This is a forward of a message that was sent to the paxahau list. --- forwarded message ---
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "paxahau.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paxahau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: DEMF update Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 11:31:05 -0400 greetings all who get this. paxahau has been put in a tough position the last couple weeks for a few very strong reasons. after carefully measuring out our options with friends and strategic partners, we regret to announce that paxahau.com will not be sponsoring a booth at this years DEMF. this comes as a big upset to us and our feature dj's, but the controversy surrounding this event have quite simply taken the faith and good feeling out of participating in such an event. two of the bigger reasons were: 1) we could not credit or discredit rumors that a dj booth was not going to be allowed after we wrote a check and 2) even if sound systems were allowed, we know that over 12 booths on the same sidewalk have requested sound and that would put us right in the middle of cheesefest nightmare with our sound bleeding into a bunch of other crap, taking away from any sort of attention the dj's would deserve. i am sure whoever is receiving this is also aware of the recent request of carol marvin (pop culture media) asking carl craig to step down as festival director. what people may not know is the fact that the grounds for this were completely misinterpreted by carol's "friend" at the newspaper. schedules, as she blamed him for not meeting, didn't seem to be a part of her world last year when she didn't pay any of her bills on time, so ?????. the truth is this is nothing more than old fashion greed for power now that she has gotten what she wants (exaggerated press), nothing more. under usual circumstances we would not mention or get in the middle of anything, but what she has done is removed the very essence that brought us here in the first place. carol marvin doesn't know the first thing about this culture or this music, she is just seeing an opportunity to profit from it. from a business prospective these are understandable tactics if you want to be shady and such, but this is Detroit, and this is electronic music. a group has worked hard for so many years to build this up only to have it snagged by some broken down nobody with media sympathy smiling all the way to the bank. now the festival has no real roots involved, meaning it will grow in some twisted and altered media crazed commercial direction. although this may have happened and perhaps does happen to every genre of music culture in history, from a purely objective point of view, Detroit inner circle is in a sad spot right now. whether or not anything can be done remains to be seen, but we are completely supporting carl and whatever he may decide to do. we urge you to direct letters of concern to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] , and forward to anyone you think may want to be heard. thanks archiving Detroit's electronic music activity. change the channel. www.paxahau.com --- end forwarded message --- -- :: atomly :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.atomly.com/ | 877.741.3571 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
