thanks for contributing. On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, FC2 Richards wrote:
> THE BOOK STILL SUCKS! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:11 PM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Book: Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno > and Rave Culture > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Matt MacQueen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >(that's what music > >journo's do, i admit, and it's usually more out of their desire > to > >generate more ink than a true proper look at something for what > it is) > >just killed his earnestness and credibility for me. > > hmmm. ill have to disagree with you on this. the guy is obviously > in it for his love of music, and most especially his love of the > ever changing trends in music. i wouldnt necessarily call myself a > simon reynolds fan, but i do read his blog all the time. i > reccomend you find it and check it out, see that he does indeed > overanalyze music in general, but for fun as opposed to money. and > as far as his concentration on the "hardcore continuum", thats > mostly a result of his location during specific times when music > changed. if you think about it, techno and house are mostly very > retro music. im not saying this in a bad way, but just observe how > you can mix old disco records with old house and techno records > with new house and techno records and make it sound coherent. if > you try that with any number of the hardcore related genres, its > pretty much not going to happen because of their high rate of > change (or "progression" as some like to think of it;). > > >That said I haven't tried to write a book on techno, so I still > can't > >blame him for trying. Respect is certainly due for that. But > this is > >a book for people who want to get back in touch with their Inner > >Raver... or see what other parts of the rave scene they missed > out, > >it's a book about drugs connection with the music... it's a book > as > >much or more focused on drugs than the music. > > ive always had something of a beef with the connection of dance > music and drugs because im not a big drug user, but over time ive > come to see the importance of drug use to dance music. to say > theyre unrelated is to totally miss anything of the culture that > actually made dance music come into existance. its not like people > making acid house suddenly made people want to do ecstacy. the > people who made it were making something that appealed to > dancefloors that already were using it, as well as other drugs. > > >If you're looking for something > >meaningful about techno music, I recommend you look elsewhere. > > im not sure that was the point of the book though. thats > what "techno rebels" is for. his book was focused more on the UK > rave culture, which is far different from the detroit and chicago > cultures that surrounded techno and house. > > tom > > ________________________________________________________________ > andythepooh.com > > > > >
