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Originally posted by rudypoochris On the flip side the Afterparty had a great vibe to it as usual. Guess the price scares off the less friendly people.

LOL... this true and for good reason.

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The Trance room was the only way to go, when we walked into the main room around 2 we turned and walked right back out, it smelled SO bad and was so dark and stuffy, worst main room i have ever seen. The vibe was all wrong!

The festival itself was great! SOOO many people, cant wait to hear some number projections....

i will be there next year if it happens again, and i will try to have a bigger part next year, volunteering was great. Not very organized feeling though

I will say it again... best event ever. Thank you again to everyone who organized it and put such hard work into its success.

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I had an amazing time! An ocean of people descended on the steps of city hall.
Fucking insane.

It was my 5th time going, and it was the biggest one yet for sure.

Probably my best Love whatever experience yet! Great music and the best friends.

Was fortunate enough (thanks to my girlfriend) to find myself on the Skills/Spundae float with two of my favorite DJs, Jon O'Bir and Menno de Jong. Such an amazing experience to be on a float during the parade and then in civic center with DJs you love. Got off the float when JOC went on and wondered around and damn was it packed. Had to be the largest yet. Only downside is there appeared to a lot of people not into EDM. And there were non-stop people being taken out in ambulances by the bathrooms where the floats entered. Has to look bad to the city and police etc. People need to learn how to handle their shit before they ruin it for the rest of us.

Went to the official Skills/Spundae afterparty and was excited when I heard all the trance DJs were going to be in the side room. The main room is always a clusterfuck. The side room was full front to back but you had plenty of room to dance, great sound, an amazing lineup, a great crowd and no etards on the dance floor. Who ever layed the speakers out should get a raise. Sounded great everywhere.

Jon O'Bir was already banging it out when we got there at 9:30. Played a little harder than normal. Loved it. Menno played yet another wonderful set. This guy can do no wrong in my mind.

Surprise of the night for me was Andy Moor. His recent set in LA was rather boring IMO but here his set was maybe the best of the weekend. The sound guy kept coming out and turning it down, too low I might add, and Andy would turn it back up. Sound guy did this one too many times and pissed Andy off. He gave hime the finger and cranked the mixers out put to the max. Was loud as hell lol. He wouldn't let the sound guy near the mixer again. Maybe Andy plays best when he is pissed off lol.

When JOC came on, the sound guy took the opportunity to turn down the sound. So low, you could only here the monitors. We were all wtf and he could tell something was wrong. Turned off his monitors and no sound lol. Called the sound guy over to show him what was up. Was obviously pissed at him. Whoever the sound guy was, please don't use him again!

Gil looked to be doing a great job when we left at 3:15. Wanted to beat the crowd and make sure we could get a taxi.

Was a great lineup from parade to the end of the afterparty for trance heads. Thanks to all responsible!

Sunday we decompressed by hiking with the redwoods in the Muir Woods. Absolutely beautiful.

my review:

Friday: Got fucking smashed at Ruby. Menno stopped by to hang out and got even more smashed. Every year i remind myself to take it easy on Friday. Every next morning i still wake up with a massive hangover and puke all around the toilet seat.

Saturday: Work day started off at 11AM and didn't end till 5AM. I don't know what the hell happened between those times but someone told me there was a parade and after party going on

Sunday: Woke up and ate... ate A LOT!!! Got drunk at 414 with a horrible gang of misfits and losers. Why i even bother to hang out with them, is something i'm still trying to figure out.

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Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal Sunday: Woke up and ate... ate A LOT!!! Got drunk at 414 with a horrible gang of misfits and losers. Why i even bother to hang out with them, is something i'm still trying to figure out.

haha, it was good hanging out with you too!

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Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal my review: Friday: Got fucking smashed at Ruby. Menno stopped by to hang out and got even more smashed. Every year i remind myself to take it easy on Friday. Every next morning i still wake up with a massive hangover and puke all around the toilet seat. Saturday: Work day started off at 11AM and didn't end till 5AM. I don't know what the hell happened between those times but someone told me there was a parade and after party going on Sunday: Woke up and ate... ate A LOT!!! Got drunk at 414 with a horrible gang of misfits and losers. Why i even bother to hang out with them, is something i'm still trying to figure out.

Because you're 72hrpartyanimal.

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listed listed listed listed. this was the best love paradefestevolution to date and i thank listed for making it so with danny howells, lee burridge, craig richards, bill patrick, even naveen g. most of all i would just like to say DANNY FUCKING HOWELLS. that was the most insane set i've ever heard at a love paradefestevolution period. my condolences to all who missed it. the best party of the week was without a doubt morning after the love at endup. that 15 hours went by so damn fast. my only regret was missing danny howell's tagteam with craig richards because i had to go clean up all the shit people left behind at the assembly lot. big thanks to gil for helping out with that! i wish i had the energy to hang out with the spundae homies sunday night too, but i was completely done for on all levels. there was even a FREE lee burridge, danny howells, three after after after party at vessel that i would be at in a heartbeat on any other day, but tullination made the decision for me by getting me so blasted on hash oil sunday night that i couldn't think of anything other than sleep

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ah rich, now i'm even regretting missing the endup. i blame it on danny though. caught a ride back downtown with him and he said he was playing at 6pm. I figured i'd go home, catch a few z's and then head down there and catch his set and some of the tags. as it turned out, i came back, was awake for a while, and then fell asleep until about 9pm. shit!
i shall not make the same mistake next year.

that said, gallop sessions was by far the highlight or the weekend for me, awesome sets by Naveen G and Barclay. Danny's set was beyond words, IMO. Rich and rizo, had a great time hanging with you guys and meeting quite a few other TAs throughout the weekend.

Listed for President!

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Originally posted by R!CH listed listed listed listed. this was the best love paradefestevolution to date and i thank listed for making it so with danny howells, lee burridge, craig richards, bill patrick, even naveen g. most of all i would just like to say DANNY FUCKING HOWELLS. that was the most insane set i've ever heard at a love paradefestevolution period. my condolences to all who missed it.

+infinity!

paul ritch was fucking sick too! my god

the last hour of tyrant was absolutely a mind fuck

howells at com# was a hoot! seriously likely top com# party ive been to and ive been to a lot there

listed @ endup was great too! craig richards solo was a nice touch! bill & lee destroyed it as always.

three, howells and lee @ vessel... personal invite from lee as i was saying bye but we missed it, just to tired

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Originally posted by R!CH listed listed listed listed. this was the best love paradefestevolution to date and i thank listed for making it so with danny howells, lee burridge, craig richards, bill patrick, even naveen g. most of all i would just like to say DANNY FUCKING HOWELLS. that was the most insane set i've ever heard at a love paradefestevolution period. my condolences to all who missed it. the best party of the week was without a doubt morning after the love at endup. that 15 hours went by so damn fast. my only regret was missing danny howell's tagteam with craig richards. there was even a FREE lee burridge, danny howells, three after after after party at vessel

sounds epic as fuck, listed always delivers

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What do you put into your live sets that has made you a dancefloor favorite for the past decade?

"I’m a dance floor favorite? Great! I would say the passion that I feel for the music I buy and the honesty with how I play it. I play the records I love not the ones that simply work. I’ve never taken the easy music option (which would make me a lot more money by the way) but chosen to push people a little. I try to draw people in a new direction slightly and expand their taste a little more than other DJ’s." - Lee Burridge