On 2/22/06, O'Connor, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My first experience seeing him spin was memorable like that too. > > It was at this big outdoor rave outside of Pittsburgh... He rolled in > in a limo with two fine ladies, and proceeded to kill it!! I had never > seen anyone attack records and a mixer like that, and it really made me > appreciate what it means to get into it with the crowd, and not just > play records. > > The best part was when some dude jumped up onto stage near the end of > the set and picked up Derrick's headphones and was acting like a dick... > In TOTALLY CLASSIC fashion, derrick stepped in front of the tables and > in one swift move, he blasted the guy in the chest with both of his > hands and threw him off of the stage! The stage was about 6 feet high. > > What I also remember about that night was hearing jaguar for the first > time. > Alan Oldham was playing, it was raining lightly, the lasers were crazy, > and hearing that on a huge outdoor system was really nice.
that was a wild night, indeed. derrick was a little better in 98 in cleveland though, the first time i heard him. i think he played for like 5 hours or something like that. it was off the charts. tmo
