by the way - it's "confield," not "cornfield"
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Totally 2 Step wrote: > Dear 313 Friends- > > I'm afraid I will not be at DEMF this year. As a matter of fact, I am now > officially boycotting it and will no longer support Carl Craig, planet E, the > Ford Motor Company, or any other individual or association helping sponsor or > organize the DEMF. > > The reason for my seemingly radical stance is that Autechre will be playing. > Now, until recently, I was a very big fan of theirs, however the controversy > cam ewith the release of their new album "Cornfield". Now, being raised in > the heartland of america, the "Midwest" as it were, I have a strong afinity > for cornfields and the earth below them. When I first heard that the title > for the new album would be "Cornfield" I was very excited, "Finally" I > thought, "Autechre will be focusing on the needs and unique experiences of > the farmer!" However, after several close listens, I realized that this was > not the case at all, in fact, Autechre seem to be expliting and > misappropriating "farm scene" culture and ideas to make money. > > As a matter of fact, Autechre's bastardization of the agricultural scene is > on par with Puff Daddy's exploitation of Grand Master Flash's "The Message". > Both of these scam artists took something good and significant and > recontextualized them them into heinous consumer based exchange entities. I'm > sure Sean and Rob(ber) were sitting in their studio one day, and said "Hey, > in the US they have a strong farmer community. I bet if we made an album that > appealed to them, we could make loads of cash." > > It is this mentality that has infected almost each and every great movement: > Rock'n'Roll, Disco, Hip-Hop, Rave, and Agriculture. And ultimately caused > their downfall. I refuse to see the farm scene, which I consider myself and > active member of, get corrupted and commercialized by a bunch of > Englishmen... WHO AREN'T EVEN FARMERS!! This is just unacceptable. > > And that is why you won't see me at DEMF this year. > > Keep it real, > > t2s > > == > .,-:-,,. > .AMMMHMMHHMII, > .AMMHHMMMHHMMHMMMHHA. > .AMHHMMMMHIMMMMMMHMHHHHHL > .AHHIHHMMHIMMMMMMMHMHHHMHLH: > ,LHHIIHHHHIHMHMMMMMHMHHHLHHAIA > ;IHHIHHMMH:IHMHMMMMMMHMHIHLIHHIA > .:IHHII:':'..:.:IHMHMMHHHHIHHLIHH. > ,I:AVI::.'. .'.'.::IAHMHMHHIALVAIHA > ,A:AVI::.'. . . '.:IAVMMHAVLVAIVHHA > ;HIHHMHHIHHMHMMMMMHMHHIHI::.:.. : . . AHAA. > .AHIHMMMHMHMHMMHMMMMHMHII::.:.. . . . ..:HMMH: > AHV':HHMHHMHMMMHMMMMMHHI::.:.. .. . .AOAVA/'-.. > :I''VHHMMMHHMMMHMMMMHMHI::... :. . . ..AOOLV/.:.:.:''--...,. > ' .AHIHHMHHMMMMHMMMMMMMI:.... :. . .AAVAV/.:. . .: . .''''-. > > _____________________________________________________________ > Get email for your site ---> http://www.everyone.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
