On 11/23/05, Fred Heutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I rarely participate in these 313 food fights, <snip>
I think we can thank Earle for that, taking my critical view of a particular group of SF promoters as a personal attack, while quoting my message which EXPLICITLY states that I am critical of their approach to booking who are supposed to be the vanguard of minimal techno, a large genre which encompasses quite a few varying styles, while they only focus on a single sub-group of this wider genre. If the these promoters can't see a legitimate concern of a music fan as a dissenting opinion but instead get all huffy and puffy about the fact that someone DARED speak up about their concern that these producers are not really a fair representation of a larger scene, then maybe they need to grow some thicker skin. Or is SF a genre monopoly now? "we say who is or isn't minimal, and we do so with our booking selection, [EMAIL PROTECTED]|t! And anyone who thinks differently needs to SHUT UP!"
And if producers cannot read a post that contains a balanced criticism of their performance thoroughly enough, instead of choosing to personally attack me for not bowing my head to them no matter what I thought of their music at a show, then maybe that producer should see whether they're doing music out of the love for it, or out a need to be unanimoously praised about their every and any creative direction they choose to take.
Wojtek but the comment below is one of the most self-indulgent and indeed laughable ones seen here in a long, long time. It certainly doesn't portray John Tejada in any fashion relating to, you know, reality. John's work as a DJ and producer stands on its own merits and most will agree with me that he's one of the best we've got out there in the electronic music world. Fred ------ mail forwarded, original message follows ------ To: 313@hyperreal.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Thomas D. Cox, Jr.> Subject: Re: (313) Tejada/Maxwell in SF Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:35:11 -0500 On 11/23/05, Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > I don't ordinarily jump in to idiotic arguments like this but when > my homeboys are attacked, I gotta represent. > > I showed this post to John Tejada (via the elists.Resynthesize site) > and he said "Who is this Wojtek retard? I have nothing to do with > Hawtin or his label, I'm not some trendy/popular producer, and there > were 500 people there loving it and it looks like the 4 that didn't > just had to rush to their computers to diss it." 'Nuff said. he's not a trendy producer? thats laughable. his entire career has been built off of associating himself with whatever genre/style is popular at the time! he's never had a signature sound because his signature sound is ripping off other artists. he can appeal to the 500 hipster morons in attendance all he wants, it doesnt make his music any better or more original. and we're all really impressed that you know tejada by the way, thanks for letting us in on that! when you have your buddy redshift agreeing with you, its not a good day for the common sense of your argument. tom
