Damn it. Thats the show I have been dreaming of. I'm rushing just thinking about it. Heh. Pass the tiger balm. Ew.
Perhaps the grass is greener after all. K. ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, March 5, 2004 11:25 am Subject: (313) Re: 808 United States (was RE: (313) first techno record - summary) > The very first rave I ever went to was O(sub)3, held at the > Long Beach Convention Center in early March 1991. I haven't > got the vaguest idea how it came about that I was to go to it, > but I do know that the fact that 808 State was headlining > had a lot to do with it. (Ex:El had just come out, and they > were touring the States to promote it) > > (Side tangent - my first Techno record - if I can't count > "Computer World", that is - was A Homeboy, A Hippie And A > Funki Dredd's "Total Confusion" in late 1990. As an Industrial > rivet-head at the time, I *totally* missed out on the entire > early Detroit era ... grrrr. Anyway, it wasn't too long after > "Total Confusion" came out that I found out about raves, and > went looking for one to go to ... ) > > I had no idea what to expect. We got down there, parked, > started walking towards the Convention Center ... and started > to notice people with bulging pupils and clenched jaws at > each street corner stoplight - and we weren't even inside yet! > > Eventually we got inside - and what we found were thousands of > dancing kids (I thought it was about 4,000; 808 State's official > Web site claims 12,000 - heh), 4 huge Jumbotron screens playing > mad vids, insane green lasers, and just massive synaptic overload > in general. > > My jaw smacked the floor and I think I mumbled something > about "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?!??!". I was gobsmacked. > > Later on, 808 State played and Bjork came out to sing with them on > "Qmart" (or "Ooops". Or both? I forget). The crowd went ballistic. > > My life has never been the same since. > > - Greg > >
