> > Find me a black UK artists who produces the level of high-quality > mainstream big-beat rock'n'rave music of Fat Boy or the Chems, then we can > start considering racism as a factor.
Most "black" people have more fcuking sense ;) > > > > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Phonopsia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:42 PM >> To: Robert Taylor; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org >> Subject: Re: AW: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >> <313@hyperreal.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:24 PM >> Subject: RE: AW: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno >> >> >>> I did say 'tend' to. >>> Anyway, you know I don't think as much of Amp Fiddler as you do, T! >> >> True. Don't know why I even bothered to make that point, other than that I'm >> struggling to maintain my perception that the only kind of black music that >> sells is of the thug/bling/begging* variety, and that it tends to be >> compromised/diluted, as you say. Pop music seems to be spreading its wings, >> as much as it's difficult for me to say that. I still think the music >> industry is f*cked, and racist, but it's hard to maintain the (forgive me) >> black and whiteness of my notions about it. >> >> *'begging music' is a term my friend Jason coined AFAIK, to identify the >> overtly desperate baby-please-take-me-back R&B that dominated in the >> mid-'90s, which I find particularly irritating - as though it were the only >> sort of soul that could sell at the time. >> >> Tristan >> ======= >> http://www.phonopsia.co.uk >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> ############################################################################# >> ######## >> Note: >> >> Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily >> represent >> those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This >> email >> and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of >> the >> individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this >> email in >> error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Thank You. >> ############################################################################# >> ######## >> >> >
