Mark Turner wrote...
>I'm probably not the first person to think of this, but
>here's my "real world top ten," named as such because:
>
>1) I don't include promos or unreleased white labels.
>I have to buy my records at the shop just like regular
>folks.
Hey man, those white labels end up at the stores too, you just have to dig
for them. I was rocking the fresh white labels long before I was
established enough as a DJ to get them from the labels... I bought them at
the *store* "just like regular folks." In fact I still do. Regularly. About
3-4 years ago I found a slammin white label of "Ponderosa" from Tricky (at
Gramaphone records in Chicago) and about 2 years ago I got a white label
copy of "A Zed & 2 Ls" by Fila Brasillia at Eightball records in NY (and
that's only two examples.) So stop whining about how nobody services you,
and how *real* you are, and start digging in the crates. Music is like
anything else, you have to work if you want the good stuff.
>2) Old releases are just as likely to show up as new
>ones. I can't afford to buy everything the week it
>comes out!
>
>3) Non-aj releases will get hyped as well, if that's
>what I'm listening to.
Stop patting yourself on the back, check out my top ten (or one of many
other good DJs) and you'll see (and hear clips of) records released a long
time ago as well as last week. You're not the only one into the old shit, a
lot of us on this list are into lots of different types of music you know.
Sorry to go off but that post just really rubbed me the wrong way, I hate
when people complain about not being "hooked up" with the new releases. We
DJs work very hard at keeping on top of this scene, and presenting new and
fresh sets every week, so fuck off if you're too lazy to work at following
new music, and just want to complain.
Peace,
Lo-Ki
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