[313] l8r

2001-09-13 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Tuesday still hasn't let me go. This whole ordeal has uncovered many things about old friends I consider close to me that I never knew; how almost totally ignorant they are to American foreign policy and world political issues... myself included until I lived in Canada for a few years and

Re: [313] mekka cancelled?

2001-08-01 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Too much, too big, too fast. Was the ticket price too much of a shock, the timing too close after Area:One, was it that people don't care to support a greedy corporate empire such as SFX, or inadequate promotion that spurred the abysmal ticket sales and abortion of something overpromised and

Re: [313] Re: how many...?

2001-07-09 Thread Craig Stodolenak
in my set of techno toptrumps (came free with the dj hell X-mix album) it claims that Acquaviva has 40,000 records in his collection. Can this be true? I don't think I own 40,000 things, let alone tunes. it's true. I read somewhere recently that it was 50,000. keeps them stored in two

[313] Hawtin responds to DEMF

2001-05-26 Thread Craig Stodolenak
http://m-nus.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [313] Windsor - Detroit

2001-05-25 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Is it reasonable to go from Windsor (near the university) to Hart Plaza by taxi? Do taxis cross the border? Yes, but it's about $25-$30 CDN / $15-20 USD each way, depending on where you're going and how much they charge as a crossing fee (usually around $16 CDN/$12 USD). If money is an issue,

Re: [313] DEMF FORD COPERATE SPONSORSHIP

2001-05-04 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Plaster your name on banners all over the place thats cool. But don't get involved with the art direction of the festival thats gos a little to far... Some would argue that even the banner itself is a compromise to whatever art you're trying to construct. What price, integrity...? It's the

Re: [313] vinyl: not for me; but mp3 cds are.

2001-04-10 Thread Craig Stodolenak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: there´s more to vinyl than just the soundquality, keep listening to our stuff and find out..i don´t release much stuff on cd, otherwise u could hear the difference...there can b so much more sub and spatial highs because of needle resonance and stuff... True, vinyl -- or

Re: [313] Original v. Replica, Private v. Public

2001-04-09 Thread Craig Stodolenak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: So what are the general benefits to the public of copying? It sounds to me that the benefit of copying is the unimpeded sharing of information. And what a grand, wonderful world that will be. ;) I can see that free music for everyone would seem to be in the public good.

[313] Re: no subject

2001-04-08 Thread Craig Stodolenak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: People have a right to make an income from their art. Privilege, not right. Art, like most other forms of intellectual property, has subjective quality and value. What right does someone have to receive compensation for something of no value? - Craig

Re: IP issues (was: no subject)

2001-04-08 Thread Craig Stodolenak
When copyright laws were created in this country, they served to protect the economic relationship between author and publisher, by preventing other publishers from ripping off the author's work without paying him or her. This was back when publishers were few, because publication equipment (the

Re: [313] Re: IP issues [LONG]

2001-04-08 Thread Craig Stodolenak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: In what other field of art or science is work routinely stolen with so many normal consumers jumping on the bandwagon simply because they can? There is no comparison. You are correct. Never at any point in human history has there been technology available to consumers to

Re: [313] Before you dis Moby....

2001-03-28 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Moby changes to please. That's why I don't consider Moby techno. Techno does not compromise. Pop aims to please. Techno _is_ pop in pretty much every other area of the world besides North America, and we're not far behind. I don't think it's possible to make broad statements such as [insert

Re: [313] Speedy J Pullover : Demo RMX Plus 8

2000-12-18 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Speedy J Pullover : Demo RMX Plus 8 I'm very curious about this record, didn't see any info on the +8 web site. I'm thinking its worth the money, I'm also thinking if this is the demo version it's going to have a nice raw feel and that would be very cool.

Re: [313] Marketing, advertising, Ford and techno (yet again)

2000-12-07 Thread Craig Stodolenak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Everything - from the design of the product to how it is promoted, marketed and advertised - is researched and coordinated to maximize the desired result: selling it to the consumer. Yeah. To hell with investing time and money on designing and manufacturing the superior

REDUX contest winners

2000-12-06 Thread Craig Stodolenak
participated for their time and creativity. We were simply overwhelmed with the quantity and more importantly, quality of the results. :) - Craig Stodolenak minus inc / plus 8 records

Redefinitions (was: Re: trading on napster)

2000-11-29 Thread Craig Stodolenak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Why don't you pay for the music instead of ripping artists and labels off ! [EMAIL PROTECTED]: don't worry im going to pay a lot of money for my music 'cuz im going to buy decks and so many many vinyls but till this moment i go on ripping music on napster...have

Re: [313] Does Anyone Know When Redux Contest Results Will Be Released?

2000-11-22 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Tristan: The website still says Nov. 13, but that's also the final date to submit entries... We've received all the CD-Rs from Sonic Foundry and have been going through the submissions last week. I've narrowed the list considerably and now Rich has the remaining files on his laptop's HD in

Re: [313] Plus 8 Classics

2000-11-10 Thread Craig Stodolenak
as far as I know, the Plus 8 comp exists in two formats : - double CD, through Novamute, 22 tracks - triple CD, minus 8, with more tracks and extra stuff including Oldham's comic I'd like to purchase the second, but only find the first... could anyone point me to an online record shop with it ?

Re: [313] OT: Propellerheads:Reason Soft Synth

2000-11-01 Thread Craig Stodolenak
The reviewer of this says Adam Douglas only needs one reason to pick up Reason: it looks awesome. Notice he says it LOOKS awesome. I've heard on some of the musicmaking lists I belong to (where I know this would be more appropriate) that Reason has been indefinately delayed. With Reaktor,

Re: [313] Tickets to From Our Minds To Yours

2000-10-25 Thread Craig Stodolenak
From our website, posted last night: Special note: tickets are selling briskly but we have placed an additional 500 on sale yesterday (Mon Oct 23); there was some delay in Ticketmaster posting their availability but it should be sorted by now. Which I've just checked on and yes,

Re: [313] plus 8 tickets

2000-10-20 Thread Craig Stodolenak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: john holmes wrote: i live a long way from detroit, so i can't just go to record time and ask. have they not gone on sale yet? can someone give me the low? i hate ticketmaster. tickets are at record time ferndale, call there: 248.336.8463 262 west nine mile ferndale,

Re: [313] richard harvey explanation

2000-10-02 Thread Craig Stodolenak
darw_n [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But there still remains this weird question about what's up with the DE9 artist naming... When you put DE9 into that new microsoft media player, all the artists names come up on each track and title. Well, to make a long story short, here's how it comes up- richie

Re: [313] +8072

2000-06-28 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Todd Smith: If you go check any backcatalog you will find that this first came out in 92. Find out for yourself though, does it sound new? (No) Does the plus 8 website say its new? (yes) Does every other plus 8 discog say its new? (No). Is it possible that plus8 simply reissued it with a

Re: [313] +8072

2000-06-27 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Todd Smith: This is not a new release its a reissue with a new look plus8072, Electric Deluxe is all new. Check it out. - Craig

Re: [313] DEMF Numbers

2000-06-01 Thread Craig Stodolenak
Dale Lawrence: I just got word that the original count of 900,000 festival-goers was wrong. The actual tally turns out to be 1.5 million people, with 750,000 people on monday alone. Which makes DEMF the largest

Re: (313) 2 track EP's SUCK!

2000-03-06 Thread Craig Stodolenak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nomenclature aside, I'd rather buy a 12 w/ 2 loud, fat-ass tracks than a 4-song EP where only one or two of the tracks are any good. Also, 12s can only hold so much per side. You can fit more, but at the expense of audio quality (grooves can't be as wide/deep); usually