yeah all that confused me too.
it would make sense if it was something about european artists that was
stopping the US scene develop or were stifling it. i didnt think that
was the case at all. a lot of american artists are choosing to move to
europe for one reason or another, which is a separate discussion which
may not be appropriate for this list. maybe that is what is being
referred to here.
also, the primadonna djs/artists part is a problem over in europe too
surely?
anyway, i'm european and may have it all wrong. maybe the US folk see
things differently?
robin...
On 1 Oct 2004, at 09:34, Brendan Nelson wrote:
Lastly, I depart with this. Why is that the USA is up in arms when
technology jobs are outsourced to India and China, yet not at all
DISGUSTED when the European magazines and scene come into our scenes
demanding huge fees and arriving with difficult attitudes, resulting
to a
trend of the US getting InSourced...?
No offence meant to anyone, but this is one of the most ridiculous
things
I've read in the last few months (at least). Is this a prank? What
does an
"EU boycott" achieve other than a totally needless attack on the global
nature of the techno scene? I'm surprised to see this sort of
aggressively
isolationist mentality creeping into this field of electronic music.
Besides, it's not even a consistent decision: "this collective of
artists
will remain tied to the American scene and American DJs", it says, but
when
you look at the E.A.R. roster, it's not exactly composed of rootin'
tootin'
pure-as-apple-pie Americans by any means.
Anyway, maybe I'm over-reacting a bit. Are we going to see a "patriotic
techno tour" of the Bible Belt states in the near future? Bootlegs of
"French Kiss" coming out, renamed "Freedom Kiss"? It's all a bit
strange,
and depressing in a way.
Brendan
