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OMG what a dichotomous night it was. Great sets from EVERYONE (Parsons was tearing it up right off the bat, and Bruce and Dave just tag-teamed the hell out of the decks), and I have never been more uncomfortable at a gig in my life. Sky was the wrong venue for an event of this magnitude. Why oh why did they NOT open up the second floor before Tony and Paavo even walked through the door? It was a crush-fest while Dave & Bruce were spinning and it only got worse from there. To make matters even worse, I'm not sure who the brilliant fucking genius was who chopped the club in half and cordoned off large sections of floor space for a goddamn video crew, private party, and two go-go dancers, but that was not wise. Not wise at all. I spent so much time just trying to maneuver around the wall of meat wearing Eternal Network shirts just to get within camera range through the smokescreen that I stopped paying attention to the music the entire night. I couldn't ID a track if I was paid to, just because I was giving more of a shit about how to get from point A to point B through the seething mass of idiots who would deliberately move into a flowing lane of "traffic" and then stop in the middle of it. I'm no font of PLUR anyway, but after an hour of just trying to get from one end of the floor to the other I'd become a simmering volcano of asshole-dom. By 0130, I'd retreated to the VIP floor just to be able to breathe with both of my lungs, and I was so pissed off by the whole thing I didn't even stay for all of A&B's set. I was so morale-plowed by this godawful environment that I didn't bother trying to find folks, because I'd have never reached them even if I did (ie - I never saw Dave again after Tony and Paavo took over, not in that crowd; he may not have even stayed for all I know) and if I did, I'm certain they'd have been virally infected by the total-shit mood I was in. Just badness, having an event like this ruined by the casual indifference of a few clowns who just wanted to show shit off.
On the other hand, I think Sky made money hand over fist. There were more people there for A&B than there were for Hernan Cattaneo, but contained in 1/3 of the space that Hernan Cattaneo had available. Contemplate that, and imagine the horrors that followed. Any and all assistance in trackspotting for this would be welcome, as I have until Wednesday to concoct some kind of review to salvage this without me just being bitter about the whole thing. I'd have probably drowned all this angst at the bar, but I lacked the hang glider to get to one for long enough to order. 
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