<<the firing of Carl Craig is a direct attack on what i thought we all held
so close to our hearts, our music.>>
quoted 1 line Oh, boo hoo.>Oh, boo hoo.quoted 2 lines Mr. Hawtin, allow me to introduce you to capitalism. Capitalism, Mr.>Mr. Hawtin, allow me to introduce you to capitalism. Capitalism, Mr.
>Hawtin. No, the pleasure is mine.
Who said he agreed with capitalism?
quoted 1 line Among all this facile corporation bashing most people seem to have>Among all this facile corporation bashing most people seem to have
forgotten
quoted 1 line that the corporations are the only reason that DEMF is possible in the>that the corporations are the only reason that DEMF is possible in the
first
quoted 1 line place.>place.
Just because corporations sponsored it and because they were the only ones
that could afford to throw it does not mean that it could have _only_
occurred under these circumstances. It is good that they did but as you
later point out they had ulterior motives.
quoted 7 lines If you can throw a collosal free techno festival at the Hart Plaza,>If you can throw a collosal free techno festival at the Hart Plaza,
>by all means, do. But as long as the proverbial Man is footing the bill,
>where do we get off with the hubris to assume that everything should go
>according to our wishes? DEMF, through better and worse, is nothing more
>than a marketing experiment. If they book a bunch of crap next year, I
>won't go back. But I'm not about to flail around whining about how a free
>party doesn't book my personal favorite styles of music.
Not all free parties are commercial endeavors. It just so happens that they
were the only ones that had the loot to pay for it. Which I think is wrong
within itself.
I know this email lacks many points, but I am only choosing to make one
point: There was no other choice than to have corporations sponser it in the
current capitalistic situation that we live in and the corporations control
85% or more of the wealth and choose what people will hear, which I beleive
is wrong.
For more info on this see the frontline special "Merchants of Cool" as a
starting point.
--Alex
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