Yes, I was there too Alex. Nick said that you were there, but he left before we were introduced.
I agree that the crowd seem to take a lull with Theo, but I just headed to the back room and listened to the dj in there for a bit. Quite nice playing everything from Basic Channel to Lonnie Liston Smith. By the time I caught Theo again I thought that the lull had worked wonders as he obviously likes to get deep, so it felt purposeful. It just made the last period seem more of a crescendo. Not the best mixer in the world we know, but in these funkless days it is nice to see the track selection getting the respect. Good night in all apart from the £50 taxi home :( Scott t-funkshun ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: RE: (313) Theo Parrish > > Theo Parrish - Saturday - Music Box - Manchester > > OK, so Theo played Manchester for the first time on saturday.... > > Big shout to everyone who was there - loads of people I'd not seen in > ages..... > > Erm, well, I was drunk. So I don't remember a great deal. First off, it was > packed - it always is for Electric Chair, but really, they have to stop > letting so many people in - it gets a bit daft at times.... > > Theo came on around 12.30/1 I think. Tore the place up for the first hour > or two. Dropping all kinds, all over the eq's - you know, the usual Theo > style. Tracks I can remember - "BumbleBee Unlimited - Everybody Dance", a > mad mix of Peven Everett that I'd not heard before, Loose Joints "Is it all > over my face" (I think this was an unreleased version too....), maybe some > real old Farley stuff... and that's about all I can remember. I was leaping > round like a loon generally having a good time anyway. It was weird though, > I dunno, he never seemed to really get into it. Certainly around 3 the > atmosphere had calmed down a bit and the floor had seemed to lose interest > a bit. I don't know if Theo was stilll on at this stage, or if Luke had > come back on, but he definitely had the floor till this point, and then > seemed to lose it real quick. Could have been me though, I was pretty tired > cos I'd been up at 7.30 am to go record digging, so I don't know, and I > couldn't be arsed battling the spotters to see if he was stilll on. I think > a few other people said the same sort of thing...... > > Other things to consider are that the chair crowd can be a bit of a funny > one - you tend to get alot of 'london haircuts' and 'weightlifting > trainers' in there if you know what I mean, so maybe he wasn't feeling the > crowd too much... > The other thing is, you build these things up in your head, as in "theo's > playing tonight, can't wait, it's going to be killer" and if he falls short > of that even slightly, you feel a little bit disappointed in some way. > Still, I don't know why I do that, I mean the way I crack on sometimes he > should be stood up there pulling frigging rabbits out of hats, so thats > entirely my own fault..! > > So, In summary - he was good (he always is), but I've heard him play > better. I had a good night though.... > Big shout to Justin/Luke/Kelvin for putting him on..... > > Alex > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------- End of message text -------------------- > > This e-mail is sent by the above named in their > individual, non-business capacity and is not on > behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. > > PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming > e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and > telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you > give your consent to such monitoring > > > >
