Opinions in Onion...

OK I enjoy reading Onion and make sure I get myself a copy when we get it here fortnightly on the Fridays. Good to see all the dance music awards stuff in there and the pictures as well as the winners list (cheers guys). The guys do a great job.

One thing which I found to be an interesting read was the column by Driller. Usually make a point of reading the column as I usually find it interesting and was a bit amazed to see that this week it came along with it's own disclaimer. Did anyone else have a chance to read this? What did you guys think of his comments?

I'm all for freedom of speach, dont get me wrong there just interested on what others thought about the piece. Did they agree about the awards? About the way in which it is run and the format? I personally dont feel I can comment as it was my first awards and have nothing else to compare it to.

Just interested in what other people thought about the article. Not stiring the pot nor am I having a dig at the article as I thought it was well written and ups to those out there who put their names to their opinions whether people agree with them ort not..

Your comments please..

Whats his whinge this year? havent grabbed a copy yet, last year he was up on his high horse sprouting about MPK not deserving the Hall of Fame so curious as to what pissed him off this year ??

Be easy if it was online at the onion site then i could cut and paste though not in the mood to sit and type it out.. and I'm in the office today

Umm there were a few things Xpose.. Easiest is probably to pick a copy up..

I think Driller's article shows ignorance on his part (thats my opinion). I totally agree with John Chalmers' comments at the bottom - its not all about receiving the awards, but about getting together once a year to "rock out with our cocks out" (as Mr S said in Yancey's video clip).

I think that it was the best one so far, and all credit should go to Tony Carracia and Sasha for their passion and devotion to Adelaide's dance scene for putting on this event.

Just interested on other peoples opinions. I thought that the Dvd done by Yancey was brilliant. He puts in lots of time and effort into filming the clips (which he doesnt get paid for) and everyone that I spoke to enjoyed the clip. It summed up alot of the bigger events yes that most people are familiar with and were ones to remember in 2003.

Although having been the first year that I have attended the awards had a great time. Big ups to the organisers. To have been going so long now means they are doing something right that is for sure.

Really though I suppose an article like that is the opinion and view point of one individual not the majority as was mentioned in the article and disclaimer of such by John....

let the miserable bastard go sit in his own room wearing a brightly-coloured suit and smoke himself to death whilst listening to some obscure house tracks

Would i be right in guessing he had a whinge about the events shown on Yanceys DVD ?? In which case would that be his major sour grapes if there wasnt enuf of Sugar shown!

Charlotte definitely has the right idea

i know he has been a part of the Adelaide scene for ever but he needs to grow up and stop thinking the whole adelaide dance scene owes him a favour ffs

even the d&b shows didn;t get a real look in on the dvd

thats life - yancey can only be filming at so many shows - he is only human (or is he?)

good work to yancey

and if he has a problem with people styling it in black suits - then thats his problem - check out the photo of me (navy blue suit actually) and the man in rip it up. He looked to me like he was having a good time.

Bring on next years mayhem and carnage thats all i can say

I think Yancey perfers TRANCE..

GOOD ON HIM HAHA

I think he mentioned, he mainly tried to put events which had the most people attend.... and your right lachie.... he can't be everywhere...

the point is.... people are always going to complain, there wasnt enough DnB, who gives 2 shits.. most of the packed events in adelaide were house/trance/nrg or what-not...

im sure next year, yancey will put in more just to stop the whinges, but then i guess the hard dance or techno people are going to have a cry



stirrrrr

ooo ill correct myself

there has been some massive DnB events...

hahahaha any press is good press!!

well he's the oldest dj in town, what can i say, my clips are made for people around my age. I'm guess i would of got the same feed back from my granddad.

i don't like half the tracks in that clip too.... so what..

but really i don't care, i saw 600 heads all rocking to the clip and all we were trying to do was give the crowd something new this year.

but if driller is picking on me and does not say a word about Fat Al's last stand up bit, then maybe his age is really showing if he found that better.. does driller play at the local R.S.L stiill?

so really, what is one bad comment compared to the 100's of emails i got asking to see the clip again. all the movie i like get bagged in the reviews on onion, that still does not stop me seeing them

it's simply the older you get the more you hate.. the jaded raver award this week goes to Dj Diller..

i bet he's only pissed off cos he was not shown in the footy part of the clip.

o well, he aint getting a free dma dvd then...

the d'n'b show were going to be edited in but i have JACK SHIT new d'n'b to match the footage, it was the first thing MPK said and he was right.. it's also a good reason to make sure promoters and djs slip me audio or their own sets sometimes cos when it comes down to it i can only make what i have at home when i make it..

there was over 2 hours of clips i made for the dma's not including the highlight clip. nearly every winner had their own clip, even in between events that night has small clips looped to keep the night going on the big screen, even a closeing credits for all the winners.

(note i have not ready onion yet, i'm sure one will pop up infront of me over the weekend)

I dont listen to dance music all the time either. I like lots of different stuff. Agree with Yancey in regards to you being easily shocked. Dare I say easily offended as well..

Adrian if I bring both grandparents what does that entitle me too

66??? BINGO!!!!

LOL...

I find the fact that Onion lets Driller have an article let alone post shit like that really disappointing.

Will someone tell the old dick bag that he is damn near (or perhaps well past) 50 years of age!!! This is a scene where the majority of the people who go out are 18-24. Gee, surprising how they have different taste to him.

What? Does he think playing grandpa music to 20 people in a couple of bars is what the dance music scene is? Here is a guy who probably didnt attend a single techno, hard house, hardcore, dnb or trance show last year at all. And Im pretty sure he didnt make it to a single rave.

Just view them as the ramblings of a demented old man who has pushed the enhancements a little too hard. Damn, anyone that makes me look young certainly needs to revalue what theyre doing in a scene like this.

i'd just like to insert a small comment here that it's not about age it's where your heads at





(and it's pretty obvious where his is)

Well shit me! I must be showing my age because I dont have a fuckin clue who this guy is

someone said when they think of raves they think of hard house
When I think of Raves I think of Hardcore
which is a Opinion Onion is also Ignorant about....Hardcore
The magazine is ment to reflect the Scene......guess there is no Hardcore scene in Adelaide

anyway its good that dude got a award, anyone who shaped a scene should be awarded. If you dont like his views thu, you should discuss it with the man and not make threads about it.
Threads like this just stir up shxt

In my opinion, Driller's articles are consistently self-indulgent, egotistic reflections of irrelevant issues - I don't bother reading them any more because Im not interested in which one of his paintings has been stolen this time.

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Two ducks swimming

i personally didnt find a video of all the events yancy attended last year to be much of a highlight reel, but got to pissed to care.

I like beer

7, lucky seven!