(313) my personal experience at movement

[Thorin Teague]

For some reason this was the first DEMF that I went to. Don't ask me why I 
never went before this year, I couldn't tell you. For the last year and a 
half, I've listened to my roommates complain about how Detroit is the armpit 
of the world, and they can't wait to get out of it. 

I was driving in from Lansing on Saturday morning, and it occurred to me 
seeing the ren cen crest the horizon that there are a million people here 
from all over the world that are completely thrilled to be in the city. It's 
not that I didn't "know" it was the techno mecca. It's just that it never 
gelled in a physical, bodily way. (Speaking of which, I'm wonderfully sore.) 
So, I guess my perception of the city has been changed. 

The first thing I noticed when I got to the fest was elephant ear stands. 
That really floored me. Hearing the ol' throbbing 
4-on-the-floor-approach-from-afar sound off triumphantly from the movement 
stage and seeing $5 hamburger stands was like and old friend giving me a big 
warm hug while scraping a cheese grater across my gums. 

Anyway I'm not gonna go on and on even though I could. Met lots of cool 
people, a few from the 313 list, yeah, and the music was great and all that, 
blah blah I'll leave it for another post. :)