Given that a) the City of Detroit can't or won't support the festival in terms of paying for insurance and crowd control and b) in order to survive, the festival needs to at least break even, maybe it's the better part of valor to give Paxahau a little latitude on booking. Since it isn't the 313-list Electronic Music Festival.
Maybe some kids will come for Girltalk, some Prius-driving middle managers will come for Moby, and have their minds blown by Carl Craig or Dan Bell, or TP. Stranger things have happened. By the way, Girltalk has MAD draw. I went to the Dan Deacon/Girl Talk show here in Iowa because my son paid for a ticket and had to be out of town, and because I don't mind Dan Deacon. There was a crowd TWICE what the fire marshall allows. I don't know about Moby as a draw though. I knew him a little back in the day via the Internets; I bet he sincerely is excited and honored to play the festival. He might suck, or he might surprise people. He's not without a modicum of talent and intelligence.
