The first Wizard show was scheduled for
I must agree that Mills in the park in
He spent his whole 2 hours going from house to funk to disco to rap to techno and back. Almost 'Wizard' like. It was SO much better than hearing him bang out a straight techno set IMHO. He was having a great time as well...until some jerkoff threw a bottle at him at the very end. Luckily, the bottle just missed.
This was actually the 3rd time he has played
Cheers!
>From: /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Garrett McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kent Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: list 313 <313@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: Re: (313) Lost Sunday 28th August 2005
>Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:29:18 -0400
>
>I think I know some people that went to that, so Im sure it happened, maybe not on the originally scheduled date.
>
>I think that and the agents of change party were the only two shows he's done here in the past 10 years.
>
>
> >
> > From: Garrett McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: 2005/07/15 Fri PM 02:19:22 EDT
> > To: Kent Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > CC: list 313 <313@hyperreal.org>
>
> Subject: Re: (313) Lost Sunday 28th August 2005
> >
> > correct, that one was cancelled. supposedly due to poor pre-sales,
> > but who really knows. i think that "wizard" show did eventually
> > happen 4-6 months later...? memory there is hazy cuz i didn't have
> > the chance to consider going.
> >
> > kent your other points are very well taken. if you've ever spoken to
> > frederick you know booking mills is like booking a major rock band;
> > AND he's generally very unpleasant. some kids who want to have a
> > party [dude] aren't going to get anywhere with him. i think there is
> > also some degree of jeff doesn't have faith in party/club goers in
> > this country and largely just wants to avoid the whole
thing. i'm
> > sure that part would never be admitted to. but in the last decade in
> > north america pretty much the only place he has played is NYC, save a
> > handful of detroit things, the mini US tour he did last summer, and
> > richie's Sickness party in 1996. plus he has said on a number of
> > occasions that when he's in detroit/chicago, he just wants to
> > relax... as you said.
> >
> > On Jul 15, 2005, at 10:31 AM, Kent Williams wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> >
