Without simply gushing, I have to say this: when I'm in Iowa there are
two or three people who I know who get what I'm trying to do musically.
When I get to Detroit, people take my efforts seriously in a way that
I don't get anywhere else.
And I'm not claiming to be a grand artist or anything. I m
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, lazlo wrote:
> > If we say that X=the time it takes to see potential diversity...then I'd
> > argue that Detroit's "X" is smaller than the X of other cities. This is
> > where the author is wrong. He's arguing that the causal variable in
> > making Detroit resource poor is t
> If we say that X=the time it takes to see potential diversity...then I'd
> argue that Detroit's "X" is smaller than the X of other cities. This is
> where the author is wrong. He's arguing that the causal variable in
> making Detroit resource poor is the way it treats its creative class, when
>
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Subject: Re: [313] Austin, Pittsburgh and Detroit
> I kinda agree with what the article says about Detroit. Especially
> where it notes that Detroit is basically a city that shuns on forward
> thinking or creativ
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, glyph1001 wrote:
> I kinda agree with what the article says about Detroit. Especially
> where it notes that Detroit is basically a city that shuns on forward
> thinking or creative ideas (Techno and The Heidlburg Projects are
> perfect examples). I mean sheesh, it took THIS
I kinda agree with what the article says about Detroit. Especially
where it notes that Detroit is basically a city that shuns on forward
thinking or creative ideas (Techno and The Heidlburg Projects are
perfect examples). I mean sheesh, it took THIS long to have a DEMF in
Detroit where this m
i sort of hate that florida guy. he teaches at CMU in pgh, and i
think he just doesnt know what he's talking about. his ideas about
pittsburgh just dont mesh with the reality of the city. he's
exactly the kind of "intellectual" that i really despise.
tom
-- Original Message -
I don't subscribe to a lot of the theorizing in this article, but
it's interesting -- about recent research done on the role of the
"creative class" in revitalizing cities.
In fact, Detroit has a pretty active creative class (the "electronic
music scene" is even mentioned obliquely in the article,
