all, thanks for sharing work you think is >> noteworthy...going to have to give it a listen when I can. >> >> David: Last I checked, we're still in virtually the same spot that we >> were in the dawn of techno...as the saying goes "the names and faces have >> changed, but the game is still the same." However, one of the fine things >> missing from many human beings doing the writing, listening and performing >> of this music that somehow unifies us all on a giant Venn Diagram >> is...ENJOYMENT. >> >> As much as I wish to give the entire group of under-30 somethings a >> 'history lesson' and shake my fist about how things used to be (a la "they >> didn't even let us play in nightclubs!!! We had to play in warehouses and >> inhale asbestos!!! AND WE LIKED IT!!!"), the prevailing winds dictate that >> this revolutionary music that we were on the ground floor for now has a >> history. We're part of that, and as Shake Shakir put it bluntly: "Those >> who know, know. Those who don't, don't care." >> >> With all the problems in the world today, some people are just looking >> for an escape, and a way to remind themselves of times where they had FUN >> (anyone remember FUN? I do...vaguely). Honestly-I wish I could escape from >> this crazy place... >> >> It troubles me to think that many of us have truly lost sight of the >> enjoyment and the freedom that comes from dancing. Of course, politics has >> its place in everything...strip it away for moments at a time and learn to >> enjoy right now. >> >> We ARE the future we planned. We didn't plan as well as we should have. >> >> Happy holidays to everyone, >> >> FBK >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 2:08 AM DJ Shiva <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I surely love anyone who wants to dictate what techno should or >>> shouldn't be. I guess we all forgot our dour faces and dire music poses. >>> **fart noise** >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 12:28 AM David A. Powers <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Techno should aim for a utopian future not wallow in nostalgia for a >>>> moment in time characterized by late capitalist exploitation and extreme >>>> global inequality. >>>> >>>> ~d >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 11:20 AM Denise Dalphond < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Has anyone else been listening to HAAi? Her latest ep from November is >>>>> amazingness. Every song. I would dance to it. It makes me feel like I’m at >>>>> a rave in the late nineties in Chicago or New York. >>>>> >>>>> Denise Dalphond >>>>> -- >>>>> Denise Dalphond, Ph. D. >>>>> ethnomusicologist >>>>> schoolcraftwax.work >>>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> FBK >> >> Absoloop/Orange 82 >> > -- > Denise Dalphond, Ph. D. > ethnomusicologist > schoolcraftwax.work >
