So strange to see how many people can be arrogant to each other, as far as music is concerned and more ironically regarding a spectrum – the so called garage – the main goal of which, judging by the lyrics it vehiculates, is to gather human beings. A sign of passion somehow but, above everything, a sign of frustration that finds its explanation on many reasons…

Does the emotion we’re up to feel deserve so many efforts to get its source ? In other words, aren’t some of us tired of investing so much time (money) on things which, to many, are harder to find from a year to another. A fact which not only applies to those treasures of the past the souvenir of which has been revived via those numerous proceedings such as sampling, reedtiting, remixing and cover versions, but also the current production the promotion of which has become nearly unexisting. Not to mention its distribution, under a drastic rarefaction.

Are we still ready/tempted to pay often quite a huge amount of money, when today’s technology allows each of us to have more and more things… for free ? I’d be very much tempted to say yes for a certain category of us as opposed to a generation and no for many of us who haven’t grown up surrounded by a certain form of culture, as explained months ago on these pages by Kenny Dope. As a matter of fact, I’d like to add that him and his long time partner – Louie Vega – had been for much in revamping those timeless vibes from the past via their compilations and the awesome speculation that has followed on certain tracks that we, on this other side of the Pond, have not even heard of at the time of their release ! This applying to songs like ‘Draggin’ My Heels’, ‘Dis Go Dis Way’ or even ‘Street Player’ being the works of pop bands The Hollies, Mother’s Finest or Chicago, but also more oriented disco tunes reaching astonishing prices when related to the late Larry Levan, Patrick Adams, Leroy Burgess, Tom Moulton and the likes, not to say DJ Harvey for most recent ones…

Is it worth to get the music whatever its format may be ? I’d also be tempted to say yes and no. Yes as there’s nothing wrong in the principle of trying to get what we like. And no, should you be a true collector as nothing can replace the original in terms of history and value as opposed to all those reedits, covers and bootlegs around, not to mention (for the latest) that their producers make money out of them on their creators. You may see people telling you that they won’t give a sh.. as long as they get the material but although I may somehow understand, this looks to me like nothing but a selfish reaction the consequence of which is the weakening of an already fragilised system. But who cares at the end of the day, judging by the so many illegal stuff that the improvement of the technology has allowed to do along the years !

What WE gotta understand is that there is A price to pay for everything as it’s the reputed basis of what is called ECONOMY having persons related to each other on the principle of monetary exchange from one to another and vice versa. And what we gotta be clearly aware of is that avoiding spending money by any means necessary causes nothing but the death of the whole system.

Whose house is this ? The one of those trully supporting it as opposed to the one of those spending their time doing blah blah blah and nothing else for the reputed sake of it… MFSB