I had fun last weekend.
i only went one day sunday to the festival.
it was nice to see people who i have not seen in a few years and i
meet you at "too far gone... no way back" i was the guy with the celis
white in plastic bottles.
my complaint is the price, yea it is $25 a day, but this is a
historically free festival. my biggest complaint is that stupid $3.25
service charge on credit card ticket sale at the box office.
i really hope they bring back ritchie hawlking again next year
On May 28, 2008, at 4:24 AM, Fred Heutte wrote:
Give Paxahau credit for really raising the game on staging, sound
and lighting. And the show runs close to on time, which is nearly
a miracle.
i completely agree with you here, well done.
On the other hand, the lineup is less and less adventurous.
I suppose Paxahau could reply that the box office numbers are the
real gauge regardless of what we all think.
i have noticed that there are less and less of the groups/producers i
have never heard of before and i see them and i buy all the records i
can find. bring back carl craig damn it!
I saw very few standout performances this year (although left early
and didn't see Carl Craig and many told me his set was excellent).
To be fair, for the first time ever I missed a full day (Monday),
not by design but other things came up.
i caught some of it on my way out, i think it was "throw" with a live
sax player. the main stage was packed and i was sick of dealing with
crowds and had to drive back to lansing that night so i jumped out
early.
As for the afterparties, Derek P killed it at the Works on Friday
night and Mike Servito likewise at No Way Back on Saturday,
and I loved the Aquanauts (Bileebob, Skurge and Nomadico)
at the UR show at Alvins -- technopunk with an attitude and a
grin.
no way back was a lot of fun, that will be my detroit party fix for a
few months, i split around 5.
scotto
