I'd rather see it die a respectful death.
MEK
"Derek Plaslaiko." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/28/2006 11:36:35 AM:
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> I couldnt agree more, but weve had it our way for 6 years prior and the
> fest has consistantly caused its organizers to go into debt. Theres
plenty
> to love about the fest in its current form, so why not embrace it?
>
> To each his own. I can overlook the crap thats on there. If you cannot, I
> really DO understand. With so much going on all over hart plaza all
> weekend, it will be really easy for me to miss all of the bullsh*t.
>
> derek.
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> On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >> Dont you feel this has
> >> more to offer than, say... timewarp? Or even I Love Techno? I do. Its
> > more
> >> diverse than either of those, and with overall MUCH better music! (I
dont
> >
> >> see any Happy Hardcore on there..)
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> > Sorry, just can't say I see the same thing. When they've given time
slots
> > to the Progressive House/Trance DJs of Picturethisdetroit.com something
has
> > gone seriously askew. I don't care if they are local DJs and that's
what
> > is going on in Detroit. That music is soulless and it's sh!t. Even if
the
> > DJs are from Detroit the music isn't and has been ripped so far from
it's
> > techno roots that it's practically anti-techno. You can find
pro/trance at
> > any other festival around the world and it's absence from the DEMF was
what
> > made the weekend so great. DEMF was a hi-tech soul music festival. As
much
> > as I like a number of the additions (mainly the house artists - Blaze,
> > Louie Vega, etc.) I think the introduction of the Prog/Trance thing is
> > bogus and it paves the way for more of that nonsense in the future. I
> > liked the fact that you had to go to an afterparty to hear any
prog/trance
> > - don't give that crap an "official" platform!
> >
> >> I realize that for alot of you, the fest has morphed into something
else
> >> (for better, or for worse).
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> > Well, it's worse - should I be excited about that?
> > F*ck that.
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> > MEK
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