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+ a big 1 on Derrick May and the rest of the Techno pioneers.
Why did Derrick have to play at a school gymnasium when he came to play @ Chapel Hill? The really sad part was that there were about 30 people at the show, which was one of the best shows of my life! Stacey Pullen opened and delivered an amazing set, then Derrick came on and completely blew the few people that were there away!
Before the show Stacey and Derrick did a presentation/QA session on campus about the roots of Techno. After the show I got to hang out with them at the local afterhours (eating chips with a legend = priceless). Both Derrick and Stacey were really nice guys, and seemed like a couple of guys that I would invite over for dinner.
The really sad part about the night was that 50 feet away (literally) from the gym where Derrick was bangin it out, there was a student commons area. All of the students there either had no clue who Derrick was (?!?) or were too busy studying/doing a paper/etc to walk 50 feet to see the pioneer of Techno. The students got in for free for Christ's sake!
Also, DJ Z-Trip deserves a mention here. He made me like Hip-Hop again (good non-MTV Hip-Hop), but I almost never hear about him on TA...
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