Me again... :) I don't think the Paxahau folks are a bunch of racists or don't care about Detroit. But that is often the general consensus by many critics. I am really interested in their motivations and personal histories with Detroit. I've interviewed one of the Paxahau DJs and we talked a bit about this. Trying to interview Jason Huvare, but that probably won't happen until after the festival.
>> I think it's way more complicated than just "Paxahau is racist" or >> they are just a bunch of guys from the suburbs who don't care about >> Detroit. >> > While I might quibble with some of Paxahau's decisions artistically, I > think it's grossly unfair to talk sh1t about their motivations. > Paxahau would be just fine without the festival -- in fact > financially, they might actually be better off not doing it. Paxahau > does the festival because they want the festival to continue, because > they believe in it's importance to Detroit, and because doing a > festival of this scale successfully is a huge accomplishment. > -- Denise Dalphond Ph.D. Candidate Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology Indiana University http://denisedjsdetroit.blogspot.com/
