I can't really articulate what I want to say, because it will mean going into that whole artist/DJ argument which I can't be arsed with.
Understood - but what needs to be said here is that there is artifice involved in any performance - and being a DJ of any and every ilk still involves artifice...it's just a different kind/kinds. Some of them are simply more transparent than others. The trouble with this whole issue is the tendency to answer complex questions with simple solutions, whether it be the analysis of the DJ/artist, the crowd or the individuals in the crowd rather than recognizing either the vast blend of factors going into the pot to make the stew. IMO it's the same kind of reductionist simplicity which denies a legitimate variety of response (e.g.,not taking into account that different people represent differently).
jeff (who really does do more than post ebay links :-)
