oh yeah. the france thing makes sense i guess (in the whole
irrational/illogical context of u.s. security things)
-----Original Message-----
From: "J.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Jan 27, 2005 4:08 PM
To: Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carissa Tintinalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: (313) No Movement 2005?
i thought it was an old one at first too martin, but he mentions the
date
november 2004 which makes it pretty recent i reckon.
it does seem a little strange tho. i know plenty of people from
europe who
have no problems getting here, such as bunker who just did a tour
here.
maybe laurent's got a shady past he can't disclose...
cant imagine why you'd wanna play here for bush pesos anyways tho
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Jan 27, 2005 4:02 PM
To: Carissa Tintinalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: (313) No Movement 2005?
What forms are these? - I never get asked any of these questions, nor
does
anyone else I know who visits the USA (and yes it's on biz), I know
the
forms are tough but Larry is just being silly. You have to answer
most of
that stuff to get a loan in Europe, can't see what the problem is...
This may be an old mail as well, I think I've heard him say this
before and
then 6 months later he was touring.
My 2cents
M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carissa Tintinalli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: (313) No Movement 2005?
Even if Movement had the money, city support, sponsors, logistics,
etc. in
their hands, it looks like they'd be stuck booking only U.S.
artists......the following is downright scary:
(Stolen from a friend's journal, I'm assuming this is from Laurent's
mailing list)
LAURENT GARNIER
TOUR CANCELLATION STATEMENT
LAURENT GARNIER US TOUR DATES
Fri March 4 SF Ruby Skye CANCELLED
Sat March 5 LA Avalon CANCELLED
Mon March 7 NY Cielo CANCELLED
I am very sorry to have to cancel my forthcoming U.S. tour due to
what I
consider to be completely unreasonable demands by the U.S. Embassy in
France in order to renew my
work visa.
In order to obtain this new visa, the rules have once again changed
since
November 2004 and I would now have to not only fill out an
exceedingly
probing application form, but also be interviewed by a member of the
Embassy staff, and provide proof of ownership of my house, details
of my
bank account, my mobile phone records, personal information on all my
family members and more. I consider these demands to be a complete
violation of my privacy and my civil liberties and I refuse to
comply.
I am horrified by these new regulations and feel really sad that
this is
what some call freedom and democracy.
It has now become almost impossible for an artist to come and
perform in
the United States. And until this new proceedure changes I will
unfortunately refuse to comply with this nonsense.
Thank you for your understanding.
Laurent Garnier
