Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (03/04/87)
Really-From: nessus (Doug Alan)
First off, I admit it. I listen to some music they play on commercial
radio. I'm sorry. If you look down at all popular music, then skip
to the P.S. below.
Anyway, my roommate just got a CD of ``daft'' which is a compilation
of stuff Art of Noise did while they were still with ZTT. I knew that
the band members were upset at the image that Trevor Horn was creating
for them (which is to say, none at all), but I didn't know *Trevor*
and crew were this upset! The stuff in the little pamphlet that comes
with CD's (what the hell do you call those?) says:
"Two years ago Trevor Horn and Paul Morley began an 8 year work
to be entitled The Raiding Of The 20th Century, which was to
be an immodest, insightful assembly of musical drama, orna-
mental documentary and cultural commentary -- the *commodity*
as commentator....[more such stuff]...Art Of Noise were the
unit of communication that organised affairs, and were orga-
nized *by* affairs....Members of Art Of Noise who aided on the
musical side of Horn and Morley's swindling, meditating
project have now decided that they are competent enough to
persue a conventional rock career, ...Members Jeczalik,
Dudley and Langan...have retained the name Art Of Noise as the
commercial success associated with it suits their brazen
career-besotted attitude...."
OTTO FLAKE
Jeez.
All I have to say is:
The world is rough. Man does not realise the true
nature of Evil, much less the true nature of Truth.
The Z.T.T. Year Art Of Noise were seperated... The
Z.T.T. Year Art Of Noise suddenly...snapped.
As Horn and Morley stood, the happy, fed take away
Art Of Noise moved
or/walked!
And in their contempt Z.T.T. realised the shortest
path between one point is a circle.
"You! hypocrite lecteur! -- mon semblable, -- mon frere!"
-Sho
P.S. I saw some Residents picture discs... Are they new? Have I just
not seen them before? In either case, what's on 'em? Also, has
anybody bought the Psychic TV CD? I've been looking at it for
months now, but something else always wins out. By the way, I
think Flipper's _Gone Fishin'_ is pompous, or at least as pompous
and arty as punk gets. I should probably try their earlier
stuff, though.Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (03/04/87)
Really-From: nessus (Doug Alan) Oops! I fscked up... I didn't write the article entitled "Art o' Noise". "Sho" at Caltech did. -Doug