Hell yeah I'm serious. No college degree, medical bills I'll never pay off, no work available that even pays a living wage, there is literally not a single good thing in this world worth sticking around for. Once I had music as a part of my life, but now I don't have that. Nobody gives a shit about me or my own music.
If you can afford to spend your life dancing with people, maybe that would be a nice life. I usually can't afford to leave the house AT ALL ever anymore, even if I still lived in a place that offered good music regularly, which I don't. You all just told me that my own perspective on music, as an artist, is bullshit. Obviously there is not room for my perspective and my own contribution to the world. Along with the rest of the human race, you have all made it very clear that I am not one of you, that I am not welcome on this planet. If I had a rope I'd have hung myself a half an hour ago. It's only the logistical challenge that prevents me from immediately following through, since I decided that hanging from a tall tree where I snap my neck is best. ~David On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 1:09 AM Kevin Kennedy <the...@gmail.com> wrote: > David: > > I sincerely hope you're being melodramatic with this post...as I've been > on the verge of suicide throughout the entirety of 2019 (even though on the > whole it's been my most successful in music in a decade or so)... > > Sometimes I find that music (other people's work, not my own) can be > cleansing and calming. I spent most of this year NOT listening to music in > my 'own category,' enjoying some works by bands like Motorama, Cannibal > Corpse, Popol Vuh, Void Vision and Boy Harsher to name a few. > > Sadly, death is undefeated. It's common. It's also something that never > waits for us to be ready. > And living in this world that we can't necessarily change 100% to our > liking isn't the cure-all for what ails us. As someone who lives with a > life-long activist and organizer, I find it hard to not see issues > everywhere I go. But I realized that there is some semblance of safety in > the world of music-and I have to believe that when separated from the > politics of it all, music is a unifying force. > > On my travels this year, I realized that there were so many people on > dancefloors that would never enjoy having a simple conversation with each > other that were simply enjoying their night (or afternoon) dancing away to > my work, or the work of others playing on a loud system. The dancefloor is > the Utopia we sought all those years ago and it still exists. > > The Human race isn't worth saving-no amount of language, written or spoken > can put all of us on the exact same word in the same sentence in the same > book...but understanding that having pain also requires a belief in joy is > vital. > > You've come this far, you might as well see how your own story ends! > > I wish you nothing but the best. > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 1:50 AM David A. Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm just trying to make a world where it's worth not killing myself. >> You have all convinced me suicide is the only option. >> Clearly the humans of this planet do not want my ideas. >> You don't want my music or vision. >> So fine. You win. I will kill myself and you can all rejoice!!! >> The human race is obviously not worth saving and since I'm human I'm a >> piece of shit like the rest of you. >> Hope the world ends soon fuck you all!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> >> ~David >> >> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 5:54 PM Denise Dalphond <denisedalph...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Talk about whatever you want, David Powers. Your email reads like you're >>> the police. Of techno. Weird. It seems kind of entitled. Please talk about >>> whatever you want, but definitely drop the expectation that people have to >>> obey your opinions. >>> >>> I love techno so much. There's so many ways to do it. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Denise Dalphond, Ph.D.* >>> *ethnomusicologist* >>> *schoolcraftwax.work <http://schoolcraftwax.work>* >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 5:13 AM David A. Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> First off, I didn't come up with the idea that techno has something to >>>> do with the future, Juan Atkins and then UR came up with these ideas, which >>>> means they have ALWAYS been part of techno. According to the UR manifesto >>>> "Techno >>>> is a music based in experimentation; it is music for the future of the >>>> human race." -- Underground Resistance did. See >>>> http://www.undergroundresistance.com/ >>>> >>>> Underground Resistance is a label for a movement. A movement that wants >>>>> change by sonic revolution. We urge you to join the resistance and *help >>>>> us combat the mediocre audio and visual programming that is being fed to >>>>> the inhabitants of Earth, this programming is stagnating the minds of the >>>>> people*; building a wall between races and preventing world peace. It >>>>> is this wall we are going to smash. By using the untapped energy potential >>>>> of sound we are going to destroy this wall much the same as certain >>>>> frequencies shatter glass. *Techno is a music based in >>>>> experimentation; it is music for the future of the human race.* >>>>> Without this music there will be no peace, no love, no vision. By simply >>>>> communicating through sound, techno has brought people of all different >>>>> nationalities together under one roof to enjoy themselves. Isn‘t it >>>>> obvious >>>>> that music and dance are the keys to the universe? So called primitive >>>>> animals and tribal humans have known this for thousands of years! We urge >>>>> all brothers and sisters of the underground to create and transmit their >>>>> tones and frequencies no matter how so called primitive their equipment >>>>> may >>>>> be. Transmit these tones and wreak havoc on the programmers!” >>>> >>>> >>>> Second, raves were often not great--drug overdoses, sexual assault, >>>> cops beating the shit out of people, promoters narking on each other >>>> shutting down each others' parties, promoters throwing parties mostly to >>>> sell drugs. I'm not discounting the positive aspects to say that the rave >>>> scene had a terrible dark side, which is part of why they were able to shut >>>> it down as the US morphed into a full police state following 9/11. (Btw, >>>> keep in mind that Joe Biden was a big supporter of using crackhouse laws to >>>> shut down raves.) >>>> >>>> Third, I understand dance music and having fun. I just DJed for six >>>> hours at a work xmas party. I know how to make people dance. >>>> >>>> But this is NOT a "RAVE DANCE MUSIC" list, it's a DETROIT TECHNO list, >>>> and one of the things that sets Detroit techno apart is that it includes >>>> ambient music and other sounds that are not meant for dancing, a typical >>>> example is Robert Hood "The Exodus". Somehow the idea of "Detroit >>>> techno" as something different and special seems to be lost. Maybe you >>>> don't like my idea of Detroit Techno--I challenge you to come up with your >>>> own vision! >>>> >>>> Nobody is preventing anyone from enjoying nostalgic house, but I'd like >>>> to talk about MUSIC BASED IN EXPERIMENTATION, music that could help us >>>> create a better FUTURE OF THE HUMAN RACE. >>>> >>>> The human race might go extinct. If techno could help create the hope >>>> and vision to work for a better world, than that would be better than >>>> dancing until the world ends. Does everyone just believe shit is so >>>> hopeless that there is no choice but to get as fucked up as possibility and >>>> blast that rave music as the planet slowly poisons itself and commits >>>> suicide. >>>> >>>> Why has everyone given up on the possibility that art--including >>>> "Detroit techno"--could help inspire us to create a better world? Were the >>>> innovators who created techno WRONG?! >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvKUWb5H5BI >>>> >>>> ~David >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 1:54 AM Kevin Kennedy <the...@gmail.com> 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 <djsh...@gmail.com> 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 <cybo...@gmail.com> >>>>>> 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 < >>>>>>> denisedalph...@gmail.com> 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 >>>>> >>>> > > -- > FBK > > Absoloop/Orange 82 >
