>so did anyone else think that galoppierende zuversicht live set was a waste of listening time? > i thought it was a great set, actually. i was there for the show, which was great, so maybe i'm more partial to it for having been there. it was actually a good techno night here in San Francisco - lots of people packed into a small club, everybody dancing, people dancing on speakers, good, excited energy - we don't always get that at techno parties here. but i suppose musically it's a matter of taste, and i loved it.
as for the article from the sf weekly (or weakly, as i like to think of it, since it's the more corporate of the 2 local alternative weeklies), i actually liked seeing it in the paper. yes, the author was off on the bpm counts and off on the history. but what i liked was that it was an article in a widely read paper for a general audience (people who aren't already techno fans) that was actually ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO TO TECHNO PARTIES. we need that pretty badly here, as sometimes it feels like there's only about 35 or so techno fans who go out dancing here. (i'm exagerrating - there are more than 35 of us. but the scene is small, compared to the number of people who go out partying/clubbing regularly .) i'm not so into techno being so "underground" here that there are hardly any parties and promoters can't afford to bring people out. luckily, this has been starting to change.
