I think it's important to discuss both the likes and dislikes if you only discuss what you like then the things you don't get swept under the carpet and they'll think "well, nobody complained"
Interesting that Paxahau isn't listening to these "people with influence" Is their sense of independence fierce or arrogant? Seems like there is this concerted effort on their part to break off from the "old" Detroit. MEK "M Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/26/2008 10:27:58 AM: > From what I know, certain people in Detroit with influence already > expressed their views (ie take a break this year and plan carefully) > and Paxahau chose to go on. These people are still supportive of > Paxahau, which is great. > > In turn, I just feel we should now be at least be supportive of > Paxahau, rather than write off and whinge about everything. If you > feel so strongly about the steps they have taken, why not just write > to them directly? > > If the community on the ground in Detroit is being supportive, then at > least we should be too. > > We should be writing about the things we are excited to see in > Detroit, rather than the things we don't want to see. > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 8:55 AM, kent williams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Given that a) the City of Detroit can't or won't support the festival > > > in terms of paying for insurance and crowd control and b) in order to > > > survive, the festival needs to at least break even, maybe it's the > > > better part of valor to give Paxahau a little latitude on booking. > > > Since it isn't the 313-list Electronic Music Festival. > > > > a little latitude is one thing. how much do they need? the quality of > > the crap they book keeps going down, more and more lowest common > > denominator nonsense. girl talk is a serious joke. as for moby, i am > > at least willing to say he could possibly do something decent. i'm not > > expecting it but i can't be that mad at that particular booking. but > > girltalk? the cool kids? this is turning into ironic hipster fest 08. > > > > tom > >
