I read it and didn't like it either. It was entertaining at times, but too biased to be a book about electroinic music in GENERAL. It was like reading a thesis paper where the writer is trying to prove that electronic music is linked to raves which in turn are linked to drugs and therefore it shouldn't be separated. The Title should've been, Generation Ecstacy, The Importance drug culture in EDM.
He kept making a point of saying that EDM music and drugs "GO" together and any attempt to separate the two is not successful. i.e. concept albums have no place in edm ,,,tracks are being better than songs??? There's way too many reference to Ecstacy as been "GOOD" for EDM and even a whole Chapter on the positive use of E. All of this is fine but I think he purposefully hid this agenda in a book that was marketed as "General" book about EDM. Ja'Maul Redmond PERKINS & WILL 1100 South Tryon Street, Suite 300 Charlotte, North Carolina 28203 -----Original Message----- From: FC2 Richards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 5:09 PM To: 'Roland van Oorschot' Cc: '313@hyperreal.org' Subject: RE: (313) Book: Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture THIS BOOK SUCKS, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. There is no music content in this book, I can't believe that I read it all. It is mostly about drugs and parties. I felt I wasted my time reading it, and my money even though mine was borrowed from a friend. Time IS money baby. I guess if you want to read about the gay wharehouse parties in san francisco or the early hard core partys in nyc that it might be alright. Tommy Sunshine has a part where he talks about making the journey to his first party in NYC thinking it would be a fun candy kid experience and was horrified by what Frankie Bones, Adam X, Heather Heart, and Jimmie Crash were all doing. If I remember right they were quite hardcore at the time whith X-Crash records and the such all over the market! My advice is to steer clear! Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Roland van Oorschot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:32 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) Book: Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture Oi! I stumbled across this book, Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, while browsing on the Amazon.com site (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0415923735/qid=1070576930 /sr= 8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-9096464-4155045?v=glance&n=507846). Is it any good? R. (Yeah, I already have Techno Rebels by Mr. Sicko ;-) --- http://www.funxiun.com ..dark.elektronix.
