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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 06:20:53
From: Irdial-Discs <irdial@irdialsys.win-uk.net>
To: fluid@hyperreal.com
Subject: Please post this to IDM.
Joost De Lyser of Surreal Sound Magazine has just faxed us this
message from Submerge in Detroit. An exact transcription follows.
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Attn manufacturers, distributors, shippers
retailers, customers, fans of underground music.
We are currently facing a situation here in Detroit.
Submerge is about to be right field in a new baseball stadium!
We are located in one of the more rundown areas of Detroit -
The Cass Corridor. Due to our cheap rent and unique location
we and our customers have come to love our special spot
(not to mention it was one of the few places we could afford).
2030 as it is called is also the home of UR, Metroplex, Red Planet,
Eddie Fowlkes, Juan Atkins and members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
Developers from outside of the city have negotiated with city
officials a deal in which our neighborhood chillingly
called AREA 1 is slated for eminate destruction to clear
the way for the new stadium which is scheduled to break
ground in May 1996. Buildings are being razed as we speak!
Its winter and many of these abandoned buildings are the only
shelter available for our neighborhoods many homeless people.
Being very pro-Detroit we always hoped and knew that blighted
areas such as ours would eventually come back which is one of
the reasons we stayed, but progress must come in
a way that is fair to everyone.
Hopefully with your support we can get the city and the
developers to see that there is more here than the decayed
buildings, drugs and crime. Hopefully they also see a
neighborhood full of proud Vietnam vets too proud to accept
handouts, perhaps they will see people who no matter how down
on their luck still are able to share their food with someone
less fortunate, perhaps they will see small business owners
who refused the exodus to the safety and comfort of the
suburbs and remained loyal to the city.
Hopefully the city and the developers will see that
shelters need to be built and business kept in or close
to their original locations. We at Submerge face and
ironic problem - due to most of our hometown radio stations
inability to play our records (even though the rest of the
world does!!) this music and its affiliated artists producers
and record labels although some of which are world famous
mean absolutely nothing to our pre-programmed audiences
here in Detroit and I am sure this will include Detroits
city council. The only major press coverage our music ever
got here was highly negative and associated with teen drug
use at warehouse partys. This was very unfair press
especially to the people built and survive from this music.
I am hoping that anyone who appreciates what Detroit underground
music has done for this world and what submerge is doing
to keep the Spirit of truly independent Detroit record
labels alive could write a brief 1pg. or less letter and
fax it to the #1+313+963+0213 please include your return
address and also please mention the need for shelters as
the homeless have no voice!
We need these faxes or letters by 11-27-95 for our meeting with City Counsel.
Peace - The Unknown Writer - on behalf of Submerge
2030 GRANDVER, SUITE 101, DETROIT, MI 48226
PH 1+313+963+1025
FAX 1+313+963+0213
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