>Since I live in SF and pormote clubs here I get to put my 2 cents in. If a >good Detroit or Chicago house Dj shows up at a club (Gemini and K Hand and >Theo Parrish come to mind) they play the same flacid boring ass shit that >all the locals do. no crescendos, no valleys sterile.
I had precisely this experience, to the letter, seeing Stacey Pullen at the SF Museum of Modern Art party. This was a great venue, and when I saw Stacey Pullen in Seattle in '97 it was the best set I had ever seen. While the exhibition was top notch, and Mark Ambrose's set had it's moments, Stacey Pullen was "no crescendos, no valleys sterile" - precisely. So, I didn't have huge hopes for his set @ DEMF, which was considerably better, but still nothing like when I saw him in Seattle in '97. I get the feeling he "plays for the crowd" a little too much these days. On the whole, I was much less impressed with the huge-name DJs @ DEMF than I was by the rest. Don't get me wrong, they were still damn good, but Give me Derrick Plasaiko or Theo Parrish over Stacey Pullen any day. I think I prefer emotion from a DJ, even if the set isn't mechanically tight. Tristan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
