RE: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-06 Thread Holly MacDonald-Korth
her name is diana. not diane. -Original Message- From: lauryn goller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 11:38 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: [313] Interesting Insight i think that what nick and diane are saying is right..to use the ford motor company as

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-05 Thread lauryn goller
i think that what nick and diane are saying is right..to use the ford motor company as basically a rich aunt and go to their festival and be glad someone forked over some cash to foot the bill for the talent that we are going to get to see and the production but yet not to be all showing gratitu

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-03 Thread tim maughan
yeah...i think it may have been a re-named, re-release after the ad. - Original Message - From: "Max Duley (ARCart)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 6:52 PM Subject: RE: [313] Interesting Insight > > i

RE: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-03 Thread Max Duley (ARCart)
> i don't know whether he wrote it for the ad, but it was released in the UK > under the name "tyre trax" after the ad was aired over hear. It had been around for a couple of years on the 3rd Caustic Window EP on Rephlex.

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread tim maughan
dnesday, May 02, 2001 7:23 PM Subject: RE: [313] Interesting Insight > > Aphex Twin doing a Pirelli ad? > > Does anyone remember that? It was really good. It had Michael Johnson (I > think) sprinting across a large flat surface with a thin layer of water on > it, with one of the most m

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread jkessler
True! Beautifully put!!! Respect, J > : *Re the part about ford: Ford is trying to label or > : brand Detroit techno.They want to own this. They want > : to reach a point where 'techno=cool=fun=Ford' and one > : owes itself to the other. I owe this eye opener to > : Miss G. > : The only way they'

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread peter mueller
: *Re the part about ford: Ford is trying to label or : brand Detroit techno.They want to own this. They want : to reach a point where 'techno=cool=fun=Ford' and one : owes itself to the other. I owe this eye opener to : Miss G. : The only way they'll own it is if its allowed. I'm not : saying ban

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread jkessler
First of all, a big WORD UP to what Laura G. said about the corporatization of the music. > *Re the part about ford: Ford is trying to label or > brand Detroit techno.They want to own this. They want > to reach a point where 'techno=cool=fun=Ford' and one > owes itself to the other. I owe this ey

RE: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Max Duley (ARCart)
> Aphex Twin doing a Pirelli ad? Does anyone remember that? It was really good. It had Michael Johnson (I think) sprinting across a large flat surface with a thin layer of water on it, with one of the most mental tracks from the early Caustic Windows release slamming to the rhythm of his strides.

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread atomly
["Jayson B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > even though that album sold a lot, the Record Labels still didn't stick the > groups into the 1-album-a-yea-until-people-are-sick-of-you routine that > they do with other groups. I guess i attributed that to they thought they > made all the money they coul

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Jayson B.
If you consider Prodigy a flop, I'm not sure what your standards for success are. Its not that *I* consider prodigy a flop, its that the big boys thought they were. even though that album sold a lot, the Record Labels still didn't stick the groups into the 1-album-a-yea-until-people-a

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread atomly
[mkb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > What's weirder is hearing an Aphex Twin song in an anti-drug ad. What, are they saying "if you do drugs, you'll end up crazy like this guy?" -- :: atomly :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.atomly.com | http://www.mp3.com/atomly

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2001-05-02 Thread mkb
On Wed, 2 May 2001, atomly wrote: > Aphex Twin doing a Pirelli ad? What's weirder is hearing an Aphex Twin song in an anti-drug ad. -- Cafard, [EMAIL PROTECTED] qu'est-ce que tu penses? AIM:pr0j2501 Matt Kane's Brain http://mkb.n3.net ===jive turkey http://jive-t

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread atomly
["Jayson B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > yes and no. If you remember the chemical brothers/prodigy fiasco, that was > mass media's attempt at bankin on "electronica." and it was a huge flop. If you consider Prodigy a flop, I'm not sure what your standards for success are. They were the top selling

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Jayson B.
In the end I thought 'electronic music is next for the bastardizing whip'. yes and no. If you remember the chemical brothers/prodigy fiasco, that was mass media's attempt at bankin on "electronica." and it was a huge flop. but that could've been because they overcompensated on their "we

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2001-05-02 Thread M Elliot-Knight
27;t know anything past Bob Marley. I just saw Mad Prof. and the venue was not even half full and slowly emptied out... people not understanding the Jamacian soundsystem/DJ/MC thing. MEK From: Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Music Institute <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: [313] Interes

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2001-05-02 Thread Nick Walsh
What a wicked post... A last a chance for some REAL discussion > Basically, what it boils down to is...unless we > break > the cycle-we're our own worst enemy. > > *Re the part about ford: Ford is trying to label or > brand Detroit techno.They want to own this. They > want > to reach a point

RE: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Rob Theakston
isn't that the lady who sings the national anthem at the red wing games? *shrug* luomo rawks. -Original Message- From: Dan Sicko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:22 PM To: John Bush; 313; John Sokolowski Subject: RE: [313] Interesting Insight yeah ..

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2001-05-02 Thread diana potts
I saw the mid-end of this last night. It's been one of the better things I've seen on tv lately. In the end I thought 'electronic music is next for the bastardizing whip'. I now understand why MTV USA has left it alone for the most part and chooses to remain publically ignorant.Because it doesn't a

RE: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Dan Sicko
yeah ... can you tell that's a dealer spot and not national advertising? :) someone should digitize that for listmembers abroad. it's quite awful. -d At 11:40 AM -0400 5/2/01, John Bush wrote: > They have a great marketing plan with sponsoring the DEMF and Moby tour. Definitely better

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Fred Giannelli
ke it appealing to those who can afford it. > > Marketers are the best sociologists. > > Cheers. > > >> From: Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: The Music Institute <313@hyperreal.org> >> Subject: [313] Interesting Insight >> Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 00

RE: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Holly MacDonald-Korth
nesday, May 02, 2001 9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: [313] Interesting Insight I caught this re-run of Frontline last night also. Watching the show, it was hard not to think of the Ford marketing campaign with regard to Techno. There were many parallels between wha

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2001-05-02 Thread John Bush
> They have a great marketing plan with > sponsoring the DEMF and Moby tour. Definitely better than those awful Focus commercials shot in front of the State Theater (?), with a scary-makeup'ed, middle-aged pitchwoman "interpreting" all the "cool" things that kids are saying about the car... One of

RE: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Holly MacDonald-Korth
9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: [313] Interesting Insight I caught this re-run of Frontline last night also. Watching the show, it was hard not to think of the Ford marketing campaign with regard to Techno. There were many parallels between what marketing firms do with

Re: [313] Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread John Sokolowski
rd can do is make it appealing to those who can afford it. Marketers are the best sociologists. Cheers. From: Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Music Institute <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: [313] Interesting Insight Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 00:39:20 -0400 Mildly offtopic, and

Interesting Insight

2001-05-02 Thread Ian
Mildly offtopic, and I apologize in advance http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/ Documentary on the feedback loop between what 's "cool" and what marketers use to be "down" with teens. Conclusion is that Detroit's own ICP is ripe for being co-opted. KISS2 anyone? I'm thankf