And I thought I beat the Hawtin-horse dead when rambling about Final Scratch.
Next. Vince ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brian 'balistic' Prince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ian Cheshire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:50 PM Subject: Re[4]: [313] Does anyone compare to Hawtin? > wow. an entire tirade based on predjudice regarding people's relation to > hippness/drugs/music > > why not try crtiquing just the music instead and not worry about people > come to their conclusions. > > > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Brian 'balistic' Prince wrote: > > > Wednesday, June 05, 2002, 9:19:12 AM, a knob was tweaked and out came: > > > > IC> Embrace everything without prejudice :0) > > > > My love is earned, not automatic. > > > > I have never lived in a world where PLUR seemed like an intelligent > > approach to life. The universe envisioned by its adherents is devoid > > of competition, value, perseverance . . . love is so evenly > > distributed that it becomes meaningless. > > > > A world in which everything is embraced is a world in which nothing > > excels. > > > > "So the kids take a pill to feel the funk and the DJ takes a pill to > > feel the funk. I don't take a pill to feel the funk. Carl don't take a > > pill to feel the funk. Glenn Underground don't take a pill to feel the > > funk. Derrick Carter might take a pill for fun, but not to feel the > > funk." - D. May > > > > So pop a pill, and pretend that the latest Minus is intensely > > engaging, but don't expect me to embrace that. > > > > My techno isn't about turning your brain off. I don't think Juan's or > > Carl's or Derrick's or Shake's is either. I can appreciate a few of > > Hawtin's records, but I strongly suspect that the majority of his fan > > base is pretending to "get it" in an attempt to look smart, the same > > way I did when I first heard him in high school. The same way > > Picasso's ardent admirers do. > > > > Most of the time, there's nothing to get. > > > > ------------- > > Brian "balistic" Prince > > http://www.bprince.com - art and techno > > Strokes of Defiance EP . . . soon. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
