i think the operative word in that quote is "chuckles". the whole thing is funny.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jongsma, K.J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:56 AM Subject: RE: (313) more demf stuff... > > Wow - look at this from the article > > > > As the party moves to the Roostertail for a night of thumping techno, the mayor's crew chuckles about Marvin's > attempt to keep the festival. Kilpatrick's chief administrative officer, Derrick Miller, says Hearns, though a > great guy, suggested the DEMF needs some classic R&B acts. > > > > > Classic R&B acts? I know this festival is suppose to be about the music of > Detroit but if you're going to open it up to classic R&B then why not have > some rock & roll like The Dirtbombs and White Stripes fer chris'sake. Why > we're at it let's add some big band jazz, country music, blues, and > classical music. > > MEK > > > > > > "Jongsma, K.J." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org > o.nl> cc: > Subject: RE: (313) more demf stuff... > 01/28/03 06:27 AM > > > > > > > > > > All this stuff from Carol Marvin really boils down to a demand to pay > > her off so she'll go away. The Hearns thing is particularly > > cynical. > > It's all about lawyers from now on, so if I were Derrick May and Carl > > Craig I'd say, "see you in court -- if you dare." > > > > And if the new festival can't use the DEMF name, I'm sure another > > can be found, and maybe not such a bad idea anyway since it would > > allow rebuilding the "brand" in a direction more true to the real > > meaning and history of electronic music in Detroit. > > Metrotimes also has an article about this: > http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=4518 > > A spokesman of Kilpatrick says: > > "If necessary, Dickens says, the name will change to the Detroit > International Electronic Music Festival, or some such variation." > > and the DEMF is just a name indeed. I wondered how we would think of this > if > PCM got the festival and Derrick May said he was doing a 3 day party to > because he thinks he must do the festival.......... just a thought > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > DISCLAIMER > > De gemeente Almelo aanvaardt voor haar medewerkers geen enkele > aansprakelijkheid voor eventueel onjuist, onrechtmatig of > ontoelaatbaar geacht gebruik van e-mail (inclusief bijlagen). > > Dit e-mail bericht is door de gemeente Almelo gecontroleerd op > de aanwezigheid van eventuele virussen. Wij kunnen echter geen > garantie afgeven dat al onze e-mail berichten volledig virus > vrij zijn. Het is daarom verstandig uw binnenkomende e-mail > berichten zelf op de mogelijke aanwezigheid van virussen > te controleren. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
