if taylor comes, they better invite sogar :) it would have to be a chillout area though..
that would rock ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Theakston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 12:25 PM Subject: RE: (313) Mayday (or Labor Day) > 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 > > >
