Hey, *I've* been attacked by skinheads - in East Germany! (At least they attempted to attack me!)
The good thing about skinheads is that they effectively don't discriminate! They hate everybody who disagrees with them (which is virtually everybody!) Ken >-----Original Message----- >From: Kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 3:33 PM >To: Odeluga, Ken >Cc: 313 list >Subject: (313) American Artists overseas > > >I hope you're right, that American artists are still getting booked. >A good friend of mine who isn't a techno artist was rather frightened >on his last tour in Germany, where he was harrassed by skin heads and >yelled at for being Americans elsewhere. > >Here's hoping, all evidence to the contrary, that we're not entering a new >dark age. > >On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Odeluga, Ken wrote: >> >American artists are less welcome >> >in Europe given the current troubles. >> >> Current US/European political agreements aside, I can't see how >this would >> contribute to US artists of any kind being overlooked for bookings here. >> >> In 'big business' (the ugly specter of which I raise, just for >the sake of a >> comparison and an example) long-term well-known relationships >are as normal >> with no question of wider considerations altering that. >> >> The only thing that's hurting everybody (inlcuding all types of music) is >> the global economic slowdown. >> >
