Well it's finaly hit me. electronic music as has been dominating the scene since the late 80's since the development and populisation of the "techno" music seems to be well and truely at an end. Despite longings to go only to my local night spot saturday nights with the desire to listen to, and if the tunes are right, dance to, some electronic music in whatever form the dj is playing. The aforementioned techno was always popular, with house, trance, and heaps of other variants well and truely in there. Personaly i dident mind rap either. Sir-mix-a-lot, Young mc, Hammer, Run D.M.C., even the beastie boys where always welcome. Now rap has been warped into hip-hop. A style of music that you can only bounce to, and definatly not dance to in any way shape or form to. Hip-hop, largely the domain of afircan americans, has taken over the nightspots where electronica in all it's forms once ruled. The young people of today are taken in by the "gangster" persona of a number of the better known exponents. the young men are also persuaded by the video clips of extramly skantily clad women with ample busts flying about everywhere. Guys, rarely do video clips reveal anything. Your wasting your time gawking. perhaps it's just my narrow look on the world from a country town 200km from a town with a 20k population, and 300km from my capitial city. perhams i'm being bent by the narrow minds of the dj's at my local night spot who i've only ever known to play hip hop. perhaps i need to get out more to the right kinds of places - how can one do that in the country. Or perhaps i'm getting old set in my ways. Punk is a style that came and went. perhaps it's electronica's time to go. I hope to god it's not 'cause there's not a lot else out there to listen to. if anyone has any tips on how to survive in the drought of new and popular electronica i'd be glad to here it. sorry to rant, it's been one of those days Shaun