From: Dan T. Hutchins <danthutchins@gmail.com>
To: All bound for Mu-Mu Land. <klf@mailman.xmission.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:52 PM
Subject: [KLF] OT: Gary Numan


Hey all,
Any other Numan fans out there? I goti into his old stuff around 1996 when I was bored looking for old things I had missed. Really dug the 79 to 83 output. Then a year later he brought out "Exile" and that really blew me away. "Pure" was even better. Have mixed feelings about "Jagged" but really like the early versions of these tracks he released on a comp a few years later. Just received "Dead Son Rising" in the mail and am pretty impressed so far. OK, it's a little padded with a few unnecessary reprises, but I think the thing was orginally supposed to be a mini-LP but he expanded it some so he could trot out all the deluxe formats.
I've went to all his US shows since I've been an adult (Pontiac 1997, Royal Oak 2001, Detroit 2006, Pontiac 2010) and the guy gives amazing performances considering tickets usually only cost between $17 to $20 and he plays to small crowds at least in the US.
He remindes me of the KLF in a way as he's a complete DIY project: self-funding, self-producing, and until very recently he managed his own website and webstore. I think in recent years he's done well enough to farm his site out to a third party as well as his online sales, but he's basically still self-funded, managed, and runs his own label. Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Prince, and most especially NIN have been name checking him lately. IMO he's an impressive guy then and especially now. Haters need not apply.

Dan
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