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Review: MTL shenanigans with Ricardo Villalobos :)
Crazy weekend.
Day 1:
Drove to TO on friday afternoon to catch the Coach bus.....took me 2.5 hours to reach TO from Niagara  and almost missed my bus. The bus ride sucked. The highway was not plowed at all, gridlock traffic.. 10 hours later, I was in MTL....just in time to hit stereo.
Got to stereo at 4ish and Jeff Fontaine was playing some nice tunes. Really enjoyed the saxophone player with him, was a nice touch. Stereo was dead, 1/4 full and stayed like that all night. And it thinned out quickly.
Lee came on at 430 or so. From reading the TO thread, I was hoping for a sick set...which didn't happen. Most of the tracks where slow or had not much for pple wanting to dance. There were too many moments where the crowd was standing up waiting for something to happen. Lee had a few peaks during his sets, but they only last 3 tracks at most. I enjoyed the techish tracks he dropped, but there werent enough of em..
I ended up leaving at 730.
Day 2:
After little sleep, I was able to meet a friend who I havent seen in years and got to see my high school sweetheart whom Im still very close to, so it was a bonus for my weekend.
After walking close to the Bell Center....I really wanted to grabs tickets to the hockey game being a Habs fan...but decided against cuz I had too much going already during the wkend.
Met up with Gera, Vince, Jenn, and Cribs at the hotel. Was nice to meet Gera for the first time. Got to see a bit of Veronica and Julio 
The quest to find a restaurant was a pain when cabs dont take 5 pple! We ended up in some greek restaurant that ended up being mediocre (at least for me)!
We got to Metropolis around 11:45 and got right in. That was kinda nice not having to wait. I was very surprised that there were no security checks nor ID'ing. This lead to a crowd filled with fuckin underage kids
The first DJ was pretty good and lining up well for Ricardo to take the decks. Ricardo started very minimal for his first hour. Made the QC girls move their sweet bodies By the end of the first hour, the floor was packed and the crowd was getting pushy and on my nerves (partly because of the bunch of kids). Dandy Jack came on and the first 45 mins were banging and got the crowd going. At first, I enjoyed the synth/keyboard thingy he was using, but after an hour, it got repetitive and almost annoying. It was pretty ear piercing!
After 2 am, the sounds was pretty loud, yet crisp (in the areas I was in). The balcony was nice, like the 2nd level at sasha n digweed.
The venue was pretty cool. Lighting wasnt too bad. A bit too bright imo. I like it dark n dirty. Mind you the lights behind the DJ's were cool. The video imagery was pretty cool too.
Unfortunately, because of my lack of sleep and headache, I ended up packing at 430ish. Then I found myself in a chaotic downtown MTL because of the Nuit Blanche, it was impossible to find a cab! I wish I had skipped Lee Burridge@stereo and be more energized to enjoy Ricardo more.
Glad to meet Malek, Collin and Sarah.
Music: 8/10
Crowd: 5/10
Sound: 8/10
Day 3:
The bus trip home......was fun and filled with drama lol
Last edited by devnull on Mar-03-2008 at 21:26
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