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| quote: | Originally posted by DJ IDeaL
Dave Dean (owner and director of Giant) and his San Diego business partner, Chris Braga, own Spin. Spin has the best sound and dance floor set up for DJs in SD and that rare late night (past 2am as well as 4am) permit, so I’m sure there’s always a plan in place as Dave has decades of experience with dance music venues. Giant has been producing weekly Fridays in San Diego for 4 years (from 4th and B to Belo to Spin). I can only imagine they’ll continue to do so for some time. |
Exactly as I said... lol... It's just happens that the time being San Diego hasn't got a scene that's thinking outside of PB and Downtown, which frankly aren't areas I'd frequent due to the "crowds" (aka oodles of people with no clue who is who) and the "expenses" (parking, high drink fees, and asshole people who treat you as a number).
I'll admit that Spin hasn't been kicking it like last year, and I'm glad more people are bringing good names to San Diego as a whole (see this week with Kyau & Albert and an upcoming show with a special Dutch Trance duo known as Rank 1)... but that doesn't by a long shot mean Spin is dead. It's had a flux year... and a lot of DJs have opted not to come down with Giant this year. It just happens.
Personally, I love Spin for being where it is, and the crowds that have come (excluding the Eventvibe era personally... I wasn't a fan of those crowds... lol... for the same reason I'm not a fan of them downtown). The problem with Spin at the moment, and what many of us are trying to help the venue accomplish, is that it lacks a major identity. People still think of it as Club Montage in some circles (which it clearly isn't anymore) and it just needs to have the identity carved into it. Hell, the venue's been around for a year + really in its current version.
Voyeur has a nice niche - brand new, great location (as it was Ole Madrid) and notoriety (LED Wall and the fact it used to be Ole Madrid). You'd be surprised how much that helps a venue... and its venue is good for its business... it can get the Gaslamp groupies. I'll be there this weekend to support my friend spinning and to see Victor and a great trance act play San Diego. I can tell ya though, it wont be a place I go to a lot because I'm happy to be away from Downtown and the unnecessary drama.
To each there own though.
Oh, and about the night.... IdeaL rocked the decks with a great set. Very good sir! However, I was disappointed in Mark Knight. He never really seemed to fall into his groove the way I thought he would, and the sound was fairly blah. I was loving Flauta Magica (3rd Song) but it all kind of blended a bit much after that to the point where I left the dance floor, which I had been on since, say, about 1/3 of the way through the first opener's set.
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