I think I know some people that went to that, so Im sure it happened, maybe not on the originally scheduled date.
I think that and the agents of change party were the only two shows he's done here in the past 10 years. > > From: Garrett McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/07/15 Fri PM 02:19:22 EDT > To: Kent Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: list 313 <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: (313) Lost Sunday 28th August 2005 > > correct, that one was cancelled. supposedly due to poor pre-sales, > but who really knows. i think that "wizard" show did eventually > happen 4-6 months later...? memory there is hazy cuz i didn't have > the chance to consider going. > > kent your other points are very well taken. if you've ever spoken to > frederick you know booking mills is like booking a major rock band; > AND he's generally very unpleasant. some kids who want to have a > party [dude] aren't going to get anywhere with him. i think there is > also some degree of jeff doesn't have faith in party/club goers in > this country and largely just wants to avoid the whole thing. i'm > sure that part would never be admitted to. but in the last decade in > north america pretty much the only place he has played is NYC, save a > handful of detroit things, the mini US tour he did last summer, and > richie's Sickness party in 1996. plus he has said on a number of > occasions that when he's in detroit/chicago, he just wants to > relax... as you said. > > On Jul 15, 2005, at 10:31 AM, Kent Williams wrote: > > > I may be mistaken, but wasn't this State Theatre event the one that > > was canceled? > > > > http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=1314 > > > > i.e. March 1 2001. > > > > On 7/15/05, /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> 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. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > >
