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[robert sinewave <robertsinewave@hotmail.com>]

quoted 8 lines chicago has been getting some really good electronic shows lately, but last

> chicago has been getting some really good electronic shows lately, but last > night was dope. > > too bad there weren't more people who either: > 1. don't know who these guys are. > 2. just didn't bother to show. > > but for the 50 or so people that were there, we had a great time.

Yea, definitely. One of the best techno PAs I've seen in years. At least everybody who was there was super into it. Rumor has it Fehlman's playing DEMF, which would be awesome. That's the perfect soundtrack to a sunny afternoon in Detroit dancing outside with your friends and a few thousand other people. -- :: atomly :: [ atomly@atomly.com : www.atomly.com ... [ atomiq records : po box 805319 chicago il 60680 : 312.804.5389 ... [ e-mail atomly-news-subscribe@atomly.com for atomly info and updates ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 6 lines chicago has been getting some really good electronic shows lately,

>chicago has been getting some really good electronic shows lately, >but last night was dope. > >too bad there weren't more people who either: >1. don't know who these guys are. >2. just didn't bother to show.

i think you inverted your verb clause there, but yeah. i had a blast, but i got to say somebody was smoking herb instead of making up fliers or something. this seems to be a major problem with shows in chicago -- nobody promotes shit and nobody shows up for it. same thing happened at the chris clark and mira calix show. i bet theres some dude who could make a killing by offering to put some legwork into promoting this stuff because whoever sets em up just doesn't seem to be interested. note that the soundhack/errorsmith show was packed to the gills and fliers were everywhere weeks in advance. do the math, guys.

quoted 1 line but for the 50 or so people that were there, we had a great time.

>but for the 50 or so people that were there, we had a great time.

yeah i'm gonna go out on a limb and say greg davis needs to get a little more "fun" to work in that context but whatever. let the guy do what he does and if people yap over it, he's a big boy and can deal. jan jelinek sounded really dope but i wish he dropped the beats. i talked to him during fehlmann's set and he said the same thing -- he didn't think anybody woulda danced but fehlmann obviously proved that theory wrong. fehlmann kicked major ass and with style. dude has some sort of magic powers or something. i dunno what it was, he was enthralling to watch and all he was doing was standing there with these wicked sort of fey german poses while he nailed track after track off his pbook. it was amazing, every track he played he looked like he was amazed at the glistening sheen of the sounds coming out of the system. i talked to him afterwards and he was very engaging and 100% the nicest german techno star i've met (jan was 2nd place btw ... both really super nice guys). something about fehlmann though, the guy was oozing charisma, and his music has a certain confidence about it that i think must come from working in the medium since the 1970s. -asterprox --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

<snip>this seems to be a major problem with shows in chicago -- nobody promotes shit and nobody shows up for it.</snip> just curious if anyone knows who puts together the idm/tech shows for chicago. i know the bigger promoters for the industrial/darkwave stuff, but i don't think i've ever heard a name connected to this scene. been doing some flyers and other promotional stuff for thirdwave (chicago-based hardelectronic/industrial collective) and i'd really love to chip in some artwork for chicago idm, but i don't know where to look. :justin | http://posthoc.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 34 lines <snip>this seems to be a major problem with shows

> > >> <snip>this seems to be a major problem with shows >> in chicago -- nobody promotes shit and nobody shows up for it.</snip> > > no offense, but having run shows for 3 years I've had shows that were > featured in alternative weeklies, had over 4k of fliers distributed > for them, > and over 20 posters put up and still no one shows. It's not really a > fault > of promoters more often than naught as much as just people. Sometimes > you hold a show, it rains and it's the coldest day in the year and you > lose > a lot of money, sometimes it's a good day and Sonic Youth's playing at > another > club, and sometimes it's nice out there's nothing else going on and > you only > lose a little money on the show. We're hoping for the later tomorrow > with Jelinek > and Fehlman in Orlando. > > - > A > >> >> > Andrew Jones > 514 Wavecrest Dr. > Orlando, FL, 32807 > 407-927-7607 > liminal18@yahoo.com > > >

Andrew Jones 514 Wavecrest Dr. Orlando, FL, 32807 407-927-7607 liminal18@yahoo.com

Andrew Jones said: It's not really a

quoted 2 lines fault

>> fault >> of promoters more often than naught as much as just people.

Sometimes

quoted 3 lines you hold a show, it rains and it's the coldest day in the year and you

>> you hold a show, it rains and it's the coldest day in the year and you >> lose >> a lot of money, sometimes it's a good day and Sonic Youth's

playing at

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>> another >> club, and sometimes it's nice out there's nothing else going on and >> you only >> lose a little money on the show.

And sometimes the shows are all on a tuesday, starting at 10pm. I may have a flexible job, but not that flexible. -- eggytoast.com - eggtastic.com ------ it's in your grocer's freezer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

I live in Chicago, and I'm a big fan of both of them, but I didn't go. I was well aware the show was happening. My primary reason for not being there? It was on a Tuesday. I'm one of those professional types, who gets up at 7:15am on weekdays, and needs to be somewhat alert, and awake, when I get in the office. Put that show on a Friday or Saturday, with the same promotion, and it seels out.

quoted 27 lines From: "robert sinewave" <robertsinewave@hotmail.com>

>From: "robert sinewave" <robertsinewave@hotmail.com> >To: idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: [idm] thomas fehlmann & jan jelinik 4/29-chicago >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:14:12 -0500 > >chicago has been getting some really good electronic shows lately, but last >night was dope. > >too bad there weren't more people who either: >1. don't know who these guys are. >2. just didn't bother to show. > >but for the 50 or so people that were there, we had a great time. > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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quoted 11 lines I live in Chicago, and I'm a big fan of both of them, but I didn't go.

> I live in Chicago, and I'm a big fan of both of them, but I didn't go. > I was well aware the show was happening. My primary reason for not > being there? It was on a Tuesday. I'm one of those professional types, > who gets up at 7:15am on weekdays, and needs to be somewhat alert, and > awake, when I get in the office. > > Put that show on a Friday or Saturday, with the same promotion, and it > seels out. > > >

the only experience w/ chicago promotion i have was legowelt/tlr/bangkok impact/orgue electr. show @ empty bottle last sunday. zero promotion (no fliers, no ads, no spam - nothing). as a result the place had 30+ people. the show was one of the best i have seen in a long-long time. the same show on saturday night in cleveland had close to 200 people. granted, it was a sunday night, but it was unfortunate that promoters dropped the ball here. speaking of the shows, did anyone get to see b. fleischmann last night in NY? apparently the show was amazing. -- anton seven.editor http://www.nezzwerk.com/seven icq://2623520 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 6 lines I live in Chicago, and I'm a big fan of both of them, but I didn't

>I live in Chicago, and I'm a big fan of both of them, but I didn't >go. I was well aware the show was happening. My primary reason for >not being there? It was on a Tuesday. I'm one of those >professional types, who gets up at 7:15am on weekdays, and needs to >be somewhat alert, and awake, when I get in the office. >

Heh, fair enough. I'm one of those professional types that rolls in at 10:30 still kinda buzzed from the night before and then whines when he has to answer the phone. But I bet I have more fun :)

quoted 2 lines Put that show on a Friday or Saturday, with the same promotion, and

>Put that show on a Friday or Saturday, with the same promotion, and >it seels out.

Nah, it would still need a Critic's Choice or something in the Reader to sell out... -aprox --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

u> Put that show on a Friday or Saturday, with the same promotion, and it sells out. ------------ Almost like a catch-22 situation though, because a lot of venues & promoters dont want to put a more 'risky' experimental act on a friday/saturday in case it doesnt sell out. They reserve the prime weekend nights for big acts or their tried-and-true dj's who they *know* will get people out there and dancing and drinking. Of course I don't know where this event took place but in most cases they wont risk putting the 'unknowns' on a good night. of course then a lot of fans never get to see them & rip it up proper-like & promoters don't see how much better of a choice they could have made. They just chalk up the poor attendance to the fact that the artist is 'unknown' and wont ever book them again. why did i ramble that off? dont hit send dont hit senndndd DONNNTTT HITTTTTTTTT SEENNNNNN........

quoted 27 lines From: "robert sinewave" <robertsinewave@hotmail.com>

>From: "robert sinewave" <robertsinewave@hotmail.com> >To: idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: [idm] thomas fehlmann & jan jelinik 4/29-chicago >Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:14:12 -0500 > >chicago has been getting some really good electronic shows lately, but last >night was dope. > >too bad there weren't more people who either: >1. don't know who these guys are. >2. just didn't bother to show. > >but for the 50 or so people that were there, we had a great time. > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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