Hey all, Interesting weekend.
John Acquaviva is quite a character. I thoroughly enjoyed his set except for the parts where he played 5 horrible records in a row. Two things though... I think Shades of Jae is probably the ONLY Detroit techno classic that can seriously piss off a crowd. I swear it's the anti-Spaztic. He also totally amazed me with that Plus 8-y track with the "waterfall" sample that morphed into synth. Can anyone ID that? Not only was it wicked, but it summoned the heaviest rain of Sunday. :> Inner City was marvelous. I was thinking they'd be way too deep for people who didn't know where they were coming from. They had it all though. Presence, crowd involvement, and those catchy, wicked, and sometimes deliciously cheezy songs. Everytime I hear big fun and good life I sort of regret my musical upbringing. My sister owned all the inner city stuff of cassette, and I wonder what I'd be like now if I had appreciated Inner City, Eazy-E, and New Order, instead of listening to all of that corporate rock garbage in the late 80's early 90's.. but hey, I was just a kid. Juan didn't disappoint one bit either. With him staring down one of the more evil red/brown/black skies I've ever seen, he mixed well, made a mockery out of No UFO's, and got me dancing the hardest I did all weekend. I was disappointed with the festival in general, not because of Carol Marvin or Ford, but for wholly personal reasons I guess. I maybe got to spend 12 hours total at the festival, and didn't have the energy for afterparties. Last year, it seemed like a gigantic techno family, and this year, I barely saw any 313'ers I knew, and didn't get to meet any new ones. I think I was just always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Poor me, but I wanted it to be a sort of techno send-off before I move out of metro-Detroit for good in August... you can't always get what you want. n8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
