It's suberbly written and provocative which is a good thing but the thesis really troubles me. I don't mean to come across all condensing and anti-drug, as I may have in previous posts, what people do is their own business, but I do feel strongly about ensuring people realise not everyone active in this culture takes drugs. Even Ferry Corsten who makes power trance, and Armin Van Burren, claim to have never taken E. I personally felt he really misrepresented Mills in that book, I felt there was quite a personal attack in there, I can't recall the context. I feel he marginalises Detroit, period. He also only incidentally mentions the absence of women in the scene. I think there is a lot to critique but it's an important document regardless. Everyone should read it.
---------- >From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: (313) Book: Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno andRave Culture >Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 8:14 AM > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>all fair points matt. >> >>i guess i'd rather read about crazed culture with music as a >>secondary. >> >>hence my love for lester bangs, hunter thompson, ect.... > > those guys are fantastic for sure. and i do believe that mr > reynolds does love music in and of itself as well as writing about > it in its context. the idea that i think hes going for is that he > wants to write about the culture as it exists, from the inside. > thats a very forward thinking thing to do IMO, right up there with > jeff mills making a documentary on something that is still with > us. it will help people understand things better once they > disappear. some things can easily be conveyed using a historical > writing type perspective. but can you really explain hardcore's > chart potential without understanding the culture behind it in the > UK at the time? and no one can write better about that culture > than someone who was there and participated. > > tom > > ________________________________________________________________ > andythepooh.com > > > >
