I waa going to make my first trip to Tha D for last years but didnt manage
it - I recon this year Tha D wont be so lucky and I will make it:-) Can
someone tell a poor Scotsman when Memorial day is exactly so I can start to
look for flights.
Cheers
BT
Who knows that over the next few weeks he is spoilt for detroit artists in
Glasgow (props to Mr T Churchill for getting Dan Bell to come to town!!).
well.
it's been an interesting morning to say the least. hopefully people are
going to realize that the pressure is going to be
on to out perform the past few festivals.
there's alot i want to say to the new people, but that's for the arena of
private conversation, and not a public forum.
i hope it does well. i'm behind the new guys all the way in hopes that they
will bring back not only the quality of the first festival, but the
electricity each and every night held. and if i'm asked to be a part of the
freakout setup team/artist co-ordination, then i'd be honored to do so.
hell, i'd even DJ ;P...
i hope derrick and whomever is in charge provides the festival with not
only
a good balance of new (*cough*craig gonzalez/matt dear*cough*) and
old(*sneeze*shakeandclaudeyoung) detroit people, but artists also taking it
to new territories. maybe bringing some really way out stuff like Taylor
Deupree or Kim Cascone. some Jan Jelinek, Telefon Tel Aviv or Metro Area.
there's plenty of exciting, quality new music out there that Detroit
audiences have yet to be exposed to. i hope they have the wide angle lens
on
to include alot of different styles, rather than just banging it out.
i hope the visuals are tastefully done and not over saturated with
unecessary loops of inappropriate commercials during an artistic
performance
(in between performances is okay, if you really HAVE to.....). i also hope
the main thoroughfare doesn't become a noisef_k of bass from stacks in
every
tent. there HAS to be some sort of limitations on that.
there are many many other things i'd like to see happen, but i'm happy with
the outcome and i sincerely hope that they buckle up, shut up, put their
heads down, work their tails off and present a festival unlike anything
detroit's seen yet.
and now back to "metal box" by Public Image....
rt
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