When I was leaving the KMS afterparty there were cops rolling in deep into that, so I assumed that it was going to get busted, but after talking to Pete G. and Mark F., who were inside, it was not.
The funniest bit was some guy standing in line outside who made the mistake of asking one of the cops standing outside it the party was going to be shut down. Reply: " What??!??, you WANT me to shut it down? To which he says no, then: "Then SHUT UP!!" I guess she wasn't having a good day policing the wonderful streets of Detroit. I can definitely understand beign a little rude when dealing with drunken idiots, as I'm sure they had to at some point that night, but the guy that this was aimed at was lucid. Lucid enough to not want to pay 25 bucks to go to a party that could get shut down 5 minutes later. As far as permits go, I don't know how many places actually bother to get them. One of the loopholes of doing afterparties at galleries was the fact that they can hold events for any time periods. As long as the event could be shown to be an "artistic" event, it could go on forever. I don't know how true that was this year. My highlight this year was listening to Dan Bell's set at the Underground Stage, as well as Buzz in the MI tent. Another highlight was the freestyle programming doen by Ayro at the beginning of his set on the Movement Stage, followed by the impromptu dancing by the ladies and gent clad in brown overtones. Nice! Another big + was seeing my NYC peeps (Pete G. and Mark F.), Ms. Potts (you reminded me of Brad Pitt in True Romance chilling in the crib 24/7), as well the French connection (you know who you are), and of course those international techno vagabonds (Technotourists, Inc.). Shout out complete... As for all of the drama that ensues from a gathering such as this, I must say what's more important than all of this BS is to hang with people you know, meet people you don't, and just enjoy the company (for the most part) of people that enjoy techno to some degree or another. Peace, Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "::)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, May 30, 2003 3:15 pm Subject: Re: (313) busted parties > i've been to a few where they just show up and say "party's over" > and if you > ask why they say "you wanna go to jail?" > > the dpd needs no good reason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek VerLee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 3:08 PM > Subject: (313) busted parties > > > > Late on the thread.. email problems... anyhue, > > > > How many parties that get busted, now-a-days, get busted > > due to venues serving after 2am? How many due to improper > > permits or somesuch? Do parties get busted for illegal > > venues anymore, or is the days of break-in-and-rave over? > > What other reasons do the police have to harass a party? > > > > Seems to me that if a large percentage of parties are > > getting busted due to serving alcohol after 2am, an obvious > > solution is to choose to have our parties in more > > responsible venues. > > > > _derek > > > > ps. Oddly, I've never been at a party that has been busted. > > Therefore, logically, another obvious solution is to only > > attend parties that I go to. > >
