Re: Heaven Returns- A Review
hey TAs, kristina sky here
All of my text is embedded within SweetCandys original post.
my responses are marked with the *******
and i am responding to the statements I put in quotes.

check it out below
ksky
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"I get to the club a little after 10 with Kris there was a pretty long line by the Trailer but with no direction. It took awile to seprate the lines to 3. Then after that it took forever to get threw it. One of the issues was that they person behind the window was checking the names and takeing the money at the same time. At Area we got our tickets and then paied. That made the line a lot faster. Then it was off to wait in another line. All together. VIP people had to wait as long as the GA people. I belive in treating everyone equaly but if I bought a VIP ticket for the event I would expect to go threw faster."
**** Sorry for the hassle. This is something Leon and I have already discussed and of course we will try and remedy it as quickly as possible.
Like you said, it was the first event at a new venue, new staff new rules etc...
& It will take a bit to work out the kinks.
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"The Sound was awful! It was too loud and there where only a few select areas that it sounded good. The air was also an issue. There where only a few select spots for that too. Iroically it was the area's of the best sound. "
*****we are working on the sound, in the next few events we will have the same sound as ICE does and its going to rock your face off.
sorry for the loudness, trust me I feel ya, I was having a whole world of sound issues all my own up there on stage when I was playing. 
my best suggestion to any of the peeps who do think sound is too loud at a venue or shitty, is to just find someone on the staff at the venue and ask them who the sound person is. A lot of these sound problems can be tweaked throughout the night, but if no one is telling anyone that can actually do something about it, then nothing can be done.
It seems like a pian in the ass to have to let someone know, but if it means that the sound will get better because they have been made aware, then ultimately that will make you have a better nite. 
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" I went up stairs to check out the house room which was a dark room it was a Joke The Decks where palced on some bricks and some wood. Pretty Getto imo. And the sound up there was awful! ICK."
***** the house room is a work in progress, sorry it wasnt the best on friday but it will get better again with time. not to mention most of us on here are trance heads so the house room shouldnt affect us. i mean, we are there for the main room, so that room is actually for a different crowd.
Just dont go up into the lions den til we fix it up 
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"I also went to check out the smokeing patio. It was the same as before but you could not clime up the second set of steps. Nothing speical."
******************************************************************************************* Yes the patio was the same as before in the amount of space blocked off to use, but they did decorate it a bit with the bamboo stuff and torches etc...
The reason the other part of the area was closed off is because it is simply too massive.
had we opened it up it would have just been a huge open space with people scattered around and being cliquey, couples makin out in corners, etc...
having a smaller more cozy space is more effective for a club because it puts people together and forces more intereaction i.e. bummin a cig from the kid next to you, makin the move on the hotty over there, lol etc...
and even all that aside, something i would really like to ask all of you...
what is so different between the small narrow outdoor smoking area we had (which wasnt really THAT small) and the crack alley smoking area at the Oh So Lovely Avalon??
cuz i just dont see much of one, lol.
bottom line, arena and circus have the best outdoor smoking areas in l.a.
cant win em all :-(
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"It was nice haveing the Bar downstairs where you could be with the music and Drink but it looked like a cull barn for cattle. A metel gate and red rope seperated us from the others. I like the Vissuals buy the bar though, and there was plunty of room to chill."
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I agree this is kinda weird, but its just the way it has to be right now... every club has its downside..
but i will point out that the 80,000 people that attend Coachella every year don't seem to mind the 21+ corral

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"There have been some changes made to the Q instead of sitting on the cold concreat floor there where nice palces to sit a long the wall. Giving it a more club like appeal. "
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yeah, you have to admit there was a shitload of leather couches in there and that def made it nicer. the ones along the wall were cool too, the big ass ottomans. 
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"Now for the music-
The best set of the night belongs to... Kristina Sky!! Why was her set only an hour I do not know she needs 2!!! I loved her hour though "
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wow, thanks girl, thata big compliment and im really glad you enjoyed the set. i know your a tough sell so it means a lot to me. 
I'm sorry i didn't play longer, you know I wnated to, but it just isnt how the night panned out.
I did get to close for ACOSTA when he decided to stop playing at 330. Dont know if you were there, but it was a really fun 30 min
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"When Taylor got up you could tell the energy went down hill. He started off slow. There was no soul or felling beind his music and tracks. No one was really dancing just standing there trying to figure out what they should try to do.I walked around takeing picturs and when I ran into my friends all they could say was.."This guy is boring" or "I am not feeling this guy at all" He picked it up for the last half hour and played "Mr. Brightside" That got the crowd to actully move and dance.
Now for Accosta- It is really hard to put into words to tell you how BAD is set was. Like I said in the other thead he was a mess!! He did not mix clean at all. He was all over the place. Like Typical Accosta he would play hard energy banging tracks and hit ya with something mellow and then back to hard again. There was no flow and direction to his set. It was so Bad!!! "
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I'm gonna have to say no comment on this one.
I was running around all night and definitely did not experience these other DJs like you guys did on the floor, but I felt Acosta did what he came to do and despite everyting said about him and against him, he seemed to pull the numbers in.
I think he knows exactly what HIS crowd wants and maybe that is why you werent feeling his set, because you are not a fan.
He definitely plays an old skool trance sound mixed with a harder edge and faster BPM, which may make some tracks seem harder than they actually are. He dropped the tunes that crowds love, i.e. delerium- silence , PLanet Soul etc..
I guess he didnt win ya over, but thats ok, better luck next time 
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"The Vibe- I love Heaven don't get me worng. I miss Arena. The vibe here at the Vangard was the old tecknotibe vibe. Candykids, light shows and Dance circles. I felt like I was at a mini rave and not a club It felt like the majory of the people where on something. That is fine by me but it was very very odvious. The vibe was differnt. But then again it was the growd that Accosta tends to bring... "
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I miss Arena too, we all do.. but we gotta just make do with what we got.
I'll quote my boy dave matthews on this one...
See, you and me
Have a better time than most can dream
Have it better than the best
And so can pull on through
Whatever tears at us
Whatever holds us down
And if nothing can be done
We'll make the best of what's around
Turns out not where but who you're with
That really matters...
as long as each group goes with goodfriends then it should be fun no matter what.
and sorry to burst the bubble because I know a lot of people on here are pissed about these "dance circles" and "light shows" etc... but...
If you have ever walked in to the back of the main room at spundae on almost any given night(minus the pure house nights).. what do you see??
dance circles, glow sticks, light shows, fucked up people, peeps in puddles etc...
i mean, it is not some new thing that just happened at Heaven.
We listen to trance music and glow gear and dancing like that, well, whether people like it or not, its part of the trance culture and history and personally i am glad to see that some people are still keeping that part alive.
not to mention that these acts really have no real reflection on who these people are.
dancing is an art form.
it is one of the main reasons why we do what we do and why we are in the scene we are in.
more power to anyone who comes to a club and feels comfortable enough to express themselves through dancing, regardless of what type of dancing.
who are you or I to get down on people who dance, even if it is with a glow accessory? 
its not like those people are forcing their evil ways upon us.. they are just doing their thing... and I also find that the majority of these people are really really into the music and the night and bring a good energy.
the majority of people prolly WERE on something, and we have all been part of that majority one time or another. A HUGE Majority of people at avalon are on coke but no one seems to bitch about that.. maybe because coke is more "acceptabel" more "mature" or "high class" ? I dunno..
drugs are drugs and clubs are clubs.
this is nothing new and nothing that should come as a surprise.
it was a grand opening night at a new location and i do think people use that type of thing as an excuse to go "all out"
i'm sure it will settle down.
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"The Bathrooms- OFG!! Is there anyone takeing care of them!!! WTF No TP no Seat covers and they smelt worse then an outhouse. EWWW EWWW!!"
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errr.. im sorry about that and so is the rest of the heaven crew.
again, that was just one of the kinks. now we know and we will fix that asap. itll smell better, be cleaner and be better equipped ASAP 
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"The Staff- Since I was at a new venue it was time to get to know a new staff. I have to hand it to them I found them to be really nice!! Much better then what they had a the Q. Much much better!! :"
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I agree with you, the staff was really cool for the most part and I think it has a lot to do with not being under the most insane surviellance(sp?) ever like at circus and arena.
that is a lot of pressure on those staff workes feeling like they were constantly being watched.
there is a more relaxed environment at Vanguard and these guys seem really cool so far.
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"Over all I had a great time..What made this a great night for me was hanging out with all of My friends and danceing with them!  I also met some really cool new people. That totlay made a new vibe and zone for me 
Welcome Back Heaven. I know this was opeaning night and the kinks will be worked out and I know my Memorial Day weekend the venune will compleaty done ( 3 more renavations are still in the works)I took a lot of amazing fun picutrs last night.. But I will post them after my Disco nap """
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cool, well in the end after all your bitching you had fun 
j/k
but for real, thanks for the review, we will do our best to take care of this stuff.
i really think all in all this was a nice nite.
i did see a lot of new faces and personally i like that because it means a chance to make new friends and for me it also means I can play my music to new ears.
the pics look great and i really appreciate everyone who captured memories from that night for us.
thanks to taylor and george for coming out.
a huge thank you to every single body that showed up to support us after what has been a very rough couple of months.
we really needed that support and you guys showed us so much of it.
this could be one of the longest posts ever aside from micheles initital review.. so I will end this one here.
im gonna keep going thru the thread and comment on everyone else too. 
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