Re: revolution/Urb thread

From: philipm@isd.canberra.edu.au
Date: Mon Jul 03 2000 - 04:20:53 MET DST

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    'last night a dj saved my life' (book) by er frank somebody & someone else
    is very good for early disco dj stuff like larry as well as francis
    grossman, walter gibbons, fk, all the NY crowd. reasonably well written.

    pd

    On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, B. Graff wrote:

    > Mark,
    >
    > I can understand how the seemingly sudden props given to Larry Levan and the Paradise Garage from every magazine can get on your nerves. Overexposure to something can do that.
    >
    > But there is a reason why he's getting those props, and it's because he was the prototype for the modern dj. I won't go into his achievements (by now I'm sure you know) but for a long time he wasn't really given credit for what he helped originate, for reasons that I would comment on if someone wanted to email me privately (so as not to divert the thread).
    >
    > The man and the club are legends and you can't really go wrong with paying proper respect.
    >
    > Anthony
    >
    >
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