Post by maladroit » Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:59 pm

I was also near the Dancetronauts car (train?) during the Man burn, and yeah. I had given it a wide berth during most of the week, but was finally made to receive their gift. After the fire ceremony started, and they didn't turn down their music, I finally realized they weren't going to at all. I could not hear any of the drumming or music from the fire dancers. Just really, really soulless, unmemorable, crappy-back-streets-of-Vegas, generic club music. Seriously could not tell you one single word or hum three notes from any of it. Sound camps have to play something interesting to get people to come to them, I think Dancetronauts operates by driving to an existing crowd of people until it disperses.



And yeah. Music fades a little, I think that common sense has prevailed. Nope. "How you all doing out there Burning MAAAAAAAN!" (I feel like he almost said Cincinnati or something) "I can't hear you! I'm ahjudsfjkasdfhjk in the HOUSSSSSE" etc finally ending up with his CD dropping in two weeks. All of this aimed at the BACKS of people intently watching amazingly skilled people dance beautifully with fire. And I have zero doubt the fire dancers heard all of this...some douchebag interrupting their performance and promoting himself as if they weren't even there. They worked hard for this all year and were being written off by some button-pushing uncreative.



Technically, I could have moved away. But then I'd have obstructed your view, stepped on your leg, accidentally kneed you in the face, tripped over your backpack.