..and now...james covey, ladies and gentlemen. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 16:59:29 -0300 From: James R. Covey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: in-dyd
mc>On Thu, 13 Apr 1995, "Macho Man" James R. Covey wrote: wow, no one ever calls me "macho man." i mean, people used to, but my mom told them not to do it or they'd be in trouble. :-) mc>remember, indie is as meaningless as alternative or lo-fi. jc> meaningless. jc> so, for example, honeymoon suite are as alternative as shellac, mc>come to think of it - they probably are. no one's going to make fun of mc>you for listening to shellac. when's the last time you actually heard hs mc>on the radio? i can guarantee you that more people will buy a honeymoon suite record in this country, still, than will buy a shellac record. and if you don't think that there people who will make fun of you for listening to shellac, that's more a mark of their obscurity than any supposed imperviousness to lampoonery. woo, i just used "imperviousness" and "lampoonery" in the same sentence. this feels like a david letterman moment... jc> boyz II men are as lo-fi as moonsocket, mc>lo-fi is a joke. can you define it? is sebadoh lo-fi? what about all mc>of their studio stuff? is it lo-fi because it sounds like shit? hum? mc>what about gbv? their records sound like classic rock production to me. mc>does that make led zeppelin lo-fi? c'mn, mr. smarty-pants, mc>straighten me out! well, since you asked... :-) um, catano, this is all a big fat red herring. can you define "love"? or "friendship"? or "rock and roll"? or "baroque"? i mean, i *could* jump through this conversation hoop of yours. :-) here i go... geronimo!!! lo = low = of little quantity fi = fidelity = accuracy of reproduction so lo-fi = "little accuracy of reproduction" what are these inaccuracies (and thus how do we contrast "lo fi" to "hi fi")? three examples: - disregard of audible tape hiss by (sometimes cheap) analogue recording methods - deliberately maxing out channels to create distortion (e.g. motes) - mumbled lyrics so that the words are hard to make out (poorly reproduced) is this specific enough for you? bands that use or have used such techniques: eric's trip, silver jews, sebadoh <-- lo fi! bands that have not used such techniques: crash test dummies, honeymoon suite, world party <-- hi fi! jc> and mariah carey is as indie as fugazi. mc> she and ian mackaye smoke crack together. that makes her cool. and we mc> all know that cool=indie. well, that's true if words are as meaningless as you want to make them out to be. :-) jc> the president of zedd recordz is dr. robert kruse. jc> our boss. :-) mc>so how does he like "nevada downs"? well, actually, he's pretty embarassed by it. he doesn't want anyone to know that there's any connection between zedd and daydream. :-) mc>everyone is getting paid, and it's just a matter of how and why. jc> and that's what people were interested in talking about, i thought. mc>not really - people are interested in going "blahblah they're indie" mc>"blahblah they're not" and not really talking about it. wait a freakin' second! :-) yer the one who said, "shut up"! that was all the encouragement i needed. :-) james
