maybe techno is like punk rock in that its days of having a massive influence on all music are over, but it will continue on, growing steadily less popular and more underground year after year...

is that a bad thing? a good thing? both? neither?

the way i see it, though, techno is going to continue to subdivide and subdivide...eventually we'll see sections in stores (or more accurately, on juno) with titles like "hard experimental swedo-detroitcore acid techno."