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Originally posted by ItalianPoiSon i wanted to make a standard review thread, where anyone can drop in and review their night out... i think it would be a great idea to keep TA alive and keep up with what happened around the scene in a night at each spot.... so many times i wondered how party x was but there was no review for it...

Yeah, a miscellaneous review thread would be a good idea.

As someone who used to write reviews often, I only write reviews when I'm inspired to do so. That only really happens a couple of times per year these days. The last time I wrote a review was for Four Tet @ Foundry back in March.

As for the new generation, I think the shorter form of communication which is prevalent in Facebook and Twitter has resulted in much shorter reviews. I don't really think it has to do with how commonplace parties are. It has more to do with the form and style of communication of the younger generation.

FB also outed a lot of ppl so the anonymity of ta is gone, somewhat. That was part of the fun on here

Also, writing a review knowing that only a handful will read it... now I just write it in here like a diary or log of some sort so I can go back in time and read it months later.

Also with soundcloud, youtube, be at tv, predictable or safe cheesy bookings and so on, lots of these acts don't seem so fresh and unique anymore. However, once a while you get that one event that brings people back, sort of like when Digweed destroyed Stereo last year and many went on ta to post about it. That used to happen almost monthly on ta, now you'd be happy to see that once or twice a year.

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Originally posted by Ravemontreal Once I took a piss in front of everybody at Stereo. Put the garbage under the mixer, and did it right there while people were dancing and screaming. people thought I was playing with the mixer but I was playing with my zizi.

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Originally posted by Enjoy a classic from the aria days: me: are you on TA? girl: uhhhh... im on speed

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Originally posted by Swamper Well it's no surprise that enthusiasm would dwindle over the years - I don't write reviews like I did in 2001! I wasn't referring to the veterans (us) who still party here and there but more so the newcomers.

Sadly, I've only written a few reviews on here. I would like to write more, but I don't go out nearly as much as I used to. I would love to see more reviews though, to see what I've missed out on haha

I wish I could say because of Facebook's popularity that all the reviews are being posted there now, but sadly that's not even happening either.

The only thing I can think of is that a lot of the mysticism around DJ'ing is gone now with stuff like Traktor and other programs making it easier and track IDs are easier to figure out now because of the internet, with sites like Beatport and Facebook making it easier to figure out.

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Originally posted by CMR Now when it comes to festivals and big one-offs, or something else a little more exciting than the usual night (new club opening, that sort of thing), it seems like we do still get a lot of reviews, whether here or on Facebook. Just look at the Electric Island and DD threads for example.

Speaking of, there have been some pretty cool events booked this summer and there look to be a few more before the end of the summer.

Dirtybird BBQ, that Corona Sunset party and it looks like something at Fort York on Labour Day weekend as well.

http://gigs.gigatools.com/user/Apollonia

FB and twitter ruined it. Prime example of how "social" media sucks

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Originally posted by Special K Dirtybird BBQ, that Corona Sunset party and it looks like something at Fort York on Labour Day weekend as well. http://gigs.gigatools.com/user/Apollonia

Yeah dirtybird bbq and corona sound like legit parties...
the fort york thing sounds interesting...
i would like to go to labour of love for old times...

And Play Fest was just announced 2nd or 3rd week in Sept in Fort York... Its 2 stages... phase 1 is rather weak imo but some ta's maybe interestex in leon boiler

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Originally posted by ItalianPoiSon i would like to go to labour of love for old times...

Final Labor.... to think my last one was 3 or maybe it was 4 years ago....

I write a lot of my reviews on FB, I should copy on them on TA.

I miss the huge DJs and events that were hosted in t.dot years ago. Speaking for myself...I travel outside of canada now for my events so writing a review of that here would be pointless. I think the real reason why the thought out reviews are MIA is because most of us who would write propa reviews have moved out of the city. The Toronto scene changed so much that writing up a review is just not as interesting anymore. I remember when our roll calls were like 180+ ...yup, good times

But oh how I do miss chuckling as I'd read a messed up hieroglyphic review from someone so plastered out of their mind lol...and the ppl that knew their music or the experienced promoters that actually gave a cr*p about revealing a Dj lineup with set times. Yup, though corny--it really is all gone Pete Tong :P

The optimist in me still comes to t.dot hoping to recap a hint of how good it all once was. Perhaps we just have to wait for the next wave of enthusiastic partae ppl that will discover how mind bendingly good the underground scene can be.

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Originally posted by Dior Homme They don't care this is a phase for them. Just like listening to happy hardcore was back in the early 2000's. Where are those people now? LOL

Happy Hullabaloo!!!! There's a number of people still around that listened to hhc back then. Even back then a lot of people were only in it because raves were cool.

Social media killed the reviews but events now are more like concerts. I can go out and have as much fun as I did 15 years ago but rarely get that old day of jitters and excitement which I guess is the plateau mentioned. Someone else had a good point that the mystery is gone as well.