OFF: /ELECTRIC MUSIC 4D MIND & BODY

[DASLUD at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 5/24/99 3:01:35 PM, DASLUD at AOL.COM writes:

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i guess i must be exempting amplification of "standard" instrumentation,
though, since i like guitar "blanga" (and plenty of it) even more than
swooshy noises...
>>

but now that you mention it ...something which turned me off to most of the
last couple decades of "metallic" muzik is that it takes little effort to
make a big noise nowadays...once it seemed one had to make the effort to
[wring it out] but now...it promotes WWF wrestling! it's "equipment rock",
way out beyond the "scholz nadir"

for better and/or worse, the grunge-era bands who did it because it was in
'em to do it were the ones who inherited the notion of [wringing it
out]...not that theirs was the only way...(ask nick saloman, for one)

i call it "respect for electricity"...with "equipment rock" the "power" is
assumed, taken for granted....not respected...

i'm not sure i'm making sense but I KNOW you know what i'm sputtering about
here mistah theo

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