i'm going to leave the ridiculous race speculation alone (although i'm sure others won't)
heh- i guess i'm not gonna leave it alone. ;) On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Scott K Ellis wrote: > Yeah, I think there must be some frustration going on for Derrick to be so > open about the money problems in his interviews. I'm guessing sporsorship is > a major issue. In Detroit there's always going to be this extra race factor > thrown in when dealing with the major sponsors. While Derrick tries to pitch > a multi-racial, world-class event, I'm sure the sponsor are like, you want > us to give you money for some hip-hop/rnb (read black) music festival. Got > to be alot of pressure. I'm not mad at him. But I understand Yussel's point > that that expressing these frustrations in public (e.g. Coleman Young) > doesn't help the festival or Detroit. Just give us what you got Derrick. > It'll be great. > > Scott > > > On one hand I agree that talking about fees can be tacky. But on the other > hand, Derrick may have felt he needed to say exactly WHY Kraftwerk wouldn't > be at Movement. Like someone else said, they've always been considered the > "ultimate booking" for this festival and a lot of people are wondering why > it hasn't happened yet. > > > But you know someone will say that it's still Derrick's fault for not > being > able to get enough sponsorship dollars to pay for Kraftwerk. It seems like > he's damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't. > > >
