Yes... that was fun. My obligatory wake up late, hell-day at work follows
the festival.
So many of my newest and oldest friends were there. It was quite a
spectacle. To think what this list has given me in 4.5 short years... thank
you everyone!
To whomever was responsible in any way for throwing that event, congrats
and hugs! There will be more festivals. they don't even have to be BIGGER
and BETTER. They just have to bring people together and musically kick ass.
PLUR man! Rave on!
These people are in my mind the antithesis of posturing, politics,
ass-kissing, boring artistry, status validation, etc.:
Shake, Bill VanLoo, Sean Deason, Derek Plaslaiko, and Carlos Souffront.
They were responsible for a great deal of the laughs, smiles, whoops and
hollars, and having funs and they make me proud that 313/248/734 has been
my home for 19 of 21 years of life.
Besides any interaction involving aformentioned people, the high points for
me were:
meeting so many 313'ers this weekend and having the time to have real
conversation with them
Magda throwing down an asskicking party starting set.
I was thinking "tikiman... what a stupid name." Then I heard those two
magic words, and went to check it out. Those tracks at a massive volume are
pretty phenomenal. Then they went into the live dub set, and I almost
crapped my pants. That's not something I was expecting to get out of this
festival.
Theorem's set has much improved since last time. Hooray!
Anything *67 related... Ectomorph was weird incarnate.
It's the third time I've seen both May and Hawtin, and last night they
played their most inspired, imo.
The Roots got the most crowd involvement. Their second hour was pure funk,
fun, and fucking around.
Shake! Shake! It was kind of kooky actually... Exactly 24 hours after BMG
had his patented poker face for the Ectomorph set, he was acting
like he was being tickled through Shake's entire set. The doubles he rocked
early on, and when he threw Tracks for my Mother were two memories...
Low points:
I missed Theo cause I was too tired, and Larkin and Fowlkes. :< Maybe a
bulletin board near the fountain or the wall o tele's that have last minute
updates to the schedule. There was a bunch of stuff that I didn't need to
miss, but I missed cause I didn't realize they were going on. No Mos Def
either. poop.
Was A Guy Called Gerald playing live with the drummer and the singer in
pink? cause that was pretty awesome too. Certainly the best drum n bass I
heard this weekend whoever they were.
Don't egg me on!
n8
