On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Vince Woolums wrote: > > This is one really important measure of the level of "commercialism." > > Will people around the world have access to ALL of the dj sets, or just > > the corporate sponsored ones? > > Which, interestingly, includes not just the festival itself, but promoters > putting on 'after parties'. They're certainly commercial, but not offered > free of charge. In my opinion, some of last year's after parties were > rudely expensive.
This too brings up an excellent point. If last year's parties are any indicator, it's going to cost around $200 at LEAST just to be able to hang out a couple of nights. One argument is that this is ok because we're talking about local artists and promoters getting loot rather than multinats. Another argument is that it's ok because we have people with loot flying from all over the world for it so the costs deal with the market. But another argument is that this further plays into the commercialism...and yet another argument that notes that such exhorbitant prices may lock out the very people that were responsible for the support of the music in the first place. peace lks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
