Re: revolution/Urb thread

From: Michael Yim (Mike@studio-k7.com)
Date: Mon Jul 03 2000 - 10:16:39 MET DST

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    What Acid Jazz listees already know about larry levan, techno, disco,
    etc, the rest of the world has no idea about... it's always best to
    re-iterate proper history when the rest of the world is still unaware...

    B. Graff wrote:
    >
    > Mark,
    >
    > I can understand how the seemingly sudden props given to Larry Levan and the Paradise Garage from every magazine can get on your nerves. Overexposure to something can do that.
    >
    > But there is a reason why he's getting those props, and it's because he was the prototype for the modern dj. I won't go into his achievements (by now I'm sure you know) but for a long time he wasn't really given credit for what he helped originate, for reasons that I would comment on if someone wanted to email me privately (so as not to divert the thread).
    >
    > The man and the club are legends and you can't really go wrong with paying proper respect.
    >
    > Anthony
    >
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