The essential mix comment in my post had little else to do with the rest of what I wrote.

I do think people take the whole thing too seriously, yes it is dedication and that's really cool that people on here are that dedicated but my point was that over-dedication and this ridiculously high standard we expect from certain DJs kind of stacks the odds in favor of us not enjoying ourselves when we go out to booze out to their muzak.

If you don't like Sasha anymore, you don't like Sasha anymore. What I said in my other post was related to my experience in the whole thing and I'm sure some other people could relate, not everyone obviously. If RJT/Clovis etc have a higher expectation of Sasha than I do, so be it, but really only a few months ago I was in the same boat as them and wasn't digging his shit as much as I used to. Personally, I decided to just shrug it off and enjoy it for what it is (to me) and I am finding that I don't need Sasha to be as ground-breaking and epic as he used to be to really enjoy his sets.

Also I stand by what I said, I think a lot of TAs ARE over-critical and spend too much time analyzing the shit out of the music.

I'm just as guilty as anyone else really, I pick apart songs and sets and find little flaws in them, as well as just plain not liking most big name DJs because of the "crap" they play.

Also, Clovis, there is nothing wrong with not liking a set, I just thought it was quite good and from the sounds of it it must have been a hell of a party that night at Amnesia.


"This whole social diagnosis was extrapolated from the fact that a few people didn't particularly enjoy Sasha's EM."

A) No it wasn't.
B)"Extrapolated" probably gets quite a few points in "Scrabble" but come on, don't be a show off I can use big words too, Phonics werks 4 m3.

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Originally posted by plaxx Honestly, I'm tired of seeing you reminisce about the past in every thread you post relating to music. Are you a DJ? What do you spin? I agree, those tunes are fucking epic, and they will always be loved, but stuff like that is hardly being produced now. What do you want a DJ who rocked the 90's to do? Spin those tracks in every fucking gig? The music hasn't got shittier, you're just stuck in the past. Move the fuck on.

I've tried forcing myself to like what he's spinning the past couple years, but I simply can't. I'm so critical of him because he's my favorite fucking DJ in the world, and it pains me to see how shit he's become.

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Originally posted by CleverName TAs who had an awesome time this weekend: like 15 TAs who had a not awesome time this weekend: 1.5 (I think myra liked it and is covering for you) end of debate.

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I was going to make an asshole remark about the whole 'showing off' thing but I'll just let it go.



The point is not that people have expectations of Sasha that are too high. It's just that many of his sets lately have been piss boring with little to no direction. His performance in Chicago recently left me feeling the same as all the others posting in this thread. I guess I find it difficult to 'enjoy something for what it is', if 'it' is crap.

I am, however, a huge fan of that Essential Mix.

do you have a link to that 95 essential mix. phoenix-rise up is a massive track. and the reason for my comment is that the expectations of a dj a lot of you guys have is unrealistic. It's like athletes, do not expect their best if they are not in their prime of their career.

DJ Sasha is a veteran of almost 20yrs now. He's seen it all, he's been a driving part of many movements in the music scene, not least the early 90's, Hacienda etc. Lets face it, motivations change.

Most of all however, DJ's rely on the music that is given to them at a given time. No DJ, in this day and age, can come anywhere NEAR to competing with the DJ's of days past. The music is simply not there. A DJ is only as strong as the music.

Electronic music, today, is an old and pallid leper - though dressed in modern fancies he is green in the face, regurgitating old fables and former glories - all into his own empty ale tankard, slurred and uninterpretable.

String a bunch of them together and DJ's are only left with a gaggle of rotted palsies, false prevalents. Sasha or otherwise.

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Originally posted by excite331 DJ Sasha is a veteran of almost 20yrs now. He's seen it all, he's been a driving part of many movements in the music scene, not least the early 90's, Hacienda etc. Lets face it, motivations change. Most of all however, DJ's rely on the music that is given to them at a given time. No DJ, in this day and age, can come anywhere NEAR to competing with the DJ's of days past. The music is simply not there. A DJ is only as strong as the music. Electronic music, today, is an old and pallid leper - though dressed in modern fancies he is green in the face, regurgitating old fables and former glories - all into his own empty ale tankard, slurred and uninterpretable. String a bunch of them together and DJ's are only left with a gaggle of rotted palsies, false prevalents. Sasha or otherwise.

Have you ever heard of a fellow named Danny Howells?

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by DiegoParra32 and the reason for my comment is that the expectations of a dj a lot of you guys have is unrealistic.

Wrong. The low standards a lot of you guys have for a DJ are completely unacceptable.

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike Wrong. The low standards a lot of you guys have for a DJ are completely unacceptable.

Fuckin A man...

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike Wrong. The low standards a lot of you guys have for a DJ are completely unacceptable.

We have a winner.

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Originally posted by excite331 DJ Sasha is a veteran of almost 20yrs now. He's seen it all, he's been a driving part of many movements in the music scene, not least the early 90's, Hacienda etc. Lets face it, motivations change. Most of all however, DJ's rely on the music that is given to them at a given time. No DJ, in this day and age, can come anywhere NEAR to competing with the DJ's of days past. The music is simply not there. A DJ is only as strong as the music. Electronic music, today, is an old and pallid leper - though dressed in modern fancies he is green in the face, regurgitating old fables and former glories - all into his own empty ale tankard, slurred and uninterpretable. String a bunch of them together and DJ's are only left with a gaggle of rotted palsies, false prevalents. Sasha or otherwise.

Winner.

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Originally posted by plaxx Winner.

Thats not true though.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.