From william ratke Sent Tue, Mar 2nd 1999, 21:52
From william ratke Sent Tue, Mar 2nd 1999, 21:52
I think it's a little silly that listening options are limited.
> Obviously, listen to VVM 7 inches if you like them. But the fact that
> they're only released with bizarre packaging and people scramble to get
> them before the supply runs out is indicative of how much we still
> fetishize the packaging over the
> actual music. It's remniscent of a certain kind of elitism that just
> doesn't have to exist any more, because we have the means to get rid of
> it. That's all I'm saying. Listen to what you want!
i think that packaging frames the music in a sense, i can hardly
pull out my cdrs and listen to them because they seem to be
lacking so much in personality, i mean, if you pull out a nww lp and
look at it the music is represented by the artwork and vice versa, i
find it an essential element of listening to the music, a cd or lp
without that frame, the whole listening process seems to lack
substance, and shipping an mp3 with a jpeg file to stare at hardly
seems to compensate, a vvm 7" without the schnazzy bits
included wouldnt be the same as without, and i hardly think that
vvm designs the packaging to sell tons of records, there is
fetishism involved but thats just part of listening to the music for
me, and i would hardly say its elitism, again, i doubt vvm sit in their
hovel and spout off how fuching crafty they are formaking a record
to "please the packaging purists", its just a matter(for me) of
designing everything, i find that a thrill, just as much as a find nww
or vvm packaging extremely satisfying to own, call me a materialist
or whatnot, i like owning things:)
and by the by, i was impressed a great bit with the fennesz
hotel parrallel cd i got last night , the photography by heinrich
peiszer makes this one a buty_ will
the permutation diode presents:
sehcl_ "soundtrack of the exterior grafted to
umbrageous dawn, fishery door doth open" -red tutl