> -----Original Message----- > From: Cyclone Wehner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 January 2006 23:18 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Juan Atkins Up For A Grammy > > I think it's a bit like the Oscars. You have to put it in > perspective. Do the best films get nominated, the finest > actors always? It's a good thing but is not always representative. > Denzil should have won an Oscar years ago...( Though I will > be happy if Heath Ledger gets something for Brokeback > Mountain. ;)) The Grammy's are so off kilter most of the time > it's hard to take some of results seriously but it would be > nice for Juan, though obviously not what he fully deserves... > Most of the dance acknowledged by the Grammys is so wack > (Thunderpuss!) no one outside the US corporate arena could > take it seriously.
Ultimately it's a nice recognition and nothing more. If it happens, excellent, but to hope for an equivalent to a life time achievement award is just silly. Many of the most innovative artists and thinkers have only been appreciated posthumously or in their dieing days. Not to say we shouldn't try to lobby for their recognition, but to hope that Juan Atkins will be recognised as something more than the guy who was sampled in Sir Mix-A-Lot and Missy Elliot in the major music industry's consciousness is hoping a bit much IMO. Why don't we try to thwart Clear Channel first, and then hope for 'Clear'. That said, if you are one of the few who can vote, do it! Oh, and what's up with June Atkinson's comments on this: http://www.discogs.com/release/162067 Prolly nothing to do with Juan, but silly none the less. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.14/222 - Release Date: 05/01/2006
