At 11:55 PM +1000 10/1/02, Cyclone Wehner wrote:
From Derrick's standpoint, I think in interviews he has always been someone
who carefully thinks about what he says because he knows it's for
prosperity.
I think the longevity of that one quote has certainly added to May's
historically-conscious introspection. Not that he wasn't a
thoughtful and articulate guy before, but that quote has just been
beat like a dead horse.
Does that quote really annoy
anyone? I would be interested to know.
The annoying thing about it at this point is that every time i see it
in print, i ask:
"couldn't they put something fresher in here?"
"can't they get a writer who can do a little bit of real *work* on
their topic?"
Imagine how much fun XLR8R would be to read if each and every issue
had to run that quote just one more time.
I've got little against the quote itself (except that one reading of
it overemphasizes the specificity of the Kraftwerk influence, which
Simon Reynolds uses to pretty directly diss detroit). I object to
its mass republication-as-oversimplification.
-marc
