BigBadBaldy
TRIBE Member
In the last few months I have had the pleasure of attending a string of really good events. Orbital, Basement Jaxx, Monolake, Bittersweet, JMK reunion, Promise parties, the dukes @ system, even stretching back to July of last year with Richie and John at Kool Haus (ugh, I still can't get over that name) etc etc etc.. This is all following a hiatus (4 months or so, a long time for me!) from partying in response to the way "the scene" was seemingly growing stale. The only things that kept me going out were Lifeforce Fridays at Turbo (thank you for those WIKKID nights, BTW!!!) and the odd BuildingBlocks, clonk, Technomeet etc one off events.
Lately, I have really been thinking about what it all means to me. Why do I go out, why does the music mean so much to me? I think it baffles my co-workers sometimes when I put on Yoshiesque2 or Kenny's Toronto Mix Sessions and dance around (literally) the kitchen. Well, not all of them. Regardless, nights like Bittersweet and the Promise parties have really given a positive spin to my attitude towards going out. There is nothing like going out and being surrounded by people who are generally considerate, friendly and all united by the impossible to ignore need to get the fuck down! I love going off at a party and turning to whoever is next to me in the same state as we both grin like fools. That was one of the beauties of Industry, after 4 or 5 am. People getting off, together.
Sometimes I think I'm naive for believing in this, but I think this underlying feeling is what unites us, and makes us strong as an underground collective. Because no matter how popular and accessible the music has and will become, there is still the underground of people who truly LOVE the music, going out and getting the primal release of dancing hard. I love being at a party and watching people who I can really see are feeling the music. There is almost nothing that makes me smile like that. I love being at a party and having people invade my intense party mode with random acts of kindness and goodwill.
I'm a rambling flake... but you know who you are, and now you know that I love you. You are what makes "the scene" wonderful and rewarding. We. Let's hold on to it, and take it further than ever.
BBB.
Fucking hippie.
Lately, I have really been thinking about what it all means to me. Why do I go out, why does the music mean so much to me? I think it baffles my co-workers sometimes when I put on Yoshiesque2 or Kenny's Toronto Mix Sessions and dance around (literally) the kitchen. Well, not all of them. Regardless, nights like Bittersweet and the Promise parties have really given a positive spin to my attitude towards going out. There is nothing like going out and being surrounded by people who are generally considerate, friendly and all united by the impossible to ignore need to get the fuck down! I love going off at a party and turning to whoever is next to me in the same state as we both grin like fools. That was one of the beauties of Industry, after 4 or 5 am. People getting off, together.
Sometimes I think I'm naive for believing in this, but I think this underlying feeling is what unites us, and makes us strong as an underground collective. Because no matter how popular and accessible the music has and will become, there is still the underground of people who truly LOVE the music, going out and getting the primal release of dancing hard. I love being at a party and watching people who I can really see are feeling the music. There is almost nothing that makes me smile like that. I love being at a party and having people invade my intense party mode with random acts of kindness and goodwill.
I'm a rambling flake... but you know who you are, and now you know that I love you. You are what makes "the scene" wonderful and rewarding. We. Let's hold on to it, and take it further than ever.
BBB.
Fucking hippie.
