> Taking the theme for some more, I was at Louis XIV in LA last night
> where Mark Farina of Mushroom Jazz was set to spin. Overheard while
> Coldcut's Atomic Moog was playing during the warmup set:
>
> "Man, this is better than the Chemical Brothers ..."
>
> Surely not!! ;)
>
> But, does this mean the chemicals are "wack" and the us
> scene is turning to the "cooler" (ie less mainstream) ninjas?
I don't think so. I don't find anything wrong with the Chems myself. I
like them just fine. I bought That Album within days of it coming out,
too. Can't wait to actually see them.
I really think rating one group or another -- this is better than that
-- is a total waste of time. Given the right frame of mind and the
right setting the cheesiest stuff ZYX can foist on you can sound really
exciting. In my case it's when I'm dancing at 6am in a sea of
half-naked sweating bodies.
c'ya