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Making moves, never movies

<strong>Making moves, never movies</strong>

At Soul Skate, originally uploaded by nparish.

I can easily award my ‘favorite weekend’ crown to Memorial Day; since the inception of Detroit’s electronic music festival, whatever you might call it (DEMF, Movement, Fuse-In) I’ve been in town catching up with lovely friends and family, hearing amazing artists and stomping around one of the world’s most intriguing cities. I take a little pride in only missing one festival, in 2001, and have seen it go through all sorts of changes. Compared to previous years, 2008 was professional in concept and execution, with Paxahau, the party promotion company which took reins over last year, honing an already strong element of expertise to managing the three-day event. Each year is a little different, but this was on balance one of the best yet, with a huge array of options.

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Written by Nick

June 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Posted in Music, Travel

Five Minutes in Japan

Written by Nick

December 31st, 2006 at 6:34 pm

Posted in Travel