I kinda agree with what the article says about Detroit. Especially
where it notes that Detroit is basically a city that shuns on forward
thinking or creative ideas (Techno and The Heidlburg Projects are
perfect examples). I mean sheesh, it took THIS long to have a DEMF in
Detroit where this music has been around for almost 20 years!
And quote
"They created a lifestyle mentality, where Pittsburgh and Detroit were
still trapped in that Protestant-ethic/bohemian-ethic split, where
people were saying, "You can't have fun!" or "What do you mean play in a
rock band? Cut your hair and go to work, son. That's what's important. "
This is so true because I've heard this from Detroiters I know who are
"creative" whose parents would tell them basically that..."get a blue
collar job instead of doing music or art or whatever"...but until they
see that you're successful in it (and they'll only understand it when
you're sucessful in it), their attitudes don't change because all they
understand is a job with a little security, a small house, a wife or a
husband, kids...the normal life. But from what I was told it takes
people in Detroit a long time to see potential in creativity and new
ideas. That's just the way it is.
Lates,
g.
Fred Heutte wrote:
I don't subscribe to a lot of the theorizing in this article, but
it's interesting -- about recent research done on the role of the
"creative class" in revitalizing cities.
In fact, Detroit has a pretty active creative class (the "electronic
music scene" is even mentioned obliquely in the article, but nothing
else, showing how little either the author or researcher seem to
know about the city), and the *potential* exists, as we've all
known, for this to spur the true rebirth of the city. We'll see
whether the new mayor rises to that challenge.
Anyway, 313 related but not exactly electronic music related:
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/06/06/florida/index.html
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