He used to have a residency in LA, I think, from memory, way, way, way back in the day. I think the floors parted when he played techno and so he tricked 'em back with New Jack Swing. Is there a techno scene in LA?
---------- >From: Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: (313) Mills in LA last weekend >Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 1:05 PM > > The 313 contingent was a little short on the ground last Saturday. > (Which seems strange, since he's either never spun in LA before, > or, if he has, it was at some event almost 10 years ago that I > can't remember having happened) > > Jeff played for just under 2 1/2 hours, dropped some choice old > skool chestnuts (early UR, etc.) here and there, and played a mostly > Millsian set (surely he must've filed it with the U.S. Patent Office > by now), spiced up with 2 Wizard interludes, one at 3 AM for aboutd > 15 minutes and the other for the last 10 minutes. Funnily enough, > the first one totally lost him the dancefloor (yes, I live in a > VERY LAME CITY) so he had to go back to the minimal/pounding to get > them back. Sheesh ... > > But he closed the set with A Homeboy, A Hippie And A Funki Dredd's > "Total Confusion", which was the first Techno record I ever heard, > so hey, he's A-OK with me :-) > > I got hooked up with an "Exhibitionist" DVD afterwards so I got > my admission price's worth. > > ObJoke: "See ``The Passion Of The Christ''? Listen, if I wanted > to see a bad actor get nailed, I'd watch the Paris Hilton > video again." > > <Rim shot> > > - Greg >