Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-30 Thread Jason Brunton
I'd have to agree here- Richard pretty much always hits the nail on the head in his reviews Jason On 26 Aug 2005, at 15:09, Stewart wrote: DJ mag could quite happily go out of business and 99.9% of us wouldn't notice. Well maybe guys like Richard Brophy would who does a pretty

RE: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-29 Thread jurren baars
a late reply to the (short) discussion from last friday on DJ mag's top-100 poll, because i think it is an interesting subject. i agree with the retro-vert mailing posted by ken and what dr. dog posted earlier. 1. yes, the dj mag top 100 is utter crap, and i don't care who's in it or not,

RE: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Robert Taylor
I think it's well cheeky of them to do that - if people want to vote, they will. And who cares about some sh!tty rag's top 100 anyway? -Original Message- From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 August 2005 12:50 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) What Do We Think Of This?

RE: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Ian Cheshire
well yes and no, it would be nice to see those names in the top 100 than say ur lisa lashes or john 00 flemming in my opinion.. I think it's well cheeky of them to do that - if people want to vote, they will. And who cares about some sh!tty rag's top 100 anyway? -Original Message-

RE: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Odeluga, Ken
I think it's well cheeky of them to do that - if people want to vote, they will. And who cares about some sh!tty rag's top 100 anyway? Yeah 'cheeky's a word which comes to mind. However, I feel some sympathy with attempts to knock off the Tiesto's and whatnots from their near-inevitable

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread dr . dog
And who cares about some sh!tty rag's top 100 anyway? well ... this kind of stuff surely can help as a promotion-tool for dj´s/artists and can help them with their business .. - these business-aspects might not seem important in music for you but we all (should) know how many of the most

RE: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Bean
I thought it was quite a reasonable request actually, they asked nicely and it would indeed be nice to see old Dezzer or Carl at the top of the list instead of the usual suspects. In fact, I can feel my gorge rising just thinking about that pack of utter chunts! I voted, though not for any of

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Michael Lees
100 Top - according to what criteria?,... popularity. It's nothing to do with skill, it's a popularity contest. Do you really want to be the most popular dj in the world? I understand the frustration that some people think becuase tietso is number one he is the top (skill) dj in the world. The

RE: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Gary . Girard
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Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Bean
So people like Rob are to blame for the 'Sing Along To Drexciya's Christmas Hits' Karaoke LP? You're a dead man Taylor! but we all (should) know how many of the most gifted artists stop making music, or make it very rarely cauze of this chain : they don=B4t get enough attention with what

RE: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Robert Taylor
;) If I was to vote in this superfluous poll, I'd be voting for even more obscure DJs than Sims! -Original Message- From: Dan Bean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 August 2005 13:34 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll) So people like Rob

RE: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Bean
You wrote: If I was to vote in this superfluous poll, I'd be voting for even more ob= scure DJs than Sims! That's the point though isn't it, that you can vote for whoever you like? I think Norm Talley is reasonably well placed in the obscurity stakes. One of the problems with starving

Re: Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread /0
From: dr.dog [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/08/26 Fri AM 09:17:17 EDT To: Robert Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: 313 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll) And who cares about some sh!tty rag's top 100 anyway? well ... this kind of stuff surely can

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread robin
I'm with Rob on this issue. This top 100 is about as much relevance to the music I love as a poll in Hello or Heat magazine. DJ mag could quite happily go out of business and 99.9% of us wouldn't notice. robin... On 26 Aug 2005, at 15:40, Robert Taylor wrote: It's tired old much

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Bean
DJ mag could quite happily go out of business and 99.9% of us wouldn't notice. I agree that DJ is an abominable publication, but I used to enjoy reading Magic Feet or articles about Drexciya's 'The Quest' in Muzik. I'd like to see that kind of coverage in widely available magazines once

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread robin
DJ mag could quite happily go out of business and 99.9% of us wouldn't notice. I agree that DJ is an abominable publication, but I used to enjoy reading Magic Feet or articles about Drexciya's 'The Quest' in Muzik. I'd like to see that kind of coverage in widely available magazines once

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Stewart
DJ mag could quite happily go out of business and 99.9% of us wouldn't notice. Well maybe guys like Richard Brophy would who does a pretty sterling job of reviewing and supporting techno in the mag. Hes reviewed pretty much all of my stuff there and I'm sure he gets a little frustrated at the

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Bean
Agree that times are different. As you say, I get most of my info electronically, but I've been reading magazines again recently. Partly through digging out old copies of Straight No Chaser (re-read the UR cover story issue recently) and Grand Central, but have also been enjoying recent

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread robin
Agree that times are different. As you say, I get most of my info electronically, but I've been reading magazines again recently. Partly through digging out old copies of Straight No Chaser (re-read the UR cover story issue recently) and Grand Central, but have also been enjoying recent issues

Re: (313) What Do We Think Of This? ( DJ Mag Poll)

2005-08-26 Thread Dan Bean
Yup, props to Vince for this, any sign of issue 3 yet? You wrote: www.detroiteq.com/ Time to give love to a proper publication.=20 --=20 John Patterson Cell (734)812-0671 32155 Birchwood Westland, MI 48186