i dont know what state theatre show you're talking about, but I remembe rthe agents of change party, and it was packed.
the state theatre is rather still-born in terms of techno venues... > > From: Kent Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/07/15 Fri PM 12:45:00 EDT > To: /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "fab." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: (313) Lost Sunday 28th August 2005 > > Mills doesn't play anywhere in the US very often. I don't know the man > so I only have second-hand accounts of why this is, which nevertheless > are quite plausible. > > #1 -- and probably the most important: In Europe, the sort of people > who hire him are experienced professionals, who set up events in a > competent and straightforward fashion. He has pleasant and mutually > beneficial relationships with those people. I'm sure there are > exceptions to this, but they only book him once. > > Present company excepted of course, this is not the case in the United > States. By and large promoters in the US are either incompent yet > idealistic post-ravers trying to re-live the early 90s, or out and out > criminals. > > #2 -- Mills' management very successfully insulate him from a lot of > the people who are interested in booking him in the US. If you see > Mills playing in the US you can be certain that it came about through > the efforts of people who he knows well enough that they can talk to > him directly, bypassing his management. > > #3 -- Mills doesn't have to play here to earn a living. I don't know > the man, but I think when he's here in the US, he's tending to Axis > business and living well below the radar. It's probably a nice break > from the hero treatment he gets in Europe and Japan, which can no > doubt be exhausting. > > #4 - As for Detroit, specifically, the last thing I heard about was > the State Theatre show that got canceled for lack of ticket sales. > That has to rankle. > > On 7/15/05, /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if mills came to detroit, it would be an EVENT. > > > > there is at least once-a-year demand for him in detroit, and thats > > extremely > > conservative. if richie hawtin can pack any place in detroit a couple > > times a > > year, surely mills can. not to mention the tools like bad boy bill and > > richard > > (humpy) vision (or wtf it is) that play here regularly, and probably pack > > clubs > > with the kind of people that make you wish the venue would get sucked into > > a > > black hole. >
