Mellotronists

<<Today there's a cult that wants to replace all musical instruments
with computers playing samples, so there's absolutely no interaction
with the noise-making process.

That's surreal.  

Am I the only one thinking "Stepford Wives" here?>>


no, don. but the blame isn't entirely with the technology; that so often 
these days the bland-out approach is taken is a natural consequence of the 
commoditisation of art. cars used to be hand-built once too; I'd venture that 
witnesses of the arrival of the model-t mourned the passing of quality wooden 
coachwork. big business always damages the things that people like, by trying 
to overtake the demand with sheer quantity and variety, and erasing the vital 
personal touches from the product.
one can only hope that the damn things (samplers) are so cheap that 
eventually one of them's bound to fall into the hands of a genuine musical 
subversive who doesn't then sell out. but who cares? we've already got julian 
cope.

duncan/400nr1098 and several dormant samplers.