It's about standing up for a friend and mentor, home town, and way of doing things, it seems to me. And a moment of recognition that not everything is under the control of the "programmers," even at the heart of their self-congratulatory, corrupt, musically reactionary mess of an industry.
I'm actually thrilled by this. He has certainly had his ups and downs, and sure Missy is "pop," but the whole point is that this happened because of techno, and it's about damn time Juan got some serious cred. fh ------ mail forwarded, original message follows ------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> Subject: [ok] Re: (313) Juan Atkins Up For A Grammy Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:38:01 +1000 i would have never imagined that it was so important to mad mike that juan atkins to be aknowledged by the commercial record industry. does that mean underground resistance has now become overground assistance? james www.jbucknell.com
