yeah but so what--it's an annual MIDWEST fest. that means it's fine for us to go but what about when DEMF was primarily a meetup for east coast heads--it makes no sense. i'm thinking more national than "midwest meetup." i'd love to have people like yejoon, lucas, little phil, houdoken, etc come out to an annual meetup spot PLUS the midwest heads. i'm not pulling teeth--i'm talking about people that have and/or still do go to annual festivals...just get them to something better than DEMF. :-/