I couldn't figure out what was up either! You have to make sure that your email is in plain text format (set this in your email clients configuration, or on the individual message) to post. When you reply to an email, it automatically does this. So, if you can reply, but not start a post, change your settings!
xoxo, h -----Original Message----- From: lisa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:21 PM To: Douglas Singleton Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: (313) Movement Detroit 2003 hmmm, yes ... seems the listserver is acting wacky today - I can't start a new post either so I'm hitching a ride on this one :) Curious, have there been any stories, articles, etc. on how well Movement 03 did? Too early to tell? From the perspective of those who've attended in the past - do you think there were more or less people this year? btw, the pix & write-ups people have shared are great - fun to see different views of the event(s)! The one of the older woman in the blue dress from the gallery below is pretty cool, imo. lisa :) Douglas Singleton wrote: > > (you don't know me, but I was there too.) > > photos: > > http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/indoug/lst?&.dir=/Movement+Detroit+2003&.sr > c=ph&.view=t > > > snippets of reflections: > > Kelli Hand rocks, its always a good sign when a DJ finds herself so > moved by what shes spinning that shes got her hands swinging up in the > air while she jabs back and forth with the crowd. > > Underground Resistance soldiers Buzz Goree and Rolando spun back to > back > sets on the Movement Stage, jumping off the night session. Rolando did > the hard electro thing to begin with before getting progressively > harder, nothing too rattling, just hard techno grooves. > > Kenny and Kevin taking turns mapping out their history of Detroit, > relentless and smooth. I dont know, its always weird for me to see > these legends up there doing their thing like they can, so effortlessly > and heartfelt, and then see all the people out in the square dancing, > right here in Detroit (here in America), black, white, old(er), raver > kids, gangs of hip-hop kids, families sitting up on the steps. All > listening to the groove. I kinda felt good for Kenny and Kevin. > > The purpose of doing SPITE was to catch Robert Hood, who rarely if > ever > comes to New York. After awhile Hood jumped on the decks and was very > quickly so hard and complex that things felt instantly taken to another > level. It was worth it. One would think that with the bpms pumped so > fast the music would lose character, but it did not. Hood is very hard > but the music rich . His spinning is so serious, no-holds-barred > intelligent and complex that its perplexing. It would seem impossible > to be both speedy-fast and funkythat defies certain laws. But he > manages to do it, hard, hard, rich, speedy-funky beats. Almost like some > gabba ghetto s ** t. > > At Movement itself Three Chairs (specifically Theo, Marcellus, and > Wilhite) were the most fulfilling event for me, a black barbecue circa > 2030: old disco, hard techno, ancient neo-soul, black, white, old, > young, the intelligent contingent along with those just booty shakin > losing it. > > And May hit it running, off into some extreme tweakin trickery from > the startnotes and bass and tones dipping and soaring through the air > as he tweaked here and there, bobbing his head, stepping back from the > mixer like a pimp and then attacking it on beat. Amazing. It was as if > the room had been lifted off the ground and raised a few feet into the air. > > It was cool. He went mad old school for a bitelectro, hip-hop (all > pre-87, I remember a Run-DMC track), and old school house jams. I > remember saying to myself at one point, Jeff Mills is playing a > straight-up soul song . He did some scratching and turntable trickery. > It was beautiful. He played Rappers Delight . I spotted an old > African-American woman behind us mouthing all of the lyrics, as was I. > Eventually the electro and hip-hop disappeared and he got harder, giving > those there to hear Jeff Mills what they wanted, but only a little. He > jumped on his 909 and rocked outthe people up front going crazy. He > went back to some electro and old house (it was weird hearing the > crackling of the old records booming out of Hart Plazas sound system, > coming from Mills). Harder again, back to the 909, and then he was off. > > What is Kenny Dixon Jr. on? Some futuristic black family backyard > party > s ** t? The Stylistics meet Kraftwerk? And then he got to that hard > metallic disco and it morphed into roving Detroit. He was mixing by > then, sliding his way to serious techno and it all made perfect sense, > people, a few dozen now, were on the dance floor losing it feeling his > vibe, streaming in from the back room. I had some KDJ, it was intense. > It was true. > > I decided to walk through the morning streets back to the hotel, past > old Tiger Stadium, past the street people huddled up against buildings > sleeping. The streets were empty, they always seem to be that way in > Detroit, that perfect of industrial wastelands. > > peace, > > >
