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Armin Van Buuren - San Diego - Belo - Friday March 9th (pg. 8)
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| PoundPuppy |
Hey technofriik, were you dressed in sort of a black coat black pants, slim build, on the short side?
Curious, because when we were in line at the main entrance, the guy described above was standing immediately in front of us talking to someone saying he just got back from Trance Energy. I have to think, seriously, how many people were there that night that just got back from Trance Energy? I had black jeans and a maroon faux-seude button down shirt, wearing glasses, if that was indeed yo. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by PoundPuppy
Hey technofriik, were you dressed in sort of a black coat black pants, slim build, on the short side?
Curious, because when we were in line at the main entrance, the guy described above was standing immediately in front of us talking to someone saying he just got back from Trance Energy. I have to think, seriously, how many people were there that night that just got back from Trance Energy? I had black jeans and a maroon faux-seude button down shirt, wearing glasses, if that was indeed yo. |
lol no shes tall! shes close to the same height as me and im 6' |
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| imp0rtedrice |
Armin pretty much killed it, having mad groupies there didn't hurt.
Especially the crowd afterwards trying to mob him for pictures after his set.
I thought it was pretty dope when the lights came on and he blasted those two extra tracks. IDs anyone?
I know he played a bunch of killers remixes, the world is watching me, children, joop- the future, zocalo, communication part three, and 4 strings, and adagio for strings.
That place was incredibly moist and humid, i had to take like a 30 min sit down breather cause i was sweating too much.
Funniest part of the night was when i saw this dude grab the gogo dancers but as she was walking through the crowd, and she caught him so she pushed him and proceeded to grab his hair off. :haha:
Overall, i know its always a good time when my legs are sore the next day. |
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| sweetcandy girl |
I thought this was of Armin's better sets. I enjoyed it.. but could not really get in to it since it was to hot and too packed to Move! I heard they over sold the tickets online by 500!!! :whip:
I felt the crowd in SD was really rude! Really rude. One girl took our spot and pretty much stayed there the whole time. She was that *daydream* groupie and seeing her friend trying to swoop in on the action ! :haha:
Also I thought there where going to be a few fights that night one b/w 2 girls and a guy!:nervous:
Everyone was so pushy! No excuses me's or nothing!!!
The last half hour of Armin's set was that "cheesy" trance I do not like. So I left.
The highlight in Armin's set for me is when He played Markus Schulz- I am.. And Robert Milles- Children
I had such a great time hanging out with all the TA's that where there :)
I will post picts and vids soon :) |
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| technofriik |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
lol no shes tall! shes close to the same height as me and im 6' |
Yep, about 6' with my heels on. I was wearing my black and orange Holland sweater jacket last night. I saw three other people outside of Belo who had gone to TE. One of them stood next to me at the Future Stage at one point and asked me if I was from LA because he had seen me at Spundae. What a small world! :tongue2
Michelle, you missed some of the best groupie action after you left. I'll tell you about it tonight ;) |
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| PoundPuppy |
Hmm, don't recall the sweater jacket, and there weren't that many tall women in there, so you'd think I'd of noticed. Then again, we didn't get around much due to the difficulty of getting around.
As far as the pushy rude people, I don't think you can avoid it when you stuff that many people into such a small spot. I experienced the same thing in the past under similar circumstances.. Of course, keep in mind that with it being a Friday night event at a popular club, you had a lot of people who were there that aren't there for the reasons we were. I mean, just think of all the people that were over in the Hip Hop room probably wondering who the heck Armin van Buuren is and why they have to wait in line forever to use the bathroom because of him. :) |
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| slkvin |
First off I want to thank Jenna for helping me get my friends in after the list was closed because they showed up late...I owe ya!!!:eyes:
I have to say except for the opportunity to hang out with the TA's Matt & Aaron and the girls, michelle and the others I met (sorry bad with names) I really didnt enjoy the night all too much. :sadgreen:
Boris set was good getting everyone warmed up. But when I saw that the room was as full as it was for Markus @ 10:30 I knew it was going to be INSANELY packed.:nervous:
Also the no re-entry policy was a serious pain considering I was in the club by 9:20 and wasnt told until after we got inside.:rolleyes:
I like Belo as a venue and have always had a great time there. Though after this weekend I wont ever see Armin @ Belo again the venue is just to small to handle a crowd of that size comfortably or ill have to get a booth with some TA's. The crowd last night was really rude, pushing and shoving and jumping around (when there was NO room too!), got elbowed in the head 3 times and once in the mouth. :whip: It was an uneducated edm crowd mostly SD people showing up cause Armin is a big name not because they love the music. It was great too see the real fans rocking AvB and Armin Only shirts...Cant wait to see the pix.
Armins set was ok, but I couldnt really get into it because of the crowd. Heard atleast 6 tracks that markus played a few weeks ago...and several from recent episodes of ASOT. Left Belo around 2:15ish was just too fustrated with the crowd and wasnt having much fun. I didnt leave until after Armin signed my AvB shirt though.....woooo hooooo!
Thank god they dialed in the sound system it was SO MUCH better then Markus 2 weeks ago!
Im glad so many of you had great nights, sorry to rain on your parade. |
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| PoundPuppy |
| quote: | Originally posted by technofriik
Yep, about 6' with my heels on. I was wearing my black and orange Holland sweater jacket last night. I saw three other people outside of Belo who had gone to TE. |
So my friend says he saw you when we were waiting in the guest list line. He remembers you and someone else trying to walk up to the guest list lady and getting intercepted by a bouncer. :D
I was a little surprised to not hear a Shivers mix of some kind, unless he played it when I was waiting for the bathroom or after we left.. Or maybe he's just all played out on it. |
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| roxb0x |
I kinda knew how crowded it would be @ belo, and the gf is a big armin fan, so we got a table.. Boris was a good as a warmup, didn't play anything too hard. As mentioned earlier, armin killed it in the first half, especially when he threw on joop and super8/djtab.
It became way crowded in the main area, and I even had to elbow, shove some freeloaders out of our area, but overall it was great! |
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| darthseph |
You all may remember the big guy in the blue shirt about 3 rows back rocking it during Boris' set on the left side of the stage. That was my buddy JoshthebeaR, me, my g/f, & Sharky and his buddies. Josh is the guy that yells like none other too and we kept starting the claps off almost everytime.. lol.
Anyways, I enjoyed Boris' set for warm-up, although it was almost the exact same playlist as the Markus Schulz night which kind of annoyed me, though I enjoyed my well prepped Martini for sure. I love how he set the place off with the couple old school track remixes, then Without You Near, Proper Education.... and then I felt like he dropped the ball and Armin needed to get up their quickly.
Around 11:45pm it really started getting packed and the rudeness of the commercial crowd at SD set in. I've been a tad bit offended reading all the review that bash SD kids seeing as I'm one of them. Unfortunately, SD is yet to be as "amazing" as LA's scene seeing as the trance scene down here died before it really got the chance to start off right. Now we are stuck trying to fix that. I met a few TAs there and enjoyed the night for the most part. To be honest, last time Armin was here (4th & B St Patrick's day last year) was much more enjoyable for me, mostly due to the heat not being nearly as noticable and the crowd being dumbfounded at who was there. Last year, we staied up front the whole time. This year, after about 2 tracks, I ditched to the back so I could dance if I felt like it, or just watch the show.
Armin smashed it up nicely, and really his set was enjoible minus the club's atmosphere. Word to Belo if they want to throw it right next time, please for the love of God turn the AC all the way up so we aren't dehydrating. It took like 3 waters for me to rehydrate when I left. The heat really killed it for me. It was way worse than Monster Massive ever felt (I know, air space difference is huge).
Basically I got fed up with dealing with the crowd of commercial idiots who have no clue really who Armin is and how prolific he has become. I bounced with Josh & the gf around 1:30-2:00 because I couldn't get into it with the dumbs*#t crowd pushing and cutting all of us back. I didn't go to feel like a sardine, I went to listen to the music. Unfortunately I got the vibe most of the people were their to see the iconic figure, and not for the music.
Props to the Giant crew for making it as good as they can, and props to Belo for having water on tap (even if they ran out of glasses... :haha: ). I don't expect to go back to Belo to see Armin because unfortunatly it wasn't handled well imo. However, I probably will go see him regardless because he is the best in my eyes at being there for the crowd.
If any of you remember the "ARMIN!" chant as he walked on to the booth platform, that was JoshthebeaR & I that started the huge chant to focus us all, TAs & true trance heads. I got the feeling he was majorly suprised at how responsively we all were and he looked very humbled and happy to see how much San Diego's scene and appreciation have grown. Once we did though... the commercial crowd came and smashed us in. I did enjoy seeing quite a few of us to the back later in the night lol!
If I get the pics from my gf this week, I'll post them up. |
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| djjoshuaallen |
hahahahaha, looks like more fun at tentation tonight!!!
i am busy watching the paint on my walls dry. |
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| kath |
| quote: | Originally posted by darthseph
You all may remember the big guy in the blue shirt about 3 rows back rocking it during Boris' set on the left side of the stage. That was my buddy JoshthebeaR, me, my g/f, & Sharky and his buddies. Josh is the guy that yells like none other too and we kept starting the claps off almost everytime.. lol. |
haha I met Josh at Heat for Victor Dinaire and saw him at Belo again for Markus and AvB. I love that guy!! He always gets the crowd pumped up (not that the crowd needed any more energy on Friday haha). I may have met you, if you have been with him before, but I'm not sure. When I saw him on Friday I was standing over by the bar and he said he was leaving with his friends. But yeah, josh is so cool! |
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