> End of story. > > It just happened to be a "free festival" at the start until someone > realized, "Hey, we're losing our shirts here without people paying > something." That's Reality, kids. Whining about the price at this > point and how it was a "free festival" just makes you sound like a > g0dd&mned Hippie. :) > > - Greg
sure, it's cheap for privileged white people from outside the inner city, but the original intention of the festival (for detroit people, by detroit people) is entirely lost when you charge more than $5-10. what i don't get is why they need to charge at all when there is so much sponsorship money being thrown at it by beatport, pioneer, red bull, vitamin water, etc. those sponsorships should pay for everything if you ask me. granted, the production values (sound, lights, staging, backstaging) have gone up dramatically, but so what? to what end? so that "Paxahau really looked after the artists, press and workers behind the scenes by offering top quality catering and free drinks for all. Even the cops got buffet lunch and dinners." Great. Charge $50 so you can cater, literally, to the superstar djs. What bullpucky!! Still, I'd have gone if I had had the $$. :P -- peace, frank dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com
