You talk about defensiveness, Atomly, but then you say things like this: "Carl Craig booked a diverse lineup that you couldn't see anywhere else in the world whereas last year they must've done all the bookings out of a Detroit white pages from 1996."
Let's review the evidence then. Open up the phone directory and we find: Akufen Amp Fiddler Andres Aril Brikha Ayro Ben Bracken Blaze (TBC) Brad Hales Buzz Goree Carl Craig and Detroit Experiment Carlos Souffront Clark Warner Danny Krivit Dabrye Delano Smith DJ Spinna (TBC) Double Helix Dwele D Wynn Eddie Fowlkes ESG Francois K Fusion Genesis Grandwizzard Theodore Jazzy Jay Jeff Mills Jimmy Edgar Jon Arnold John Beltran Juan Atkins Kevin Saunderson and Kenny Larkin K. Hand Korie Liquid Liquid Magda Marcellus Pittman Matthew Dear Mike Clark Mike Grant Milo (Wild Bunch/Massive Attack) Niko Marks (TBC) Norma Jean Bell Norm Talley Perspects Peven Everett Pole Reese Project Reggie Dokes Richie Hawtin (TBC) Rolando Ron Trent Sans Soliel Scott Zacharias Anthony (Shake) Shakir Slum Village Spacek Stacey Hale Stacy Pullen Szysmanski Tamion 12" The 3 Chairs featuring Kenny Dixon Jr. Theo Parrish Thinkbox Thomas Fehlman Time:Space Ursula Rucker Vikter Duplaix Wolf Eyes (pulled this list from the Freep lineup in an early May 2003 news story so it's not 100% accurate) I'll see Mike Grant, Agent X, my man Reggie Dokes, Shake, Kelli, Clark, Buzz, John Arnold, etc. etc. etc. ANY DAY. As for those attendance figures, everyone knows they are eyewash. If anything, the festival is too crowded at least half the time, given the physical limitations of Hart Plaza. But that also keeps the crowds to a manageable level. fred
