As I read all the posts in the Wintergalactic Thread, all I can think is "where's the love"?
I suppose I really don't need to ask that, as it's long gone.
It seems the scene has finally shifted, right before our eyes.
We've split into two groups, without even realizing it I suppose.
Group #1:
The Corporate Sponsor kids.
We've all grown up, and it seems we've all become label whores...or dj whores. We just want the big names, and we really don't care who brings them in, or if we have to look at ads all night. Without Smirnoff and Benson & Hedges the Toronto scene would apparantly be unable to pull in big name dj's.
I guess I don't mind it, it seems the next step, but it does make me sad. At the end of the day, promoters are sick and tired of whiny, bitchy, partiers that demand everything from them - and in the end they get no credit for "good times" and end up bankrupt. The days of the independent promoter bringing in big names are long over, which is fine I suppose, but it just feels a bit empty at parties sometimes, especially when I look up at see the Benson & Hedges logo hanging from the ceiling, instead of snowflakes (ala Wintergalactic 2001). So instead of risking their own money, they still throw parties but less risky ones.
Toronto partiers seem to have a short memory span, and seem to be rather fickle with their loyalty - so why should promoters give a fuck about them anymore. You want decorations, then you better like that B&H logo, because you're going to be seeing it everywhere. And Toronto partiers have asked to be treated like they are the "consumer", so now they are...just remember this moment as a turning point that's all.
Group #2:
These kids are the die-hards. They are the life of the local scene and still throw parties that amaze me. Always innovative, and always high quality. Jin and the Wabi crew, David and Irving from Promise, I'd print other names but I don't want them to get too popular because then they'll end up extinct too.
See that's what happens. Small companies throw great parties, and word gets around and then everyone wants to go. So they try and accomodate a large crowd, but these new patrons want to be treated like "customers".
If you want to be a customer please go to B&H parties, and leave the local companies to the rest of us.
We are now existing as mainstream and underground simultaneously. Corporate sponsorship is here to stay, but I doubt the underground will ever die. It's just that sometimes I feel like a hippie that just went out and bought the NEW beetle...know what I mean?
My two cents.
I suppose I really don't need to ask that, as it's long gone.
It seems the scene has finally shifted, right before our eyes.
We've split into two groups, without even realizing it I suppose.
Group #1:
The Corporate Sponsor kids.
We've all grown up, and it seems we've all become label whores...or dj whores. We just want the big names, and we really don't care who brings them in, or if we have to look at ads all night. Without Smirnoff and Benson & Hedges the Toronto scene would apparantly be unable to pull in big name dj's.
I guess I don't mind it, it seems the next step, but it does make me sad. At the end of the day, promoters are sick and tired of whiny, bitchy, partiers that demand everything from them - and in the end they get no credit for "good times" and end up bankrupt. The days of the independent promoter bringing in big names are long over, which is fine I suppose, but it just feels a bit empty at parties sometimes, especially when I look up at see the Benson & Hedges logo hanging from the ceiling, instead of snowflakes (ala Wintergalactic 2001). So instead of risking their own money, they still throw parties but less risky ones.
Toronto partiers seem to have a short memory span, and seem to be rather fickle with their loyalty - so why should promoters give a fuck about them anymore. You want decorations, then you better like that B&H logo, because you're going to be seeing it everywhere. And Toronto partiers have asked to be treated like they are the "consumer", so now they are...just remember this moment as a turning point that's all.
Group #2:
These kids are the die-hards. They are the life of the local scene and still throw parties that amaze me. Always innovative, and always high quality. Jin and the Wabi crew, David and Irving from Promise, I'd print other names but I don't want them to get too popular because then they'll end up extinct too.
See that's what happens. Small companies throw great parties, and word gets around and then everyone wants to go. So they try and accomodate a large crowd, but these new patrons want to be treated like "customers".
If you want to be a customer please go to B&H parties, and leave the local companies to the rest of us.
We are now existing as mainstream and underground simultaneously. Corporate sponsorship is here to stay, but I doubt the underground will ever die. It's just that sometimes I feel like a hippie that just went out and bought the NEW beetle...know what I mean?
My two cents.
