Let me rephrase that - You were awesome. Whatta night! Thanks.

I was tempted to say that probably my post on being disappointment the last time around had something to do with you not playing any breakbeat stuff this time around, but then that would be taking too much credit for nothing. I saw a Santana who seems well set for the higher leagues. Good luck .

mrmorden and mdamon7278 have put a good summary of what's not right with Amps these days. The guy with the mic who doesn't seem to realize that no one goes to that club to listen to his half-assed humor and relentless shit is the least of the club's problems. It seems the club is caught in a dilemma about what it's target audience is, as is reflected in the gradual change of music-genre being played by resident DJs on saturday nights. In past it was a healthy mix of techno/trance/breakbeats with a sprinkling of hip-hop in between. Now, on a regular saturdays, it is mostly breakbeats with a sprinkling of trance with .

For some reason, Mondo is losing it big time. I had to say losing because he, in my opinion, is one of the better DJs and i have seen him set the house on fire in past. But that past now goes back more than an year - in past year or so, he is steadily declining on his 'choice of music' and mix skills.

I had a brief exchange of messages with 93.3 FLZ Saturday Night house party host Brian Fink and while he's not too sure, it seems Mondo may be under some pressure from the club management to play more "mainstream" (read hip-hop/breakbeat) music. Maybe an effort to pull in more "mainstream" crowd. In the process, Amps has lost it's regular visitors. Some have seeked alternatives elsewhere, the others have just given up on clubbing. Sad that it should happen with Amps and i only hope someone in the management wakes up or Santoro takes a stock of the things.

On a side note, Mondo seems to play awful tracks between 12:00 - 1:00 on a regular basis and i don't know why but i get the feeling that he is trying to cater to the "mainstream" crowd during that time. Maybe it's a club policy or something.

Hope the club survives. It's the only one that can even remotely cater to the techno/trance crowd around Tampa.

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Originally posted by dj douglas WOW sounds like u guys had a great time hrhrhhrhrh sign me up 4 the next one hrhrhrhr j/k sorry to hear it sucked

hrhrhrhrhrhr omg Ybor City cops are total scum! Renzo knows that now first hand.

FREE RENZO !!!

wtf?!

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I was amazed to see a girl walk up to me on the dance floor and say "Did you join tranceaddict recently? ... I am the ClubGoddess".

It was indeed a pleasant surprise to be recognized that way. Hats off to you, you must indeed be the ClubGoddess! It was nice meeting you. Also my apologies for making you talk aloud; i usually keep my ears stuffed with cotton buds to make sure when i wake up the next morning, i can still hear the birds chirping around the lake by my apartment.

Hope you enjoyed the evening and hope to see you around again sometime.

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Speaking of ClubGoddess....what was with Carlos (orionthought)? He became a vampire for a little while last night...

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Originally posted by ex-dj FREE RENZO !!! wtf?!

He is now...

ill write an email to amphitheater complaining..

i wasnt even there but i can imagine how it was

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Originally posted by DJ Indus Creed Now, on a regular saturdays, it is mostly breakbeats with a sprinkling of trance with.

I don't know what the hell that was, it wasn't even the high energy breaks I'm used to at the Amp (which I'm not crazy about, but at least it's some kind of EDM.)

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I had a brief exchange of messages with 93.3 FLZ Saturday Night house party host Brian Fink and while he's not too sure, it seems Mondo may be under some pressure from the club management to play more "mainstream" (read hip-hop/breakbeat) music. Maybe an effort to pull in more "mainstream" crowd. In the process, Amps has lost it's regular visitors.

Oh, good. The ghost of Lotus has migrated and set up shop at the Amp.

heard something on 93.3, but commercials always mess everything up.

good stuff. liveset!?!?!

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