(313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
so whats going on? they supposedly did alright last year and have had since june to get it together. its now february, the festival is under 5 months away and nothing yet. WHY tom

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread /0
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070131/ENT04/70131052/0/ENT04 - Original Message - From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:49 PM Subject: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?! so whats going on? they

(313) mix WNUR chicago: Guest DJ Paul Hammond, UK

2007-02-02 Thread Matt MacQueen
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Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
enhancements, eh? is this new coke?!??!?! tom On 2/1/07, /0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070131/ENT04/70131052/0/ENT04 - Original Message - From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Aidan O'Doherty
for 'enhancements' read increased admission fee. if an event attracted over a people first time around, surely sponsors would be throwing money at it? how could something so good go so horribly wrong? aidan On 02/02/07, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: enhancements, eh? is this new

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Aidan O'Doherty
DEMF 2000: 1.1 to 1.5 million (over-estimated) DEMF 2001: 1.7 million DEMF 2002: 1.7 million Movement 2003: 630,000 Movement 2004: 150,000 Fuse-In 2005: 44,920 On 02/02/07, Aidan O'Doherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for 'enhancements' read increased admission fee. if an event attracted over a

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread robin
Aidan O'Doherty wrote: DEMF 2000: 1.1 to 1.5 million (over-estimated) DEMF 2001: 1.7 million DEMF 2002: 1.7 million Movement 2003: 630,000 Movement 2004: 150,000 Fuse-In 2005: 44,920 Hmmm I'm not sure how accurate any of those figures is, apart from maybe the last one where they had

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Matt Chester
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

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread robin
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

RE: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Odeluga, Ken
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

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Nick Hardie
I don't think tourism is a Detroit strongpoint. It's the only city I've ever been to where I couldn't find a postcard to send home. I didn't really look for one, but you don't usually have to. Shame really, as I'm sure the revenue from tourism would be a boon to the city. On 02/02/07, Odeluga,

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Aidan O'Doherty
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

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Aidan O'Doherty
hard to believe that a modern metropolis doesn't try to tap in to tourism. detroit has its selling points, doesn't it? On 02/02/07, Aidan O'Doherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if they got they're act together, then they'd have bigger influx of foreigners. surely they sould have been planning it

RE: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Odeluga, Ken
Is that a loaded question? ;-) -Original Message- From: Aidan O'Doherty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 February 2007 11:31 To: Odeluga, Ken Cc: robin; Matt Chester; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?! hard to believe that a modern metropolis

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread robin
Odeluga, Ken wrote: Is that a loaded question? ;-) :) I've been once before. I loved Detroit. There's a certain positivity about the regeneration of the city that I felt that kinda chimes with how the north of England felt when leaving behind the dark days of the 80s. How much of that

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Aidan O'Doherty
it's not loaded, although i certainly wish i was. right now. three sheets to the wind. On 02/02/07, Odeluga, Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that a loaded question? ;-) -Original Message- From: Aidan O'Doherty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 February 2007 11:31 To: Odeluga, Ken Cc:

(313) 'The Vault' Jan. 24, 2007 feat. Reade Truth

2007-02-02 Thread Anton Banks \(www.antonbanks.com\)
News and other info can be found at the bottom of this message. The last four programs are always archived online. Visit www.antonbanks.com to hear them. CLICK THE LINK TO HEAR THE SHOW http://www.antonbanks.com/audio/the_vault_01-24-07.mp3 Avondale Music Society, Duck, Loveslap Mark Henning,

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
On 2/2/07, robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. this is why im complaining! when i first started going there was lots more international heads because

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread kent williams
All you lot foreigners: Every year since 2000, if you got on a plane the last weekend in May you'd have seen a huge, awesome show in Detroit. You'd shop at Submerge and Melodies and Memories, you'd visit the Heidelberg Project, you'd see Mike Huckaby DJ -- four or five times if you wanted -- and

(313) Eddie Fowlkes - Welcome To My World

2007-02-02 Thread Jamil Ali
Hey, Any one know about this? I saw it at detroit digital vinyl: http://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=DL-SUBCD-3020-2Category_Code= But is it coming out on CD, on vinyl? thanks

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Kelly B. Delaney
Even if there isn't a festival, I know that we Pittsburghers will just keep going to Detroit every Memorial Day weekend. At the very least, you can hang out with us! On 2/2/07, kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All you lot foreigners: Every year since 2000, if you got on a plane the last

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
On 2/2/07, kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All you lot foreigners: Every year since 2000, if you got on a plane the last weekend in May you'd have seen a huge, awesome show in Detroit. You'd shop at Submerge and Melodies and Memories, you'd visit the Heidelberg Project, you'd see Mike

Re: (313) Eddie Fowlkes - Welcome To My World

2007-02-02 Thread Hamish
I 'spoke' to Eddie a month (on email) or two ago and he was just coming out. I wasn't aware it was even released. It must be days or weeks old only. It'll be on CD and vinyl. On 2/2/07, Jamil Ali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Any one know about this? I saw it at detroit digital vinyl:

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Joel Gajewski
Yeah, I don't think those numbers were ever accurate. I remember parking at the Ren Cen, which is next door to Hart Plaza, all three days the first two years. If there were an extra 1 million people in Detroit, a city of about 1million, I think that parking would have been a bit tighter.

RE: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Michael . Elliot-Knight
In Detroit, the questions aren't loaded but the guns are. ;-) MEK Odeluga, Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/02/2007 05:34:04 AM: Is that a loaded question? ;-) -Original Message- From: Aidan O'Doherty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 February 2007 11:31 To: Odeluga, Ken

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Klaas-Jan Jongsma
On 2-feb-2007, at 15:30, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: And the Clique will be serving grits on the side. dood, i so cant wait to get some Clique. best homefries ever! adepts voice of Homer Simpson MM The Clique. oohh /adepts voice of Homer Simpson

(313) techno w/flecks of jazz

2007-02-02 Thread Michael . Elliot-Knight
Happy Friday everyone! Doing a bit o'shopping and I'd like some suggestions. Would like to find some deep melodic techno stuff - Delsin, Arne, etc. with some jazz influences - O'Brien, As One, etc. Something overlooked or not on a label that usually does that? Anything that combines electro

Re: (313) techno w/flecks of jazz

2007-02-02 Thread theREALmxyzptlk
Have you looked into the Music For Speakers or the Sonar Kollektiv-offshoot cupboard? jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy Friday everyone! Doing a bit o'shopping and I'd like some suggestions. Would like to find some deep melodic techno stuff - Delsin, Arne,

Re: (313) techno w/flecks of jazz

2007-02-02 Thread Nik Stoltzman
My advice is to check the (past and current) tracklistings for Gilles Peterson's radio show on BBC Radio 1 (www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson). Every week he plays stuff which blows me away. It may border less on the electro/techno side and more on the broken beat/soul/funk/latin side but it

Re: (313) techno w/flecks of jazz

2007-02-02 Thread fab.
check the hammond mix over at sonicsunset ;) fab - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 5:06 PM Subject: (313) techno w/flecks of jazz Happy Friday everyone! Doing a bit o'shopping and I'd like some suggestions. Would

Re: (313) techno w/flecks of jazz

2007-02-02 Thread robin
Just listening to that now. Up to the usual stupidly high quality Nice one Matt/Dave. *still mourning the end of the era* robin... fab. wrote: check the hammond mix over at sonicsunset ;)

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread tydesign
Well, in regards to tourism, Detroit is changing. Having worked in economic development (more on the creative marketing end), progress is always slow. However, Detroit is making progress. There are signs all over the place from grass roots organizations like Detroit Synergy to the techno

Re: (313) techno w/flecks of jazz

2007-02-02 Thread dave cronin
in a kind of kompakt flavored minimal tech jazz style, i'd recommend: dell flugel - superstructure (on laboratory instincts) and if you feel like chasing down something rare-ish, there's the jimi tenor, mika vaino collaboration: kosmos - kosmos (on sahko or puu) this one is a raw blend of

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Matt Kane's Brain
On Feb 2, 2007, at 12:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Compuware Oy, I wouldn't be so happy about that. Several of my coworkers escaped form there with some nice stories :) -- matt kane's brain http://hydrogenproject.com aim - mkbatwerk [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: (313) techno w/flecks of jazz

2007-02-02 Thread Aidan O'Doherty
nubian mindz album on archive, http://www.discogs.com/release/4822 this is a good comp: http://www.discogs.com/release/90898 max brennan album: http://www.discogs.com/release/80066 On 02/02/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy Friday everyone! Doing a bit o'shopping and

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread tydesign
Can't comment personally on Compuware. I'm sure there is a level of dissatisfaction with all places and certainly I wouldn't absolve General Motors either. Big business is big business, but a part of what's needed for Detroit to come back too, right? I don't want to launch into politics or

RE: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Steward, Tim
I would say there are a few nice stories about Compuware. But the word for the festival is Better sound they are Having 4 stages maybe eliminating the underground stage And the sound being designed by funktion one of the UK. Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
On 2/2/07, Steward, Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would say there are a few nice stories about Compuware. But the word for the festival is Better sound they are Having 4 stages maybe eliminating the underground stage And the sound being designed by funktion one of the UK. good sound is nice.

RE: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Steward, Tim
A press release is scheduled for Feb 15 -Original Message- From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:52 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?! On 2/2/07, Steward, Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread /0
did you even read the article I linked to last night? it said info would come in february. relax. and Im sure paxahau is taking donations tom, if you want to do something to help make the festival free again. maybe offer to play for free, I'm sure they'd take you up on that - Original

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
On 2/2/07, /0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: did you even read the article I linked to last night? it said info would come in february. relax. uh, yeah but when someone else has more info than theyre releasing i dont see why bringing up these questions isnt relevent. and Im sure paxahau is

(313) new net release: Vergel Evans - Lx7 Promo

2007-02-02 Thread vergel
I've compiled 7 tracks I've made over the years into a free release for download. It's mimimal techno / techhouse. Early reviews have tried to class it as lounge techno. But if you ask me, it's all straight up Detroit, but on the more chilled out side. You can download the zip directly:

(313) [dog food] The Black Dog Re-Issues

2007-02-02 Thread Martin Dust
Wotcha 313 Got some pre-sales up that you may be interested in: https://www.duststore.com/live/index.php?ix=1 Derailleur is up as well... m

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Cyclone Wehner
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

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Cyclone Wehner
There was just a big article here in a travel section of the Age in Melbourne on Detroit - it's entitled Detroit: the urban prairie or something. There were actually nice postcards in Detroit! I bought stacks! On 02/02/2007, at 10:34 PM, Odeluga, Ken wrote: Is that a loaded question? ;-)

Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!

2007-02-02 Thread Cyclone Wehner
I've been 5 times and it's an epic journey for someone from Australia - and Japan. And it's way more expensive to go to Detroit than travelling to anywhere in Europe. More advance notice is necessary. I know a lot more people here would go if there was more certainty every year. It's a