With a few exceptions, booking the famous Chicago DJs can be scary. I don't know if it comes from them living and working in a really sketchy scene -- where most of them got ripped off by someone along the line, probably many times -- but there's a lot of chaos and uncertainty and no-shows involved.
We had one very famous Chicago DJ show up in our town, and I spent half the night after the show driving around town looking a woman -- any woman -- who was interested in a _VERY_ personal appearance by the man. He disappeared upstairs with a girl at some random student crib about 3:30 AM and I went home and crashed. Found out next days that the promoters had their (pretty meager) profit for the event erased when they had to pay hundreds out for a demolished hotel room. I won't name names. I will name a few of the guys who were not a problem -- Boo Williams, DJ Deeon, Gene Hunt, K Alexi, DJ Milton ... On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 9:00 AM, gavin morrissey <gavinmorris...@gmail.com>wrote: > Shitty for the promoters but I personally think it's a really bad idea to > go public like this, good luck booking any Chicago DJs in future now! Think > how many top DJs from Chicago and Detroit and elsewhere who are either > friends with Louis or see him as a hero, not sure how they would react to > such public mud slinging. > > > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Michael Elliot-Knight < > melliotkni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Those poor promoters. They should have walked away much earlier, when >> the whole fiasco with the sorting out of who his official "rep" was. >> >> I know they say they're the types who do it for the love of the music but >> sometimes it is better off following the head and not the heart. >> Especially when there's thousands of other people's dollars at stake. >> >> MEK >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Mel N <mymachines...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Wow I had no idea those forums got that long in like, 2 days... >>> >>> Can't believe the publicist went public, if the promotors had hired >>> lawyers LL should have got his own lawyers quickly onto it to shut it down >>> and negotiate an outcome. >>> >>> On my quick analysis if it was unlikely that the promotors would get >>> their $ back the best thing for them was to just go public and "win" it >>> that way (even if it meant it showed how naive they were). Sadly, to >>> recover $12000 by using lawyers is probably going to be a waste of $ - I >>> can see a legal bill about $5000 at least (which would cover 10 - 15 hours >>> work), totally not worth it. Even if they got judgment there is the >>> question of how it could be enforced. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 6:06 AM, The Archiver < >>> thearchi...@thearchiver.net> wrote: >>> >>>> That's absolute Gold! >>>> >>>> There was alarm bells ringing through the whole story, Lil Louis excuses >>>> are a bit thin , he'll lose the most from this as it's all over the web >>>> now. >>>> >>>> His "Publicist" needs to learn to stay out of forum debates. Even >>>> Marshall >>>> Jefferson has jumped to the defense of his "friend". >>>> >>>> Even if the promoters were a bit naive, for him to take nearly €12,000 >>>> is >>>> out of order. I can imagine promoters will think twice about booking >>>> him >>>> after this episode. I'm sure it happens lots of times that artist don't >>>> turn up and don't give the fee back. I've seen it happen here in Dublin. >>>> >>>> The Archiver >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Mike Taylor <disconihil...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> That is nothing, go read the 440+ comment long thread about this site >>>> on Resident Advisor. >>>> >>>> If you are looking for a message board trainwreck, this is a first >>>> rate example. >>>> >>>> m >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Patrick Wacher <pwac...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > If you have about 30 mins to spare, go grab a coffee, a warm place by >>>> the >>>> > fire and settle in and read this whole cluster between some Australian >>>> > promoters and Lil Louis. >>>> > >>>> > It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion... >>>> > >>>> > http://www.whoislillouis.com/ >>>> > >>>> > Enjoy! >>>> > Patrick. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
