Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 15:37:15 -0500
I never agreed with the idea that more people being into a band
automatically makes the band less credible or worthwhile. I think that
attitude also manifests itself with deejays who cover up the labels on their
records so no one else can get them, with store buyers who buy just enough
copies of certain records for them and their homies but not enough for the
average customer to get one, and deejays who don't play records that "break
out" or crossover. Diss a band because they suck not because they sell a
100,000 records. I think bands like Brand New Heavies, Incognito,
Jamiroquai, etc are worth discussing. Personally I think the new Jamiroquai
record is very mediocre but I base that on the record and not on the fact
that they are know mega-stars. I would love for the bands I like to get
famous and make a lot of money, lord knows they deserve it. So everyone go
out and buy Estereo if you haven't already :> or Visit Venus or Sternklang.
Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
Groove Distribution
www.groovedis.com
Your Guide To The Underground
-----Original Message-----
From: debora2 [mailto:debora2@robotek.ru]
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 2:25 PM
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: Why not Jamiroquai?
> Because Jamiroquai is mainstream now and we hate everything that's
mainstream
> and like to pick on little tykes who just suddenly discovered Jamiroquai
on MTV
> because we like to show them we're much cooler than them.
>
> <said somewhat sarcastically>
>
> Elson
That's really funny. You mean that music is good when less than 10000
people listen it?
And when there are 10001 this music becomes dirty mainstrean? I understand -
you were
talking sarcastically - but as we say in Russia - "every joke has a part of
joke".
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