well. it's been an interesting morning to say the least. hopefully people are going to realize that the pressure is going to be on to out perform the past few festivals.
there's alot i want to say to the new people, but that's for the arena of private conversation, and not a public forum. i hope it does well. i'm behind the new guys all the way in hopes that they will bring back not only the quality of the first festival, but the electricity each and every night held. and if i'm asked to be a part of the freakout setup team/artist co-ordination, then i'd be honored to do so. hell, i'd even DJ ;P... i hope derrick and whomever is in charge provides the festival with not only a good balance of new (*cough*craig gonzalez/matt dear*cough*) and old(*sneeze*shakeandclaudeyoung) detroit people, but artists also taking it to new territories. maybe bringing some really way out stuff like Taylor Deupree or Kim Cascone. some Jan Jelinek, Telefon Tel Aviv or Metro Area. there's plenty of exciting, quality new music out there that Detroit audiences have yet to be exposed to. i hope they have the wide angle lens on to include alot of different styles, rather than just banging it out. i hope the visuals are tastefully done and not over saturated with unecessary loops of inappropriate commercials during an artistic performance (in between performances is okay, if you really HAVE to.....). i also hope the main thoroughfare doesn't become a noisef_k of bass from stacks in every tent. there HAS to be some sort of limitations on that. there are many many other things i'd like to see happen, but i'm happy with the outcome and i sincerely hope that they buckle up, shut up, put their heads down, work their tails off and present a festival unlike anything detroit's seen yet. and now back to "metal box" by Public Image.... rt