For the record its much more difficult as a US artist trying to DJ in Canada. If the club doesn't have the permits sorted. You'll be detained at the airport and sent back home.
tb -----Original Message----- From: Carissa Tintinalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) US Customs (Was No Movement 2005?) I am also a Canadian going to school in the U.S., the difference being that I live in Windsor and commute to Detroit, so I deal with this crap every single day. I don't think Laurent is overexaggerating at all because I have seen such intrusion by U.S. officials first hand, amongst my fellow foreign students and towards the many Windsorites that work in Michigan. I've also been a student since pre-9/11 so I have seen the progression of security, and it has gotten tighter and tighter. I don't think anyone on this list, especially those living in the U.S., should brush of Laurent's claims as an "overreaction". He is not the only artist that this will happen to, and likely not the only artist that will say "screw it, all the trouble is not worth it". There are already several artists (such as Steve Bug and Ricardo Villalobos) that refuse to play in the U.S. due to political beliefs and security, and I'm sure these tightened measures will only discourage more. >From: Luis-Manuel Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: (313) US Customs (Was No Movement 2005?) >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:23:24 -0600 > >Dude(s), it's not just for people from other continents, it's for [EMAIL >PROTECTED] >canadians as well. I was a student for a couple of years at Indiana U back >in 97-99 and thought I had it rough as an "alien" student. I took comfort >in the knowledge that my Canadian status afforded me some "exceptions" in >the ordeal that was US Immigration. I just came back to Chicago in Aug of >04 for some more school work and the ordeal was MUCH bigger and more >aggressive. Rules are more restrictive, "extenuating circumstances" are no >longer entertained and the consequences for messing up your visa (i.e. >working as a tutor while on an F-1 visa) are much more dire (i.e. >deportation and confiscation of passport). If it sucks like that for >canadians, you can imagine what that's doing for visitors from overseas. > >oy >Luis > >
