i also caught most of alan's set at the rawhide in SF friday night and would definitely agree with Phred's assessment of the set - alan ripped it up! the crowd was totally into the music and party organizers were told by the club owners that they've never seen so many people dancing at one time to a DJ. at the end of the night, the whole bar erupted in applause. people are still talking about it today at Listen.com, so methinks this was a winner. re: stacey and derrick set - i did not go inside, but the locale was less than to be desired, especially since x-games party was happening on the other side (and i was at x-games party for awhile - cool lineup, lame crowd), thereby increasing the idiot quotient. Beta Lounge did have some DJs spinning in the private lounge area at the x-games event, but the beefy security guards proclaimed it offlimits to almost everyone in attendance.
Date: 19 Aug 2000 22:01:24 -0000 To: 313@hyperreal.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SF report Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Detroit was representin' in San Francisco last night. Alan Oldham played a really good driving set at the Listen.com event, preceded by my friends Forest Green and then Andy J (Astral Matrix) playing live. And Carlos Souffront was there too, taking it all in; I believe he's on the bill tonight at the same location (the Rawhide II at 7th & Folsom). Carlos is in town for about a week, doing the tourist thing and checking out the record stores :) I also went over to the King St. Garage for the XLR8R party with Stacey Pullen and Derrick May. This was less than wonderful, which is no surprise given my lengthy and difficult history with 174 King. I only caught the end of Stacey's set, and everyone seemed pretty into it, but Derrick's was all fits and starts. Giving due, the crowd wasn't really focused either. I've had some great nights at King St but this wasn't one of them. Anyway, I finally got to see AO, and you have to admit, the man really enjoys what he does :) There was a problem with a loose floorboard, and even though the event manager put some foam underneath the turntables before his set, the needles were bouncin'. So Alan stops the music, explains the situation and says, "you know, I really can mix" or something to that effect :) After everyone close in backed away a bit, things were fine after that, and he gace us maybe not the totally banging stuff but pretty much, which is quite something to see in San Francisco. phred _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html
