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shanny
Ferocious One
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: in the jungle the mighty jungle
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For New Years day I decided to try a new trick at the zone, to add to the mentalness of the day.
I decided I would walk around the club blindfolded, with construction ear muffs on, and oven mits on and cotton balls in my mouth, therefore having lost the use of four of my five senses.
That is right, I would only be able to use scent to find my way around the club.
Upon first entering the club I was immediately met by a foggy/moist odour, this is how I knew I was in the right place. After walking by what I figured to be the main door I thought I noticed a hand pressing on my bum, judging from the closest smell that was near me at the time, I think it was a girl, or it could have been a man wearing womens anti-persperant. Either way, I was ok with that.
Following this I decided it was time to walk a little further, which is the point where things got a little frightening.
The next smell that came across me was sort of like a mild-strong cheddar.
This is not all that unusual to smell in the zone, but what was frightening was that mixed in with the mild/strong cheddar smell was the smell of what could be no more than four or five belts, and panic ran through my head!
I ripped off all of my sense depriving devices and ran for the patio, where I spent the rest of the day discussing world religion and folk music.
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Check out more of my ramblings at:
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Where Are The Tunes?
Good things happen to good people
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MissK
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Bongo Bay
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| quote: | Originally posted by MKpacha
since i heard the orig, ive been waiting for a remix.... the lyrics are too good not to have @ an after hours  |
I said the exact same thing to Carlo....I was waiting for the day to hear it remixed and whut whut...in zone it was dropped.
I myself LOVED Presta...but then again I also love my oldschool tribal. Pure drums. I hadda a blast downstairs by myself while Nada and Jen checked out my man Simon Jane upstairs...wish I hadn't missed that.
Nathan killed it! Holy f*&%!!! Never dissapoints!
Carlo also dropped it. but I had to get outta there and suite up for the big night at TIL!
Tyler....it was awesome partying with you in zone...one venue we haven't rocked out to yet. And thx for keeping my hydrated.
Nada, Jen, Remi, Shanny, Shelley, Justin, Graham, Jon Jon,( although you were up on the STAGE the whole time)Jay, Kelly, Ann, Imola and to everyone else I may have forgotten~ you made my day!!! hugzzzzzzzzz
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Everything happens for a reason
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Jan-04-2007 17:28 
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DannyPINK
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2006
Location: The Bronx
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PINK's official review!
I origonally posted this on HouseAddict. I thought I'd share it here!
It's LONG so bear with me...
Let me start off by saying what a fucking day! Actually, what a fucking weekend!
I was at Zone this weekend on Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday. My buddy JQ is the soundtech there so I was his driver for Thursday, Sunday and Monday. On Saturday my good buddy George William opened the club so me and a small group of my buddys went to support our guy.
Let me say that after spending an entire weekend there, and getting to know soo many people, including DJ's, bouncers, workers, bartenders, zone regulars, etc, I am a full fledged Zone addict.
There are people who talk a lot of shit about Zone, but my theory is that they pay too much attention to the sketch that actually takes place at Zone. The sketch will always be there, period. There will be times when the sketch is higher than usual, but if you do your thing, keep to yourself and are there to have a good fucking time, enjoy the music and give'er on the dancefloor, the sketch just fades into the background.
ON TO THE REVIEW:
So yea... like I said I was JQ's driver so at about 10 to 1am, after the ball dropped, me and him started our mission to pick up equippment and get it over to Zone and set up. Long story short, it took about 2 hours of running around and driving from Guv to Zone to Guv to Peter Zurub's hotel for more equippment, then back to Zone then to Guv then finally back to Zone again to finally sit down and relax while the JQ and the club workers worked to get Zone officially ready for the massive NYD celebration that was about to ensue.
J-Prez was the opening DJ. They opened the doors at about 3-3:15AM and slowly began to let people in. Prez spun a really good set playing some zone favorites and definitely warming things up and setting the stage for the ensuing DJs.
Greg Gow was next. He arrived at about 3:45 loaded. LOL. He was saying that Manzone and Strong were feeding him shots at Guv. LOL. He came on at 4:30 and killed it. At least for me. Zone wasn't fully packed the Vinyl Junkies, so there was more then enough room to give'er on the dancefloor during Gow's set. When he was done I went behind the booth and told him that maybe he should show up for work loaded more often. LOL.
Like I said, the Vinyl Junkies were next, and by this time Zone was getting rammed with people. I enjoyed their set, but I was mostly concerned with when my friends were going to start arriving and what the lines looked like outside considering I got there before they opened and was not venturing out of the club. It was sweet tho cuz when I would make the rounds around Zone I would bump into more and more people I haven't seen in a while, including Ni-Cd (You're awesome buddy!).
My buddies arrived around the time that Sydney Blu's set got going. George William and Sydney got walked into the club roughly before the end to the VJ's set, and JQ worked with the manager to get the rest of our friends in, in a timely fashion. By 30 minutes into Sydney's set all of my buddies were in and the party had officially begun!! We all set up shop upstairs and took over a corner of the booths in the back. Sydney's set was extra dirty and extra hard! She definitely is one of Toronto's most unique DJs with a sound that is definitely all hers. When she dropped a new Nelly Furtado remix, OMG!, I don't think I've danced that hard EVER!!! It was a combination of my friends being there and the wickedness of the track that brought the moves out of me. The rest of her set was just as wicked.
By this time the upstairs was picking up with people and Peter Zurub was getting ready to spin some vinyl. The patio was very chill with people smokin their cigarettes or just getting some fresh air. The Zone itself, downstairs, was RAMMED. From what I've heard tho, there have been events where Zone was more packed, but for me, yesterday was the most packed I've seen it.
By this time tho, I was having a fucking blast!! I was bouncing around the club like a New Years baby on crack. I was goin around, tearing it up on the dancefloor, jumping from friend to friend, meeting new people and partying it up with the people that I've been doing this with for months.
During Joee Cons set, George William and myself were sitting out on the Patio and some sketchbag walks by saying "The music shut off downstairs!". George immediately bee-lines towards the stairs. I got up and followed and we made our way through the crowd towards the DJ Booth. The crowd was pretty good about the whole situaytion. A 21 hour party something had to go wrong at some point. JQ handled the situation beautifully. He was in the audio room behind the booth while George William and myself relayed info from Joee Cons to JQ. Within 5 to 7 minutes the music back on and Zone erupted into cheering and applause. Joee Cons dropped the Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way and got the crowd goin again good. He followed that by another track that I can't remember the name of (If anybody knows it I'd love for them to post it), but it was even better than By The Way. I was soo happy for my buddy JQ cuz he got the music back on, and the two tracks that Joee Cons dropped were soo wicked that the experience I had was seriously religious.
So yea... after my religious experience givin'er in the DJ booth with Joee Cons I was soak'n fucking wet and in much need of a break so I ventured upstairs to the booth that my buddies had taken over. Peter Zurub was killing it upstairs. He personally said that it wasn't his best set, and it probably wasn't, but he was dropping some great fucking tracks; some wicked club anthems. Also, it was all on vinyl. I have immense respect for the DJs who spin vinyl. Some of the new, soon to be up-and-coming DJs only spin CDs.
Anyhoo... I spent the next hour bouncing around and chillin' with my friends and running into club friends and making new friends. I ran into Kriskool and Psiico on the Patio. Kriskool: Fucking great to see you honey! Awesome weekend! Psiico: Great to meet you buddy! Also ran into a couple of my other good club friends. Claire, Erica, Penguin, Andrea, Gigana and soo many more. I fucking love you guys.
On to the fucking sketch-check that happened to MEEEE! So yea... driving JQ all weekend and spending all that time at Zone, I got to know quite a few bouncers. I met this one on NYD, name forgotten unfortunately, that saved my life! I had him check on my car at one point in the back lot, so he knew which car was mine. Getting to the sketch-check. I'm out on the patio partying it up with my friends, I decide to head upstairs and see my other crew of friends. As I'm walking in through the front hallway, he grabs my shoulder and says "BUDDY, YOUR CAR'S BEING TOWED!!" Holy fucking shit I booked it to the back where they were lifting my car. I pleaded with the cops to not tow my car, which resulted in them talking with the tow-truck-guy and working out a $65 dollar drop-fee. They told me to go get it, and buddy, I ran to the patio talking a mile-a-minute and actually got the $65 bucks together. I got the majority from my friends, but there were people who overheard me slightly freaking out and actually handed me cash out of their own wallets. This is why I LOVE Comfort Zone. Zone always has the potential to be greatest place on Earth with the greatest people on Earth. Long story short... I got my car dropped, parked it on the street, and headed back to Zone.
Met back up with my friends who seriously helped me calm the fuck down and chill for a bit.
I continued to bounce around until Peter Presta's set. My buddy Alex Drummer, girlfriend Heather, Random Doug, George William, Carollynn, and myself went downstairs and set up shop right in front of the DJ booth. Presta was introduced by Fabian (?) and the crowd went fucking nutzo. The first track that he dropped was incredible. Sick, dark, dirty fucking beat with the lyric "My House!" I stayed with my buddies and gave'er for a half an hour. Eventually the overwhelming heat, sweat pouring out of me, and slight exhaustion got me off the dancefloor. I moved back to the hallway area by the entrance and met up with my girl Gigana. She made a good point about Presta. Too repetative. His tracks were good, but alot of it was strictly repatition. There were moments of brilliance, but alot of in-between was constant beat repetition. I took this as my opportunity to cut out of Zone for a little while.
After a wonderful shower and change of clothes I made my way back into the club and met up with my friends. I basically spent a lot of time chillin' with my 24/7 friends after that. A lot of time spent on the patio and upstairs. I heard great things about Presta's set, especially the end. I unfortunately missed Barato's set cuz I was all fresh and clean, didn't want to go downstairs and sweat my balls off, plus I wasn't in the biggest dancing mood at that time.
I did however perk up for George Williams set. After all, me and my friends are there to support out little Georgie Boy. His set was pretty wicked. He spun a lot of tracks I don't normally hear, especially not at Zone. It was a great vibe upstairs and the dancing was in full effect. Good times overall!
After his set me and my friends decided to cut out, some for the night, some temporarily. My plan was to be back for Deko-Ze's set cuz I'm not, not seeing Mikey on New Years Day at Zone.
So me, FrankieT, my friends Allie and Courtney got back to Zone at 9:30PM to catch the last 30 minutes of Deko-Ze's set. I gave'er on the dancefloor for a couple minutes then went up into the booth to give'er. When I went up there I requested that Mikey put on Nothing Better off of Delicious cuz that's one of my Top3 favorite House tracks. He looks at me nods and says "Yea, I think I can do that for you." Drops it three trakcs later at exactly 9:50PM and the reponse from the crowd was fucking wicked! I almost cried I was soo happy he played it, but I did notice about a dozen people randomly work their way through the crowd to to front of the DJ booth to let him know how much they loved the track. That track seriously completed my night, and I definitely let him know after he was done spinning. Again, thank you so much Mikey!!
So yea... after that I bounced around a little bit like a little monkey but the banana's started to get a little too intense so I said my goodbyes and worked my way out of the club. At one point in the day I wanted to find a set times poster, but I noticed they were all gone. Honey I found the last one right next to the main entrance and I carefully ripped that shit off the wall, rolled that shit up, and booked it towards my car to pass out.
ALL IN ALL... what an incredible fucking WEEK. Started Thursday night and finished right now, Wednesday early morning. Holy shit I don't even know what's going to compete with this for the most fun possible. I don't even wan't to come close to having this much fun for a little while cuz I don't think my body can handle it. LOL. I will say this. I love Comfort Zone. I am officially converted. Guvernment used to be my place, and it still holds a place in my heart, but Zone has captured the coveted first position and it's not letting go. I love the club, I love the atmosphere, I love the intimacy, I love the music, I love my DJs, and I fucking LOOOOOVE the people who go there and make that place great (sketch excluded LOL)!!
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Jan-04-2007 17:54 
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Sasha
Obsequey
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety Zag
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Jan-04-2007 21:03 
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She_Fitz
He was into rocks....
Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Old Miami
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Re: PINK's official review!
| quote: | Originally posted by DannyPINK
On to the fucking sketch-check that happened to MEEEE! So yea... driving JQ all weekend and spending all that time at Zone, I got to know quite a few bouncers. I met this one on NYD, name forgotten unfortunately, that saved my life! I had him check on my car at one point in the back lot, so he knew which car was mine. Getting to the sketch-check. I'm out on the patio partying it up with my friends, I decide to head upstairs and see my other crew of friends. As I'm walking in through the front hallway, he grabs my shoulder and says "BUDDY, YOUR CAR'S BEING TOWED!!" Holy fucking shit I booked it to the back where they were lifting my car. I pleaded with the cops to not tow my car, which resulted in them talking with the tow-truck-guy and working out a $65 dollar drop-fee. They told me to go get it, and buddy, I ran to the patio talking a mile-a-minute and actually got the $65 bucks together. I got the majority from my friends, but there were people who overheard me slightly freaking out and actually handed me cash out of their own wallets. This is why I LOVE Comfort Zone. Zone always has the potential to be greatest place on Earth with the greatest people on Earth. Long story short... I got my car dropped, parked it on the street, and headed back to Zone.
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I would say slightly freaking was a bit of an understatement.. 
No Problem.. it was my good deed of the day.. you also were kind enough to pay it back.
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