Re: [microsound] enough already!

[Craig Dunsmuir - RDTV/F97 <cdunsmui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd have to agree with Ms. DC-area-states...I went and saw Mssrs. Rehberg 
and Schmickler (along with some local DJs and improvisors, as well as two 
powerbook guys from Chi. whose names I can't remember, but come to think 
of it are prob. on this list in any case) a few weeks ago when they came 
to Toronto...The two main things I took home with me, though, had to be 
1) the mems of utter sense-bombardment during Pita's set (I have no 
idea how he was making his computer seemingly compress so many 
simultaneous soundshards, and with an awesome sense of dynamics, no less, 
not to mention a huge "whatthefuckwasTHAT?"-to-"been here, heard this" 
ratio, as well as 2) coming to grips with my hopelessly outdated ideal 
conception of music as a tangible fetishizable cd/record/tape/thing, made 
glumly clear when I finally found out which guy hanging out outside 
afterwards was Rehberg (since performance was pitch-black, by the laptop 
light) and asked him if he'd brought Mego stuff to sell, to which he 
stonefacedly replied all deadpanlike "No.  We have a website, you 
know..." [trans. "Welcome to the _real_ world, record geek!" :)] All in 
all, in both respects and more, a much-needed kick in the ass.

-Craig Fraid