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Review: James Holden @ System (pg. 2)
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| sohaness |
i had an alright night...i was really really looking forward to holdens set, but i just found that there was something missing. many of his tracks were good, i tried to get into it, but it just wasnt happenning...even going up near the front with all the action didnt help :(
anyway, i did like bits and pieces of it, like that crazy break in the clouds remix (was it a remix, or some crazy ass layering job on his part??). i ended up taking off at around 245ish...please tell me he didnt play outhouse! please!! :D
ah well...it was the people that made it for me on this night! soo good to see so many TOTA's out. tara, erika, bobbie-jo, jeff, aaron, peter, the list goes on...you guys rock!
see everyone next week for the christmas party!! or actually the 'holiday' party...we want to be politically correct here! :p
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| LadyLotus |
Yeah, I guess I wasnt really feeling it either. But when I left half way through his set, it started picking up. I really didnt want to leave. :( Anyways, it was good to see some familiar faces again, John, Peter, and Beyh(sorry about the spelling:) ) And it was nice to finally meet Steve, Tara, Erika, and James!!!
Looking forward to seeing you guys again next week.
Toodles
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| drgoodvibe |
wiked night guys, had a great time -- needed to blow off some steam over exams and such! Great seeing you guys, as you usual you guys made it great!! Brynne happy b-day once again ;), Tara Ryan, ben, jason, Erika, Marg, Ray, peter, rich, jeff + shy GF ;), bobbi-joe and friend--sorry don't remember her name =[, Jarek, Thug-John, John and gf sorry don't remember her name.. and nice meeting Jeff (firestarter) for the first time!
anyways here's my pics
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our very own tri-squad bitches!!
look at dis thugs! |
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| E2EK1EL |
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| Magnetonium |
OH MY GOD ....... I REGRET THAT I DIDNT GO TO SEE HOLDEN AT GLOW ....... SSSSSSSS ...
| quote: | OH MY GOD ... Yesterday night was the probably the worst experience someone could get at a nightclub. Started off bad, as I really wanted to see Robbie Rivera, but my parents didn't give me the car, so me and my friend, Brian, who is new to dance music and never heard house music before (thats right!), took the GO Bus to Toronto. It was a very confusing experience, as I never took a GO Bus before and I kinda got lost in downtown Toronto with my friend for some time ... We walked to the Sound Emporium club. There were homeless people asking us for money throughout the night (on several occassions), the streets were dirty, unpleasant ...
Anyhow, first of all, the Union Go Station Bus Terminal in Toronto didn't have any lockers AS OTHERWISE WAS STATED ON THEIR WEBSITE!, so I had to drag all my stuff to the club.
The worst stuff happened when we got to the club. I thought we might only have the problem with the coat check since there was stuff in my bag that was not appropriate for a club (apples, juice, cookies, ) YET STILL ALL OF THAT WAS ALLOWED THROUGH! WTF WITH ALL THAT FUSS ABOUT NO FOOD TO BE BROUGHT IN?????? Next, the bouncers / people inside had no clue about the place whatsoever, and led me and my friend to the lower section of the club where they played d 'n b instead of when I asked them that we were to see Robbie Rivera, and we were led THROUGH THE CHAINED-OFF BORDER between two areas downstairs. We paid for the coat check, changed to clubbing clothes, and asked "How do we get to the upstairs lounge?" And thats when all the hell started. By the way, we arrived to the club at around 11:45 PM. Not even the bouncer (who later kicked us out) , nor the coat check people in that section, nor ANYONE was able to help us with the query. I tried to cross back through the chained-off are by hopping over, but was refused so by another security guard. So I took a chance, grabbed our coatchecks and with clubbing clothes, went out to go in again. The searching people and some of the guards recognized us and gave us a LIGHTER search, as they just searched us and not the bag. We went in easy (still didnt pay for the ticket!!! we couldn't got in for FREE!!!), paid for our tickets and told that the coat check is downstairs and is for both lounges. So hearing that we went downstairs, and as we crossed the chained area, that security guard (Ukraninian-looking) came out of nowhere, brought us back to the chained-off area (from BOTH SIDES!!!) and started yelling the hell on us, like, WTF we are doing in this restricted area, cant you two see the chain, etc. I apologized, and said that we won't do that again, and another guard let us through the same passage the previous time and this was our first time to a club. So he went back, and we instictly followed him, as the entire area was closed and were were gonna have to leave somehow. We didn't even hop the rope this time, but walked around the post! He turns around, and starts going even more bizerk, like, I told you not to cross the rope, and you did (what could we say, he didnt let us say anything in return this time). He tells us to go outside with him, and there, in front of quite a few other people in line, and with it being snowing, us wearing light clother and in need of a change, told us that if we wanted to get in again, we had to pay again! WHAT A #$##@$$$##$$$$$ ...He tricked us, what the hell is his problem???? I wasn't even being provocative and what we did was not bad at all!!! Since we had nowhere to go, and the next GO Bus was to come at least after 6 AM, we waited, and then since we had no choice but to go inside and THAT BOUNCER WAS WAITING FOR US, HE KNEW WE WERE COMING BACK, and HE MADE SURE WE PAID AGAIN! THAT TIME THE SEARCHERS DIDNT EVEN CHECK US AT ALL!! WE COULD'VE BROUGHT IN SOMETHING!!! We re-entered 3 times that night! I think we're pretty much well-known now there ... So we paid the double price, FINALLY GOT SHOWN THE RIGHT COAT CHECK PLACE, which was a small darkened room with one door at the end of that downstairs hall ... We paid the coat check, and after this we FINALLY got to go in to the upstairs lounge. THIS was about 1 HOUR after we initially entered. So we went to the floor, and .... THERE WAS NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE present, and though I did find the TAs, and they all were so nice and friendly, but the time it was 3:30, everyone except me and my friend HAD LEFT, so they stopped DJ'ing! All fellow TAs left, and we two we left alone to make our xconclusions .... So me and my friend paid 80 + bucks EACH for just over 2 and a half hours of terrible nightclubbing experience! Now I won;t have enough money to go see Marco V tonight, and that party is surely to kick some arse ... After the club was closed past 3:30, we went outside and walked through the downtown, and a few more beggers asked us for money, eve when we stopped at Tim Hortons! ...
Also, the first DJ really played some not-so good tracks, as it was just plain taram baram ... Robbie Rivera surely was great, he played some great tunes in his set, some classics and several late house hits, including the awesome JUNIOR JACK - DA HYPE, and his single GIRLFRIEND, among his couple more or so other singles and tracks from M.O.S. ... I feel bad for Robbie cause as he sure had an awesome set, but the number of people at the Lounge was decreasing by the minute, and it looked like as if people didn't like it something .... My oh my ........ What a nightmare! And think how my friend, who I brought to his first dance music event, and who is not a dance music fan, but wanted to check it out - HOW WOULD HE FEEL????????
As a lesson, I STRONGLY recommend everyone NEVER to go to Sound Emporium Lounges EVER AGAIN, as their light/lazer system is absolete, the treatment is pure , and I guess I should've went to see Holden at Glow (wherether the heck that was?!) Unless me and my friend can be reimbursed by the club management WHO WASN'T EVEN PRESENT AT THE CLUB THAT NIGHT!, I will strongly spread the word of this terrible treatment to as far as I can, and believe me, I know a lot of people / groups .... Look at their website, and look at their club, and I SHOULD'VE LISTENED to whoever said questionable things about the lounge ... Is there anything that can be done?????? |
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| E2EK1EL |
PS.
TREMBLAY is ....
1) Has the most retarded weekly pics :)
2) He's bitting my FINGER PICS :) |
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| kwongandy |
| great night. nothing earth shattering by holden, just what you expect. he played played out 'his' sound. holden i think was supposed to play from 1am - 4am. i left around 3:30am. i gotta make more of an effort to meet TAs. maybe next week. :tongue3 |
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| Muff2K |
good times last night. shout outs to all TA's i chilled with, u know who you are. glad i came out last night
ps. thanks for the talk del. i needed that.
pps. beh, told ya i could convince her i went to elementary school with her |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by Muff2K
pps. beh, told ya i could convince her i went to elementary school with her |
Haha I wish I was there to witness that...:) |
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