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boredoms (no, not THOSE boredoms...)
laptop shows. yeah, when it comes to boredom they're an interesting issue.
do they actually serve to redefine what performances can (ought to?) be?
do
they realign one's expectations when preparing to go to hear a show?
i've seen tons of gigs by folks flailing on guitars that were boring as
all
get out - clearly, the screengazers have no corner on the market when it
comes to tediousness. and like everyone i've been to some pretty tiring
computer-driven shows.
stylistically speaking - for the most part i love that bloop-bleep shit.
hey, i'm kicking back at my favorite cocktail lounge downing a few
blood-orange kozmos? that's what's pulsating away on the sound system.
can't generate the stuff myself, but i'm glad someone's out there doing
it.
and it kills me that the style seems such fair game these days for every
TV
car ad. really sad.
but what about merzbow? is THAT what you mean by "boring laptop"? man,
that
show was more aggressive than any 18 metal bands all performing
simultaneously (a sound you can experience by coming to the building i
rehearse in any night of the week and riding the elevator all the way up
to
12.)
or maybe michael schumacher - who can make you wonder if a laptop is
actually an acoustic intrument... creating a shifting aural environment
for
just a few people at the 220 grand loft... clearly everyone in attendance
was VERY focused on this personal, highly intimate performace.
thenagain - i remember going to see portishead at the hammersmith here in
nyc few years back. now there's an intimate sound for ya. and there they
were, a _real band_ all live on stage (with the _real_ beth!) and STILL
half the auditorium was nothing but jabber, jabber jabber. maybe people
just won't pay any attention unless the dB's generated from the PA can
exceed the ones from their all-important conversations.
finally - a word about real vinyl slingin' djs -
make no final decisions til you've seen spooky. or olive. a turntable IS
an
instrument. it's just that not too many people can actually PLAY the damn
thing.
over n out.
a:c