(313) The truth about laptop shows...
Sure maybe it's flame bait, but at least it's honest flame bait. I've had this in me for about two months now. Do you ever wonder why a laptop show is boring? I know many of you do because I've seen the posts to prove it. I know why a laptop show is boring. It's because the f**king music the artist is playing is boring. That's right. It doesn't matter how intelligent you think you are or how intelligent you think the artist is, or what they are trying to "achieve" with their boringness, the fact is that their music sucks. It's true, otherwise nobody would be complaining that it's boring. It's like the story "The Emperor's New Clothes." All it takes is one little girl to say "it's boring" and everyone knows the truth. Sure some people will try to delude themselves because their whole personal identity is wrapped up in thinking that because they like boring music they are somehow special. Ignore them. Why do I know this? Why do I speak with such god-given authority? Because two months ago I was outside in Cologne at a party on the beach (kinda) and The Modernist was playing. And do you know what? He was the most boring d*nm performer I have ever seen. He just stood there the entire time in front of his laptop doing something, maybe looking at porn (I know that's what *I* would be doing) for all I know. How boring can that be!?!?!?! But holy heaven/hell damn me if it wasn't the most energetic and amazing set of music I (and a thousand or so others) have heard in ages dance dance dance rock rock rock pumpin'. So if The Modernist just sits around and is boring and other laptop artists sit around and are boring, yet nobody complains about The Modernist then the logical conclusion is that all the people that I am too stupid to understand properly are boring. QED. Tosh -- Twelve Hundred Group http://www.1200group.com/
Re: (313) The truth about laptop shows...
-- Original Message -- From: Tosh Cooey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >And do you know what? He was >the most boring d*nm performer I have ever seen. He just stood there >the entire time in front of his laptop doing something, maybe looking at >porn (I know that's what *I* would be doing) for all I know. How boring >can that be!?!?!?! But holy heaven/hell damn me if it wasn't the most >energetic and amazing set of music I (and a thousand or so others) have >heard in ages dance dance dance rock rock rock pumpin'. > >So if The Modernist just sits around and is boring and other laptop >artists sit around and are boring, yet nobody complains about The >Modernist then the logical conclusion is that all the people that I am >too stupid to understand properly are boring. yeah, i know how excited i get to watch deejays standing behind turntables. talk about visual excitement. tom andythepooh.com
RE: (313) The truth about laptop shows...
Who cares if an electronic music performance is boring to look at? This ain't rock music. These shows are usually in clubs where people are there to dance, rather than witness a performance. DJs are usually pretty boring to watch (with a few exceptions) and I hate it when you go to big club or an outdoor festival and everyone is facing the stage as if they're watching a rock band. We should all be facing each other and dancing. -Original Message- From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:59 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) The truth about laptop shows... -- Original Message -- From: Tosh Cooey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >And do you know what? He was >the most boring d*nm performer I have ever seen. He just stood there >the entire time in front of his laptop doing something, maybe looking at >porn (I know that's what *I* would be doing) for all I know. How boring >can that be!?!?!?! But holy heaven/hell damn me if it wasn't the most >energetic and amazing set of music I (and a thousand or so others) have >heard in ages dance dance dance rock rock rock pumpin'. > >So if The Modernist just sits around and is boring and other laptop >artists sit around and are boring, yet nobody complains about The >Modernist then the logical conclusion is that all the people that I am >too stupid to understand properly are boring. yeah, i know how excited i get to watch deejays standing behind turntables. talk about visual excitement. tom andythepooh.com Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (313) The truth about laptop shows...
On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 10:04 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: Who cares if an electronic music performance is boring to look at? This ain't rock music. These shows are usually in clubs where people are there to dance, rather than witness a performance. DJs are usually pretty boring to watch (with a few exceptions) and I hate it when you go to big club or an outdoor festival and everyone is facing the stage as if they're watching a rock band. We should all be facing each other and dancing. While I wouldn't go so far as to tell other people how they *should* dance in a club or wherever I certainly *wish* that they would dance more with each other instead of everybody facing the dj. I love to dance, and I think it's a way of communicating with others, of expressing your feelings to and about the music, and of _sharing_ these feelings. Nowadays it's very very rare that I get to share this on the dancefloor, and it's definitely something that I miss a LOT. Had I gone to the event at Tate Modern (regardless of whether I would have liked the music or not) I would have wanted to experience something other than the traditional setting of a concert: performer on stage <-> audience. At classical or rock concerts you see the musicians playing their instruments in a much more intense and physical way than it's actually possible with a laptop imo, and that's part of the whole experience. I think laptop live performances just don't really work in that kind of setting, and that's what often makes them boring for me, whether I like the music or not (it's worse if I don't, obviously). Other, new and different settings need to be explored, and already are. Onwards! : ) Cheers, Anya
