clarify that: your "unqualified" opinion.
tom, why are you so pissed? who cares...people can say whatever they
want...i think energy is better spent not arguing over tossed-off
comments...why not stop and try to understand someone else's viewpoint...if
you find no value in it, write it off, dont waste your energy arguing...i
dont know if i agree with atomly but there is always room for criticism and
improvement
>I think
>the festivals in 2000 and 2001 were some of the best lineups ever
booked
>in North America and were diverse enough and groundbreaking
enough to
>draw in people from all over the continent and even the world.
Since
>then, though, I feel like the festival has shifted its focus from
the
>groundbreaking and forward-thinking to the nostalgiac and
established.
i dont think its that easy to blame the roster for any decline in demf
success/fun. the first year it was fresh and new. ford was running
commercials on tv with model 500 and plugging the festival in mainstream
publications. there was as much or more nostalgic/established stuff the
first year as any other.
i just hope for a focus on live music. artists actually performing their own
stuff adds so much more energy and vitality and personality to the
experience. i think. the first year seemed to have an excellent balance of
live stuff and dj'ing, with the balance shifting towards dj's ever since. i
mean 1st year you had scion, poobahs, dbx, adult, guy called gerald, scan 7,
puzzlebox showcase, etc etc etc all live! there's been good live stuff every
year but they really covered the spectrum 1st year. last year only a few
names on the roster even had "live" next to their name, leaving me to guess
or just hope that some of the others would be live too...but i couldnt
afford to go just guessing and hoping. hype it up! accentuate the
personalities in electronic music! put on something to show the uninitiated
its real music not just dj/club culture
jt
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