waaaah
WOEBOT said:
to square with the original central point, nowadays when i listen to the pirates, i just hold myself back and say, cool it, just let the music flow, enjoy it, and let it go.
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO THIS IS CONTRARY TO EVERY DEEPEST IMPULSE, EVERY FIBRE OF MY BEING NO NO NO NO GOTTA TAPE IT KEEP IT HOARD IT CHERISH IT FOR EVER FOR EVER FOR EVER
no you're right that's probably the right attitude, but i'm so very far from getting there.. the other day, being insufficently tech-savvy to get one of those things that can save a radio stream into your hard drive, i did somethign truly sad -- put my walkman in front of the computer speakers, the one i do interviews with, with the left input corresponding to the right speaker and vice versa (flipping the stereo image in other words) and i recorded the Ixtra Cameo show. it sounds surprisingly not-shit although there's a ping every time an email arrived in my inbox and at one point Joy comes in asking if i want a bagel
WOEBOT said:
i've lost a whole tape colection in the past (had it stolen, all my vintage jungle shows, boo hoo),
what an upsetting story, that's my nightmare, if the house started burning down it's be a toss up between the pirate tapes and the photo albums (after rescuing the kith and kin, obviously)
WOEBOT said:
NB there is a DJ Wrongspeed-style 2step tape i mean to collage from a load of these)
YES YES YES YES DO IT DO IT
i've been meaning to do something similar, the best unidentified tracks, MC freestyles, and vibe-intensive pirate ads for UKG/2step era
i did three such comps for ardkcore/darkkore, they are pretty magnificent i must say
no i don't really believe this stuff is ephemeral, or perhaps its the ephemerality is whatt makes it so culturally rich, all these off the cuff mc things should be preserved for ever as ethnographic material
if you ever decide to get rid of those tapes Matt you should a/ give them to me b/ donate them to the National Sound Archive
it's truly disturbing the number of times people have told me they used to have a lot of pirate tapes but taped over them, or threw them away, or put them in the garage where they rotted -- THIS IS LIVING KULCHA PEOPLE, PRESERVE IT KEEP IT CHERISH IT