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Review: PAUL VAN DYK @ Roxy, NYC (pg. 4)
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| yankeeBaby |
Whoa 6pm and I am still fuzzy-headed :)
Here is my review:
Line up was really confusing (they had lines across the streets, weird signs, etc) but we got in pretty fast...coat check took like 2 seconds, so that was a huge plus. They let us bring out cameras in, which was AWESOME!!! Pics coming soon...and I know Laura got some great one's!!
(but they did try to confiscate everyone's gum...I guess the place is a roller-rink in the day and it screws up the floors??) Not a jaw-friendly place :) lol
The crowd to me was great: there were a ton of people, but enough room to dance the entire night, not very many people pushing through you, and really friendly people! NYTA's took OVER PVD last night and I met quite a few of you guys!! Really nice people, and I appreciate the many welcomes and invites to future events ;) really cool ass people :) :)
It also, to me wasn't very hot, but it was soooo humid...the place just felt WET!!! everyone around me was sweating buckets even tho the temperature seemed ok to me most of the night. I must apologize to any who met me after, like 12 am, cuz we danced our asses off and I prolly looked a hot mess LOL LOL :) :) :) LOL
I do not need to mention the track list. :) :) INSANE!!!!!!!:eyes: :eyes: We danced sooo hard the entire night, I had to PRY myself off the floor just to go use the restroom, get a drink, it was that great!!!I was afraid to miss anything!! Never took a break the whole night!! LOL
Nada: towards the end of the night, PVD was playing a bit slower, and I told Shanny and Lisa that the next hard track that he plays we need to BUST OUT Nada-style :) :) wouldn't you know it, the next hard track, me and lisa just looked at each other and went all out :) we laughed and said how you woulda loved to be there busting out with us!! LOL LOL YOu would have loved it chick!!! :) :) wish you were there with us!!
Since you all know already the insanity of the tracklist, I will end my report by saying that I had a fabulous time with the TOTAs that came down and I met a whole TON of NYTA's who I love and can't wait to chill with again. I remember faces, not names, so please don't worry if I forget you:
Dirtydan
verndogs
phuzzyfish12 (and her friends)
kellybelly :) :)
Josh
lisa
Laura
Andrea
Chris
FRAN!! :) :)
Trancedout and his toronto peoples
...a whole bunch of NYTA's....I am soo sorry I forgot (or didn't HEAR!!!) your names!!! but you know who you are :)
(one NYTA was there with his girl...was SUPER nice and invited me to furture events but I coudn't hear your name for the life of me) :(
Daniela (Lunasea): wish you were there babe!!! yo woulda made the place that much better!!
Thats my report....no more rambling...love to the TOTA's/NYTA's....soo glad I live in NYC now :) :)
To the fab DJ: Thanks for popping the PVD cherry in such an incredible way...you kicked our asses!!!!
:) :)
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| Endlesswave |
| :toothless My knees are ing broken. Roxy Ruled. TAs ruled, Vibe, ruled. People were friendly as hell. NYC IS AWESOME. Met up with a friend of mine from Brooklyn (who I met in Spain in Valencia, then later Ibiza) and went inside Roxy, met up w the other TAs and just partied like mad. Woot. I will come back. |
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| yankeeBaby |
| Nice pics verndog :) I swear I don't even remember taking thay pic with lisa and you???:conf: LOL |
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| verndogs |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
Nice pics verndog :) I swear I don't even remember taking thay pic with lisa and you???:conf: LOL |
the pic was taken right after I met you, lisa, and all the other TOTAs :p |
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| Gamma |
it was 3 years ago this weekend that tota took over roxy to see pvd. one of the best parties and road trips i had.
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| Irishaddict |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jer.
Ooooooooooooh :D
Question Number One: Did you end up taking your camera? If not, did you meet up w/ Lora, Jae, etc
Question Number Two: Amsterdam?
If it's what I think it is, this is great that he's supporting the record.. Really early.
~j |
1. Certainly did!
:)
2. Hell yeah. And it's what he used to mix in Crush. :D
| quote: | Originally posted by nusty
laura did the guestlist work out fine for you? |
It worked great. Thanks again Dave. :) |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
Nice pics verndog :) I swear I don't even remember taking thay pic with lisa and you???:conf: LOL |
ME EITHER!
Anyway...as for my review:
I started with a 4 hour train ride to Toronto...then hopped on a 45min bus ride back to Hamilton (after Josh picked me up from the train station and we met with Spitty and Chris). Laura picked us up from the bus station and we began our trek to New York at about 1:15 in the morning. Got there around 9:30 - thanks everyone that gave us directions!
We got to Fran's, and unloaded our bags. He had some work to do, so we decided to go exploring. We walked like 50 miles or something...but it didn't actually seem that long. We saw a bunch of sights...took tons of pictures - which will all be up soon! And just had a great time exploring the city.
Afterwards we relaxed for a bit, before it was time to start the partying! Yankeebaby met up with us (great to see you again baby!), as well as Your Mother (who is actually a native of Windsor!) and his gf. We headed over to Roxy, and after a bit of confusion with the tickets we managed to get in alright.
The club itself was awesome. It was pretty big and had a really nice set up. I also liked how you could be like 10 feet away from the DJ...if that! There were 3 big video screens on each side of the booth, and if you wanted to hang out behind them and dance you literally could just walk up and shake the DJs hand. Not to mention, there was so much room all around the front! Nada you would have been SO happy! Okay...well maybe not RIGHT in the front. But from where I was dancing all night, I was pretty close, and I didn't have too many problems with people getting in my way.
As for tunes...many of them have already been mentioned. Lyteo & Summer dream were definatly two of my favorites. Say Hello - I told Laura she had to take a video of me and Spitty dancing for you Nada. She told me that he probably wouldn't play it...and sure enough he did! I think he did it purposely for you :) I can't wait to show you the video. And yes, as Kelly said...we represented you quite well...a lot of "this is for Nada"'s!
One thing I didn't like though...Josh and I recall there being a couple weak spots in his set. For the most part it was great, but there were two times where we just looked at each other and were like "c'mon paul...pick it up a bit" and sure enough he did and we danced away saying "now THAT'S more like it! That's the paul I've come to know and love!"
It was great to meet a lot of you NYC TAs...dirtydave (we had a nice talk about how awesome the edm scene was haha), photoaddict, your mother, pvdobsession, verndog, colibri, avikonen (of course)...and I'm sure there were others! Hope to see some of you guys soon!
Thanks again to Fran for his genourous hospitality...to Laura for making me go and spotting me all that money...and to all the TAs for making it an awesome trip! One of the best decisions I've ever made!
P.S. Pics and vids soon |
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| Cuzo |
Oh , I was supposed to be there.
I heart NYC, like you not even could even imagine.
I'll be there soon. |
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| spitty |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cuzo
Oh , I was supposed to be there.
I heart NYC, like you not even could even imagine.
I'll be there soon. |
SOOOOOO glad u couldn't
sucka..u missed out BIGTIME |
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| fotoaddict |
| quote: | Originally posted by spitty
SOOOOOO glad u couldn't
sucka..u missed out BIGTIME |
I'll second that.. It's Monday and I can still feel Paul mixing with my soul..
The show was so amazing.. It couldn't get any better.. and then it did.. when I met all the TOTAs.. spitty, lisa, laura (nice tat), josh, chris, kellybelly (welcome to nyc, we'll take care of you). You're all like a family. Scratch that, you are a family.
Keep the love in TO strong! I hope to visit soon.
Pete |
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