I kinda hear what you are saying DTD, but here you have local government and promoters doing business and I might not go as far as Chris L. to say that these promoters are money hungry gluttons, but what they have done is instigated the death and injury of people, which I believe could have been avoided. Ok, now I understand that there are going to be random fatalities here and there, but a promoter cannot control what people subject themselves to or monitor whether they are healthy enough for the sex, drugs, and techno they are about to endure if any! But it is up to the local Government and Promoters to provide a safe venue so that people are not in danger of suffocating or being trampled by a mob (There was only one way in and one way out right?). Are there no fire codes, building codes, zoning laws in Germany? I believe those people died as a result of poor planning and neglect for people's safety, and it's crazy that the government did not even have local authorities inspect the venue before attempting to let a million people in, (The fire marshalls in the US would have cock blocked so hard, and would have cost the promoters so much money, they don’t play around in the US). I do not think this had anything to do with a “get rich quick” scheme @ the expense of innocent lives. Quite simple it was poor planning, which can be construed as negligence, which is involuntary manslaughter, which is/can be punishable by a prison sentence and I will put money on it that the Mayor of Duisburg is not going to serve any jail time. Hopefully, this is a lessoned learned and not a, “I told you raves and techno are dangerous and should be banned”.


Needless to say there is new generation of party kids(which may sound absurd, but could have played a big role in what happened), which in my opinion are just really going to party and get wasted; they could give a damn about who is playing, what they are playing, and how they are playing it. These big festivals are big commercial concerts basically and quite frankly I am not into them myself(I was at this years’ Detroit Electronic Music Festival aka Movement and when Richie Hawtin came on I noticed kids becoming aggressive, pushing, elbowing, it was ridiculous!!) the music is limp at best and all the DJs sound the same. Used to back in the day I could tell you who were playing without looking at the DJ or line up, you just knew because you could pick out mixing styles and a lot of DJs back then had their own sound, I.E. Dave the Drummer, you just know it’s him J!!!!!



To those that passed, their families and friends, I do not know you, I am thousands of miles away, but I will keep you my heart and may we all take the time to be thankful for life and not take a moment from here on for granted.