I didn't know they were given free focuses, what the hell is that? I thought that the deal honoring them on Monday was questionable, but free cars? It was nice to find out that all it takes for city counsel and other city officials (archer) to support the music and those who love it (their constituents) is a hefty 84 million in revenues. Ford was not too invasive nor were any of the other sponsors. I actually expected worse. Highlights for me were Chocolate, Mr. Gianelli's live set, Magda's set at Jak, RICHIE'S set at Jak, Laurent Garnier, and Random Noise Generation. Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: Jayson B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:04 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: [313] Evil corporate at the DEMF
So what did you guys think? did the Ford over do it? Was it super commercialized to the point where it ruined the phatty underground vibe? What i REALLY want to hear, is what you guys thought of our dearly beloved "innovators" getting Ford Focuses at Cpop on friday night. Is this a sellout move in their part? or do they deserve the increase in success they've been recieving since last year? Personally? I was very impressed by how low key ford actually. Yeah, they had two focuses at the front of the festival. But there weren't any Huge Focus signs all over, there weren't people handing out "buy a focus" flyers, there wasn't anything like that. Maybe its just me, but i just think someone at ford at the very least has a vague idea of what this culture is about. Sometimes Corporations support things because they Believe in them, and i think that maybe this was the Case this year. Unless of course they used Laurent's Fantastic set as a subliminal message to allow us to be fed more corporate invasions for next year. but that's just the conspiracy theorist in me. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
