Re: Hello, etc.

[Dances With Voles <jondr@sco.COM>]

No one yet knows why bgregory@kax.UUCP (Brian Gregory) said:
>new then.  The early impressions carry.  A more recent example of roughly the
>same thing would be that the Art of Noise popularized sampling, whereas
>now it's pretty basic stuff.  That doesn't prevent one from appreciating
>"Close to the Edit" does it?  Or does it?  Hopefully that's a good example.

Actually, I don't think it's a very good example.  By an amazing
coincidence, I happened to be listening to Close To The Edit last night and
I remember being impressed by how fresh and unique it still sounds.  Yes,
sampling is now within the reach of even the most modest budget, but the
creativity of the AoN folks is not something you can buy at K-Mart.
Incidental and possibly true anecdote: my friend here at work who used to
work for various music companies tells me that most of Who's Afraid Of The
Art Of Noise was made with them all stoned out of their minds and sitting
around the Fairlight giggling like fiends.  You can hear some of it on the
song "Who's Afraid (Of The Art Of Noise)"

your drug-addled katepunk attitudinally maladjusted slamdancer,

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Jon Drukman                                     uunet!sco!jondr   jondr@sco.com
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