Perhaps I'm pointing out the obvious, but every country in the world has a deep history of oppression.
Speaking of oppressive regimes, I'm going to be in the UK in early February for a gig, is there anyone else out there in the British Isles would might be interested in having me DJ at their party? Please contact me offlist, I can send you all the bio/discography stuff you might need. I Dj/produce as "Ulysses" for those of you not familiar with my DJ handle. www.scatalogics.com is the website. BTW, Its a shame Sonic Groove has closed. Those guys are top notch, and deserved to be in buisiness for centuries. Re: Village Voice article: I know both Tricia Romano and Dave Turov. Dave is currently residing in Berlin after living in NYC for several years. He moved about a year ago, and just got himself a rare thing in Berlin these days: a day job. Tricia has a day job, she's the club editor for the Village Voice, and a sweetheart who is committed to the underground music scene, what little there is left here. e > > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:55:58 +0000 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: living in america part II > Message-Id: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > After recieving a couple of heartfelt suggestions that I should perhaps > move (to north korea or china no less), basically love it or leave it. I > am not a world class musician like r. hawtin or derrick may, but both of > them have spoken out about what is happening here in the US of a. I > cannot afford to just pack up and move to Germany or spain, perhaps people > that wish people like me to be gone could have a fundraiser or make a > donation to send us naysayer, liberty, and freedom minded people away > I had a chance to ponder what do people who love detroit techno really > know about the history of the music and the people that pioneered it. I > appreciate that most people are alittle short on memory, but history is a > living thread that art is an expression of. Anyone can throw together a > techno track or a dance music set, what makes this different. Again and > again, it comes back to soul and r&b, it is those progressions that make > this music have more emotional content than the simple expression of > technology. It is the spirit of the people that fuels the creation of > art, and it is what brings me back to detroit again and agian. And what > does this soul or R&B come from? A history of oppression that runs deep > in the history of this country. It is the spirit of the people that > fuels the creation of art, and it is what brings me back to detroit again > and agian. What does that mean today? It means that when we see Jim > Crow like attempts to stop voting in black communities, we have to speak > up and say it like it is. > see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3956129.stm > So anyway, I will wait for the checks to come in. Pay me the big bucks > for my records on ebay. But in the tradition of american heretics, I > ain't going nowhere. > tom
