Alright I suppose it's my turn now...I am completely exhausted, so bear with me if this post doesn't make complete sense;-)
Highlights from the pilgrimage... - Sets at the plaza by Rick Wade, Waxmaster D Smooth, Greg Collier and Traxx. I hear Rachmad, Huckaby's sets and the one by the Sonic Groove crew on the main stage on Monday night were excellent...sorry I missed 'em. Rolando and James Pennington ripped it up Saturday at the UR party as did Buzz - it was also cool to see Waxmaster Don step up to the decks for a quick second late night whilst Buzz went off to the bathroom or somewhere. Ron Trent's set at the KMS party was flawless, I wish we hadn't missed Kevin's set though. Also good to see Fred all over and to meet the very nice woman he was with at KMS (forget her name though, was that your wife?). Our friend Tom had the best set of the night at Input Friday night...too bad Alton Miller refused to play though as I am sure that would've been great. - Live PAs that turned me on at the fest were Deep Chord (they really should release that video as a DVD methinks!) and Green Velvet. Ultradyne making the sun rise on Monday morning with their sick ass PA was truly inspiring...as were the ones by Archetype, Audio Matrix and the Tek Brothers at our party Sunday night/Monday morning. - Hangin' with the UR folks Friday and Saturday nights...those guys are just SO nice. The Cabaret was so much fun I don't think I stopped smiling the whole time... To paraphrase Alex Lugo: 'Price of admission? - $5, bottle of vodka and mixers? - $30, seeing Mad Mike in a suit, and our drunken friends Bryan and Tom get seduced/attacked by a couple of Hoochie Mommas? - Priceless!';-) It was great to see Otto and Kent again and to finally meet KJ and Cornelius. How many other artists handed out hundreds of free personally autographed records at their parties and smiled whilst doing it?? - PEMF Monday night... Rich and Sammy D's set was excellent, best set I have heard outta Rich in ages...certainly better imho than the monotonous stuff he played Sunday morning (though that Pink Floyd system was well worth hearing even if we were only able to endure it for a short while). Kooky and Ricardo's PAs were great as well, if it was difficult to see just what they were up to. Meeting up with the Williamsburg/New York peeps in the VIP was totally unexpected and fun. Panacea may be geared towards the beautiful people but it is a really nice space and the sound was great. Thanks for the hook-up Ollie:) - As Pete already mentioned the all weekend Spin/Vibe party in the Presidential suite next door to our room was a nice change of pace from the crowds at the plaza...thanks to Jake and Carmen for the free libations and tunes:) - Juan Atkins dropping Work That Body to close the first night (totally unexpected). Too bad a bank of speakers on our side of the Main stage were totally blown out by that point. - Detroit. The city, the people, the architecture and the ruins. - Finally getting to play a set in the city whose music I love so much...thanks Alex:-) - Showing Clandestine (Buzz) how to use my mixer and then watching him *abuse* it at our party Sunday night was cool...I'll never know how he can be so tight on those crapped out decks he let us use for the party. - Almost getting jacked at that Coney spot on Gratiot before the UR party Saturday night is a Detroit experience I won't soon forget! - Skulking around inside the Packard Plant with Grammenos and Charles early in the AM yesterday was one of the most intriguing things we did all weekend...never gonna forget that. It was indeed scarey and spooky as all Hell, but eerily beautiful at the same time. The sounds running through the walls sounded like the ghosts of tracks played at parties long past and freaked us out like you wouldn't believe! There is plenty of things I am surely forgetting to mention or just don't really care to share (due to their personal nature). It was one Hell of a spiritual weekend for this boy from NYC. To those that made it a truly special weekend Alex, Dennis, Charles, Barbara, Kevin, Jake, Mad Mike, Koert, Ronald, Marcy, Adam, Luna, Chrissana - and of course Pete and Bryan; Thanks sooooo much:-) To those I intended to meet up with and didn't manage to...there is always next year! There were negatives to the weekend as well, but I won't dwell on them except to say this: I swear to God if I get mistaken for Dave Clarke or Richie by some silly techno-stalker again anytime soon I will not be responsible for my actions! ;-) Now if I could just find my voice, which I lost at the UR party Saturday night (and I know I'm not the only one;). I think I am gonna sleep for a week... Lates, m* NP - Jake Fairley Crisis Sender ...wicked stuff! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
