Comments on: Yawn http://electrolicious.com/2005/01/yawn Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: OhOne http://electrolicious.com/2005/01/yawn#comment-5197 OhOne Tue, 08 Feb 2005 09:18:41 +0000 #comment-5197 Regarding the article: You know, it may also be that electronic-music listeners simply have a different perspective on their favorite genres than do rock-music folks: If we go away for a while, our favorite genres and tracks will still be there when we once more become interested. The recordings (which comprise more of our experience of the music than do albums of largely-performative stuff like rock) will still be available years from now. So far, it's also true that new tracks keep coming out in the established genres, either by die-hard producers still banging out similar stuff or new musicians (sometimes old fans) trying their hands. Electronic music is like Twinkies... Oh, fuck it- I'm too tired to finish this metaphor. Suffice to say, this stuff never seems to die. Perhaps it's life-cycle will be similar to the "perennial hip-hop" by which Reynolds brushes without offering comparison. As for the listeners- well, digital media will certainly make our collection-retention a lot more common than when our parents abandoned all their old Pink Floyd LPs for the hot new Yanni cuts on CD. On a resonant note: in reading this article, I noticed that while I've been hiding my own head in the rock-and-roll sand after fleeing electronic dance culture, this "schaffel" phenomenon seems to have passed me by. I'll be looking that stuff up. PS- I do actually hope that psytrance becomes extinct, and would gladly see all of the above statement proven bullshit to never hear that bad-acid-bullshit played ever again. Regarding the article:

You know, it may also be that electronic-music listeners simply have a different perspective on their favorite genres than do rock-music folks: If we go away for a while, our favorite genres and tracks will still be there when we once more become interested. The recordings (which comprise more of our experience of the music than do albums of largely-performative stuff like rock) will still be available years from now. So far, it’s also true that new tracks keep coming out in the established genres, either by die-hard producers still banging out similar stuff or new musicians (sometimes old fans) trying their hands. Electronic music is like Twinkies… Oh, fuck it- I’m too tired to finish this metaphor.

Suffice to say, this stuff never seems to die. Perhaps it’s life-cycle will be similar to the “perennial hip-hop” by which Reynolds brushes without offering comparison. As for the listeners- well, digital media will certainly make our collection-retention a lot more common than when our parents abandoned all their old Pink Floyd LPs for the hot new Yanni cuts on CD.

On a resonant note: in reading this article, I noticed that while I’ve been hiding my own head in the rock-and-roll sand after fleeing electronic dance culture, this “schaffel” phenomenon seems to have passed me by. I’ll be looking that stuff up.

PS- I do actually hope that psytrance becomes extinct, and would gladly see all of the above statement proven bullshit to never hear that bad-acid-bullshit played ever again.

]]> By: leblanc http://electrolicious.com/2005/01/yawn#comment-5196 leblanc Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:04:23 +0000 #comment-5196 good article. what's interesting is that here in SF we're seeing the re-emergence of a lot of events thought to be extinct - several of the monthly DnB/Breaks events that stopped happening in 2002-2003 are back, and many people i know are digging into the electronic scene way more than they used to. true - clubs here like 1015 Folsom, which was THE BIG THING in like 1998-99 is always half empty now that gratiutious E consumption has declined (and clubs got smart about it), but other smaller clubs are FULL every fri/sat night. depends on how you look at it, i guess. i'm still loving it :) good article. what’s interesting is that here in SF we’re seeing the re-emergence of a lot of events thought to be extinct - several of the monthly DnB/Breaks events that stopped happening in 2002-2003 are back, and many people i know are digging into the electronic scene way more than they used to. true - clubs here like 1015 Folsom, which was THE BIG THING in like 1998-99 is always half empty now that gratiutious E consumption has declined (and clubs got smart about it), but other smaller clubs are FULL every fri/sat night.

depends on how you look at it, i guess. i’m still loving it :)

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