I may be mistaken, but wasn't this State Theatre event the one that was canceled?
http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=1314 i.e. March 1 2001. On 7/15/05, /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i dont know what state theatre show you're talking about, but I remembe rthe > agents of change party, and it was packed. > > the state theatre is rather still-born in terms of techno venues... > > > > > > From: Kent Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/07/15 Fri PM 12:45:00 EDT > > To: /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > CC: Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "fab." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: Re: Re: (313) Lost Sunday 28th August 2005 > > > > Mills doesn't play anywhere in the US very often. I don't know the man > > so I only have second-hand accounts of why this is, which nevertheless > > are quite plausible. > > > > #1 -- and probably the most important: In Europe, the sort of people > > who hire him are experienced professionals, who set up events in a > > competent and straightforward fashion. He has pleasant and mutually > > beneficial relationships with those people. I'm sure there are > > exceptions to this, but they only book him once. > > > > Present company excepted of course, this is not the case in the United > > States. By and large promoters in the US are either incompent yet > > idealistic post-ravers trying to re-live the early 90s, or out and out > > criminals. > > > > #2 -- Mills' management very successfully insulate him from a lot of > > the people who are interested in booking him in the US. If you see > > Mills playing in the US you can be certain that it came about through > > the efforts of people who he knows well enough that they can talk to > > him directly, bypassing his management. > > > > #3 -- Mills doesn't have to play here to earn a living. I don't know > > the man, but I think when he's here in the US, he's tending to Axis > > business and living well below the radar. It's probably a nice break > > from the hero treatment he gets in Europe and Japan, which can no > > doubt be exhausting. > > > > #4 - As for Detroit, specifically, the last thing I heard about was > > the State Theatre show that got canceled for lack of ticket sales. > > That has to rankle. > > > > On 7/15/05, /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > if mills came to detroit, it would be an EVENT. > > > > > > there is at least once-a-year demand for him in detroit, and thats > > > extremely > > > conservative. if richie hawtin can pack any place in detroit a couple > > > times a > > > year, surely mills can. not to mention the tools like bad boy bill and > > > richard > > > (humpy) vision (or wtf it is) that play here regularly, and probably pack > > > clubs > > > with the kind of people that make you wish the venue would get sucked > > > into a > > > black hole. > > >
