Yes, they were playing commercials on the big screens, mainly in-between sets on the main stage, I think. I didn't even think about the contradiction between the repeated play of the Eminem commercial and his lyrical "techno diss" until Jayson B pointed it out.
It also seemed to me like there was less diversity among the attendees this year, compared to last year. If Pop Culture Media was hoping to attract mainly a "raver-type" of crowd, I think they got their wish. One thing I truly missed was RecordTime's absence at the festival this year. Although I did make time for a trip to Roseville this morning before returning home to Indiana, it was nice to have the convenience of browsing through their tent for vinyl goodies last year. Among the things I didn't miss this year were Ford Focuses and hailstones. My vote for two worst booths at DEMF go to 93.1 DRQ and also to WDTJ. I can understand that the festival provides excellent exposure for both radio stations, but DRQ's live mixshow broadcast (with "Lisa Lisa" I think it was) Monday night featured about every song I've been sick of hearing for the last two years. Blech. Even people in the remote regions of the U.P. have heard Sandstorm and Kernkraft 400 about a dozen times by now. WDTJ's sound system was horrible. I'm still looking in the manual for the part that says if the volume's not loud enough, turn it up until it's distorted to the point of being incomprehensible. Oh yeah, and my favorite performance this year... Alan Oldham. If for no reason other than it was my first chance to see and hear him, and he was off the hook. :) Tired, semi-deaf, somewhat happy and presently off to the 1 hour photo to get my pictures developed. :) Matt E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.magicmattkelly.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holly MacDonald-Korth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jayson B.'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 2:14 PM Subject: RE: [313] DEMF Observations > so where exactly were commercials? > > on big screens next to the stages? or were there monitors everywhere? were > there commercials during the artists' sets? or only in between? > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
