Has anyone seen the setup of the Detroit stage this year? Has anyone heard the sound? Let's reserve judgment until we see/hear the results shall we? And looking at the line up I see real Detroit artists on all of the stages.
Personally, I kind of like that the Detroit stage is underground. Detroit techno has always been underground even within the city itself. I grew up hearing the artists who have played the Detroit stage over the last few years in smokey, sweaty, concrete venues that were far from safe. It feels fitting to me. This is coming from someone who prefers to hear techno and house outdoors as of late too. I can't argue the acoustics issue, which is far from good. I feel like the Paxahau guys know what they are doing and are really trying to make it work. ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:45:25 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: (313) Call to action with respect to putting Detroit Artists in the > concrete dungeon at DEMF > > The underground stage area at Hart Plaza is an awful place to hear > music. The acoustics are irredeemable, and the place frankly stinks, > especially after 2 days of sweat, smoke and god knows what. If it is > actually full, it's a serious hazard to human life, as it holds more > people than could exit safely all at once. > > Our irrepressible friend Tom Cox is asking people to contact Paxahau > and try and get them to stop using it as a stage area, and ESPECIALLY > to stop using it to hide the real Detroit artists from festival goers. > > http://infinitestatemachine.com/2010/04/30/dear-paxahau-this-is-not-okay-no-more-underground-stage/ > _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
