>Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:58:03 -0500 (EST) >From: Lester Kenyatta Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: c c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [313] not black enough... > >On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, c c wrote: > >> >From: Lester Kenyatta Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >Well...I think the biggest concern with dance music is that it >> becomes synonymous with the trippy drug scene. We're definitely >> moving towards that..... > >> Hey, what's wrong with bringing a little "trippiness" into the music?? > >Nothing...unless you're not into drugs. >
you don't need to be into drugs to appreciate some "out of left field" musical inventiveness. don't need to be into drugs to appreciate severed heads, cabaret voltaire, model 500, kenny larkin, shawn rudimen, etc... >> I personally would love to see something like goa-style trippiness and >> experimentation explored in Detroit techno. I've heard hints of it in >> a few things and its been quite fun. > >It'd be interesting to see the effect that's for sure....but it runs >counter to what I think of when I think of the music. > what do you "think of" that it would run counter to? >> And I think the "inner city" feel that would be infused into it if it >> came from the "black community" would make it even more interesting. >> Change the rhythms on PE's 'Fear of a Black Planet' and you've got the >> makings of "inner city" psy-techno. > >Could be...but I'm just coming from a different mindset. > >> besides, I'd rather be around a bunch of acidheads wigging out to some >> freaky, groovy music than a bunch of coke/k fiends looking for the >> next bump. Since the drugs are unavoidable in "the scene", why not >> pick a more creative poison? > >This is the central question though. WHY are drugs "unavoidable?" I >could've missed something...but drugs weren't a big part of the scene I >participated in...with the exception of weed maybe, and that wasn't done >in the clubs, but either before or after...... > i got into music and going out LONG before I even thought about trying drugs, yet I knew people who were into it. for a number of people the music is secondary and the drugs and primary. they happen to be the one's who get noticed more freqently becuase they more obviously "can't get a grip" for many people, the drugs can be used to simply enhance the music. like whip cream on your hot chocolate. i personally LOVE having a good toke and then going to hear my favorite music at a club, though i go sober and remain so more often than not and enjoy the music nonetheless. having a shot of tequila or vodka at the club can be used to the same end, but few people bother to comment on that type of drug use. either way, drugs (including alcohol) and music always seem to keep close company, in every scene, like it or not. cc ------------------------------------------------------------ --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Before you buy.
