I nearly wet pants at the post that said "techno without the 4/4 drum is breaks"
Brilliant! >Does it matter that we're so cut off from the mainstream? We'll always be outsiders - which is cool by me... Martin 4/3/04 1:44 PM Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Well you certainly got the goat of some of the people posting on that thread > Martin. Those were the bits that I found quite funny/stroke interesting. > Despite the general (possibly artificial) atmosphere of 'fluffy niceness' that > the Big Chill forums have, some of the responses to your posts were noticeably > 'un-nice' or positively lairy. It seemed to me that they were all very happy > spreading their niceness among themselves, but the minute you challenged them > they became quite abusive.... > > Just to keep it relevant to 313, I was quite surprised (or perhaps not?) by > the total ignorance of most people posting on that thread about what 313 > techno even was. > > Then again, I think it's easy to forget that despite the often furious > devotion of most/all people on this list to music from Detroit, the vast > majority even of music lovers haven't a clue what we're on about. What's more > they probably don't care, despite the historical debt to Detroit of almost any > form of electronic music that they might care to listen to. > > I made me feel like the Japanese WWII soldier in the film, who's still sitting > on a tiny isolated pacific island 40 years after the end of the war, waiting > for further instructions from his commanders. > > Does it matter that we're so cut off from the mainstream? > > > You wrote: >> I should point out that we did that for a joke after the snotty mouth we got >> off the promoter - I don't know if you've been but it's like a large meeting >> of people who read the Guardian with the volume set to about 4 - great if >> your white, middle class, with kids and in the C2 and above social group. >> >> Martin >> >> >> 4/3/04 12:15 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> >>> >>>> From: "Dan Bean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Date: 4 March 2004 12:13:17 GMT >>>> To: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Subject: (313) Big Chill vs Detroit Techno (wasThe story of the >>>> Original Hot Mix 5) >>>> >>>> Interesting thread there Robin >>>> >>>> If there are any other work avoiders out there check this link I was >>>> sent the other day: >>>> >>>> http://www.bigchill.net/forum/read.php?f=1&i=396885&t=396885 >>>> >>>> It's quite a long thread featuring 313's Martin Dust and assorted Big >>>> Chill forum people arguing about/slagging off techno among other >>>> things. >>>> >>>> Quite funny in places and maybe a timely reality check on how techno >>>> is sometimes perceived from 'the outside'? >>>> >>>> P.S. Candi Staton - You Got The Love - TUNE! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> You wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Candi Staton - You got the love - source records >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> been playing this quite a bit recently, my neighbours (who are in >>>>> their >>>>> 60's) gave it to me! >>>>> >>>>> to keep to the subject just been reading this thread on DHP, features >>>>> Kenny Jammin >>>>> Jason, nice house background in there... >>>>> >>>>> http://rose107.biostat.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi? >>>>> ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=002550 >>>>> >>>>> robin... >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
