97--NEWS--about the brochure

Hi Gang,
I've been contacted by a few folks worried that their names or their projects do not appear in the brochure.  Do to space available we are only putting in events of 20 minutes length or longer.
We will be putting the full schedule up on our website and I intend to list every single event there ... since I'll have to anyway for the playlists which the air operators will refer to.  And the names I have for each event will be included and read on the air.
I am also putting this statement into the brochure.  It was already written yesterday and sent to the proofreader but I have added one sentence to be clear about the 20 minute limitation.
Thank you so very much for all you have done and are doing.
love
raf

FROM THE PRODUCER:
Despite, or because, all of the mayhem and strangeness, much of this material pushes us into experiences which might easily be described as mystical or ecstatic.  And it is in that spirit that I have viewed the construction of this festival much like that of one of those grand old cathedrals of Europe where all of the creators remain nameless.  Only in the case of this edifice, all participants have a chance to carve their name, spray paint "Kilroy was here," or remain nameless and leave behind just their work alone.  As I write this there are 70 people signed up to our website as primary producers, participants, and observers and many of them represent even more people involved in their many projects  This brochure contains only the names of those whose projects run 20 minutes or longer.  To thank everyone of importance would be to fill this brochure with nothing but names.  So in not listing the names of any individuals, I too will remain nameless here as producer.
But there are no words to express my overwhelming joy and my gratitude to all of the people involved who are freely giving up their time, energy and creativity to bring my idea of celebrating Dada and Surrealism in a festival on radio to life once again, as so many did in 2001.  It is genuinely a revolutionary, anti-corporate, people's art and it could happen only with people like these on a non-corporate community radio station like ours.  My thanks to the station, its board and staff and so many foundation members and volunteers, as well as to Portland Cable Acces Channels 11 and 23 and Movie Madness, who make all of this possible in one giant collective and extended orgasm.
Bless you all.