It's just too hard for foreigners to travel to the US anyways. It's
too hard to get media visas. Hate to say but we go to anywhere else
to welcome arms. I love the US, love its people (with some political
exceptions), but I find the whole experience of travelling there
arouses anxiety. To get a media visa you have to send your passport
months in advance, have a magazine with an office there (unlikely for
indie Australian press) and calling the consulate to ask a question
you have to have your credit card ready and pay A$10 per question -
seriously. In Japan, Singapore, Europe, we're welcome as long as of
course we don't work there for income which we don't, we're covering
their scenes back here, which they like. I don't mind the process if
it's simple but it's so arbitrary and so easy to do the wrong thing,
it's not worth it.
On 02/02/2007, at 10:28 PM, Aidan O'Doherty wrote:
if they got they're act together, then they'd have bigger influx of
foreigners. surely they sould have been planning it the day the last
event finished. lock down artists early. now is when line-up needs to
be released. i probably wouldn't bother with main event, especially if
the line-up bears any resemblance to last year's.
wish i'd gone to the actual demfs.
On 02/02/07, Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is the main reason why I've never gone Robin. Unfortunately,
some
of us aren't able to drop everything on a month-to-six weeks
notice and
go to Detroit for a few days. Love to go, but that's the reality.
-----Original Message-----
From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 02 February 2007 11:14
To: Matt Chester
Cc: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!
i'm thinking of coming over this year too. i wish they'd sort this
earlier in the year to allow overseas people organise travel plans
properly too.
robin...
Matt Chester wrote:
> So what do people there recommend for any of us thinking of coming
> over? I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to finally drag myself
out
> this year, dunno if it's going to be a big disappointment or if all
the
> afterparties and other goings on will more than make up for any
lameness
> at the main event?
