I was going to ask if anybody else has bit-bucketed the thread, but then I realized nobody would see it who has.
Anyway, I'm creating a gmail filter to shovel this poop directly into my trash from now on. This list is much more interesting when people post about the records they're feeling or positive news about 313 related artists, like the stewart walker show, for example. Less arguing, more content, pls k thx. On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:01 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fred Heutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/22/2008 03:04:35 PM: > > > Look, the question of whether there has been one "festival" or > > several different "festivals" because there were different > > production companies just doesn't matter very much to me. > > > At the same time there has > > obviously been a different approach and style that each production > > group has taken on. > > > What matters to me is that the general trend is the decline in the > > relative weight given to Detroit-area DJs and live acts over the > > years. > > Eh, yep - string these three together and you've got > > 1. there's been three different fests > 2. three different fest production companies > 3. a general trend in a decline of Detroit artist presence > > You're comparing apples and oranges > You have to consider the festivals from each production company seperately > - not as a whole string of the same event. > It's fair to compare 2002 to 2001 but not 2008 to 2001 because the company > in charge during 2001 had NOTHING to do with 2008's fest (and vise versa) > > each new production company is a new and different festival > It just so happened that Pop Culture, Carl Craig, Derrick May, and Kevin > Saunderson had a similar goal in mind > it's Paxahau's Movement that isn't continuing the same trajectory and never > did from the start of their production > it's unfair to the previously mentioned producers to lump them in with > Paxahau because I don't think they are cut from the same cloth > > By all signs given, Paxahau is *not* going to do a festival in the same > vein as the others > they are *not* going to return to a Detroit Electronic Music Festival style > event like we had during the 2000-2002 span > > It does come down to the production company and their mission > Each one has had a goal for the festival that was reflected in the line-ups > Each production company has given different results > > My opinion is if you want a 2000-2002 style festival don't wait around for > Paxahau to deliver it > Three years in a row they've shown that they just aren't interested in > doing it > > MEK > > -- peace, frank dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com
