I think the head fatguy behind Electrofunk was called 'A.D.' and his little vocalist friend was 'Friday Night'.
'Shakin yo ass!' I liked that bit too. Scott Mc ---- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 mailing list" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [313] C4 show last friday (was Maestro) > Speaking of dance music on the screen, I actually managed to catch that > 'Around The World In 80 Raves' show on Channel 4, UK last week - the one I > posted about beforehand (normally I post about these things then completely > forget about them!). > > Anyway, these Brits who are travelling around America sampling its dance > scenes visited Detroit (amongst other places) on Friday's edition. Before > they reached the city they had had their heads filled with stories of how > dangerous it was, loads of murders etc etc, and frankly, most of them were > sh*tting themselves as a result. When they got there they were shown first > visiting the office/studio of Electrofunk Records to get 'clued up' on > ghetto-tech (none of them had heard of it before), then the guy from > Electrofunk (big fat bloke - name anyone?) took them to a club playing the > music. Didn't catch the name of the place, but most of the Brits' eyes were > popping out at the sight of people bumping & grinding to - you guessed it - > 'Ass'n'titties' (!). One of the women was a former stripper herself, though, > so she got right in there and was a big hit with all the local guys - > unsurprisingly. At the end of the (pretty short) segment the Brit contingent > were clearly relieved not to have been mugged or murdered and were burbling > on about how everyone they met in Detroit was 'actually really nice' (shock > horror), but to the viewers the overall picture presented of Detroit was of > a dangerous city populated by leering, pawing fat blokes making stupid music > about womens breasts (No, please don't let's start a thread about the merits > or otherwise of Assault/gehetto-tech). Oh yeah, at one point the narrator > referred to Detroit as "the home of American techno", but that was it. > > So there you have it. Anyone else in the UK catch it? > > TOM > > > > > I came across Maestro - a documentary about the history of the underground > > music scene which is currently in production - on the deephousepage and it > > looks like a really interesting project. Check out the details at > > http://www.maestro-documentary.com/index.htm. I did notice, however, a > lack > > of presence of the detroit pioneers, and was wondering if anyone had any > > thoughts or interesting info on the project or the omission. > > > > funkus :o > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
