pointing and laughing at dance music part 4912

i used to work there < / potentially devastating confessional >

this sentence has never been in th bizarre column! sean paul is the new shaggy tho, apparently...

ans = of COURSE it has an effect and not all "bad" either (necessarily)

actually the fact that eg the nme is paid unquestioning attention by eg bizarre columnists (and radio one djs) is an even more extreme example of HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED BUT HE LOST WHAT HE HAD

ha ha, sorry - add the word 'Jordan' in there somewhere

It reminds me of a thread I started last year "is dance music starting to have a heritage every bit as irritating as that of rock music".

I am a bit lost here because I went to lunch and then had work to do. Matt's point about broadening what's written about is good but I'm not sure people understand DJ sets enough.

On reflection Gareth's questions were getting at one thing I was thinking about at lunchtime, sort of why doesn't one (or don't I) just write about dance for dance people. It feels like preaching to the converted I guess, I'd rather be working towards something rather than just doing the job.

And yeah I see the obvious "but if you achieve it you'd have nothing to do" thing but that's true of any life.

But I thought your whole rationale behind this was stopping all these great records you've heard from disappearing? In which case, surely writing for an audience you KNOW would like them is perfect?

but also there's tom's point that unless you think quite hard about what the achieved goal is to be, you may end up with something you can't bear

(*ie not publishable only in slim volumes of poetry handprinted in vilnius)

need to be given room to make these manoeuvres

What are the chances though eh? At least in print anyway.

What are the chances though eh? At least in print anyway.

you need to write for american magazines who don't pay!

NOBODY deserves that much money for six hours work.

Nobody deserves than money for 1 months work.

NOBODY deserves that much money for six hours work.

Nobody deserves that money for 1 months work.