> 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.
>
> 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.
Sorry if my criteria sounded like I was complaining. I
wasn't at all! I was simply trying to provide something
of a rationale for how I chose what I chose for my top
ten. Bottom line: I am *not* a DJ, and I don't buy like
one. I have a limited amount of money to spend and an
interest in many genres of music, so I have to be more
selective than a DJ whose goal is to be "on top of the
scene." I do appreciate your hard work in service of
the music, especially if you clue the rest of us list-
members in on the good stuff. But I think my buying
habits are more representative of the non-DJs on the
list, and I simply wanted to state that.
Also, I tried to anticipate complaints about the off-topic
nature of some of my choices, and address that up front.
Instead, I'm accused of patting myself on the back! It
looks to me like *you're* the one patting yourself on
the back, for being the first one on the block to have
Tricky and Fila Brazilia. Well whoop de doo.
Before I start getting too bitter and resentful, I'd
just like to say I wish we could be talking about the
music, instead of my petty criteria which was obviously
secondary to the goal of providing some recommended
listening. I've seen way too few posts on here lately
discussing the music in any detail.
Peace.
-- Mark Turner mturner@netcom.com