On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Matt Kane's Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't the last year's lineup on the site because i keep getting > redirected to the photo gallery, but the press release highlights Jeff > Mills, Moodymann, and Model 500?! press releases highlighting stuff isnt going to draw the international crowd when they have better overall choices out there for festivals to attend. they can try window dressing all they want, people are not stupid. any detroit emphasis they try to give off is a joke. > There have been joke acts every > year, and the rave crowd started showing up in spades at least two > years before Paxahau took over. no joke acts as bad as the drum and bass jokers last year and in 06, or Booka Shade last year. there were other specific lowlights, but 06 featured large chunks of the day where i couldnt find anyone playing any good music at all and last year featured some of the worst crap ive heard coming out of the speakers in the years i have done. i dont care about some ravers coming, that doesnt bother me. but when it is all ravers and no international crowd and very few "normal" locals, you have lost the entire flavor of what the festival was about. tom
