Yep, what you write ostensibly to a small audience, has legs nowadays - so be nice (and/or right! :)
Ken Odeluga Copy Editor, Markets - Market Talk -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 December 2007 15:38 To: Three-One-Three Subject: Re: (313) Electro vs Electro LOL! I think someone mentioned that a few years back iirc. Dear god, why would anyone quote me about Final Scratch? I've never even used it before. I must have been the argument "against". :-S Why would anyone quote the 313 list for an academic paper? funny because I had someone in my industry "google" me (not as pleasant as that sounds) and they pulled up some 313 thread how embarrassing... I think this is about the only place I appear online MEK Luis-Manuel Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/03/2007 11:01:56 PM: > Speaking of definitional debates, MEK, did you know that you appear in > an academic journal article on Final Scratch? Tosh appears there too, > believe it or not... > > lemme know if you want a .pdf of it. > > LMGM > > > > On Dec 3, 2007, at 4:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Shxt - Snoop is so much closer to what electro is and was than Daft > > Punk are or ever have been > > like I said, electro is hip-hop - electronic hip-hop & electronic > > funk > > it's the meeting place between funk, as in R&B rooted funk, and hip- > > hop > > just because Daft Punk uses vocoders and have disco/robot imagery > > doesn't > > mean they are electro > > notice the beat in Snoops track - well electro - smack dab on the one > > > > yes, Kraftwerk had 4/4 beats - but anyone claiming that Kraftwerk > > were 100% Electro are mistaken > > they *inspired* Electro a great deal - possibly without them it > > would have > > never happened the way it did > > > > as for pop - well not all rectangles are squares now are they? > > While electro can be pop music not all pop music can be Electro. > > > > Dre is well rooted in Electro - World Class Wrecking Crew? Total > > West Coast Electro vibes there. The home of the Popping & Locking - > > funk dancing! > > > > the only people you're going to confuse are those who don't know > > anyway > > > > so is Daft Punk an Electro group - only in France apparently > > > > MEK > > > > Rob G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/03/2007 03:43:52 PM: > > > >> > >> I think the best response to a typical discussion such as this is > >> to try to confuse the arguments as much as possible. > >> > >> > >> > >> 1. Kraftwerk claimed to be pop and cited how much they were Motown > > influenced. > >> > >> 2. Kraftwerk had 4-4 beats. > >> > >> 3. Is Prince pop or electro? Roger & Zapp? Dr. Dre sampling Roger > >> & Zapp? ... what about Snoop here? > >> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSS_DY_z-Dc > >> > >> is that electro? Pop? R&B? Rap? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ---- > >> > >> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> To: KiDD*e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> Cc: Three-One-Three <313@hyperreal.org> > >> > >> Sent: Monday, December 3, 2007 9:25:58 AM > >> > >> Subject: Re: (313) Electro vs Electro > >> > >> > >> > >> LOL! Maybe I need to start carrying around a vocoder. > >> > >> > >> > >> MEK > >> > >> > >> > >> "KiDD*e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/03/2007 11:14:23 AM: > >> > >> > >> > >>> I've given up to get all worked up everytime i hear this term > > wrongfully > >> > >>> used. > >> > >>> If someone says to me that its gonna be an "electro" party, i > >>> always > > ask > >> > >>> whether it's "ÉlectrO" (with a flat french teen rocker accent), or > >> > >>> "EE-LeK-TrOw" (with a robot distorted voice). If he doesn't get > >>> it, i > > say > >> > >>> goodbye. > >> > >>> - K* > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>> To: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>> Cc: "313 Mailing List" <313@hyperreal.org>; "Benoît Pueyo" > >> > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 5:57 PM > >> > >>> Subject: RE: (313) Electro vs Electro > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>>> Nail meet Hammer - bang! Exactly Ken. Imo the word and meaning > >>>> of > >> > >>> Electro > >> > >>>> has been hijacked and the plane is in danger of being blown up. > >> > >>>> "Electro" has been slapped on as a prefix because it became the > >>>> hot > >> > >> word - > >> > >>>> it sold magazines like Mixmag and URB, it sold fashion > >>>> accessories > > at > >> > >> Hot > >> > >>>> Topic, and it sold records at HMV/Best Buy. Why? Because few > > people > >> > >>>> buying it were old enough to know it the first time. They'd > >>>> heard > > the > >> > >>> word > >> > >>>> but didn't hear the sound. > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> MEK > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > __ > > ______________ > > > >> Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you > >> with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports; > >> _ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ > >
