Ken
i wasn't being churlish.
i consider the world of commercial music and awards nights as one big giant
pile of wombat poop. i sort of thought that on this matter i was vaguely
on the same wavelength as others on this list, underground resistance and
others interested in independent/underground dance music.
the time for techno to get the recognition and dues it deserves was 1989
and it did - millions around the world danced their asses off to detroit
music. thousands had their lives changed and started buying the records,
djing, making the stuff, starting internet boards, wearing UR t-shirts and
making pilgrimages to detroit and putting on underground parties. how namy
people turn up each year for the demf (or whatever it''s called)?
do you think techno or juan is getting their dues when a fake industry
award show mentions his name 20 years after the fact.
an industry that ignores you unless it wants to steal your songs (knights
of the jaguar) and we're still begging for their acceptance and
recognition.
james
www.jbucknell.com
"Odeluga, Ken"
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Jeez James, don't be so churlish!
Here I am in the belly of the beast, and so are you!
Credit where it's due, I say.
Ken
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From: Fred Heutte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (313) Juan Atkins Up For A Grammy
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
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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
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