A new gif of chelsea aka bonnie dancing
this raver was touched by the holy spirit 
This weekend was quite a busy one with 2 parties. I got to bamboozled a lil late, but still had a good time. Vic is back in town helping promoters secure venues again, so it looks like we’ll be having a return to that era for a while. It was kinda a nice oldschool feel with some pretty bangin tunes to back it up. It was the second event in a week period to have the headliner’s flight screwed up, preventing them from playing the event. Here’s a big middle finger up to the airlines!
Bamboozled II pics are here!!!
Honey I shrunk the kandie kids was a party. That pretty much sums it up. There was nothing particularly amazing, and nothing particularly terrible about it. There were no headliners, and no super-newbs. The one thing that stood out was moabyte’s usage of video keying. It was something we were working on with no fucking records, but due to some last minute technical complications wound up not being able to use. I was kinda disappointed that they ran out of water so quickly and didnt bother to restock. I was being asked all night long if I sold water or if I knew where they could get some. Big no-no guys… it’s your responsibility to your customers to have things like water on hand. Other than that not bad though. It’s starting to get kinda warm and I don’t suspect it’ll be long before the fans and coolers make a comeback to that venue.
Things were a lil rough and we got off to a late start due to a minor medical issue or two, but once we got the ball rolling the fun came with it.
We got to the venue a little late, and as it turns out, we were the only vendors there. Mitch had gotten terribly ill and Josh had some medical issues of his own. It was kinda sad being out there without the rest of the vendor coalition.
I was a little worried about turnout at first as the vendor guys weren’t the only guys missing. The crowd was very sparse until about 1030pm or so when all of the sudden a HUGE rush of people showed up and the party really got bangin.
I can’t deny, I was a little disappointed by the main stage sound. It was clean but not as powerful as Im used to. I know the saying louder isnt always better holds in most cases, but I woulda liked to feel the bass a lil more.
The talent for the night was pretty awesome. Bambam totally did it for me and Flower made me happy in the pants. I wish I coulda stuck around to see Poss play some trance, but I had to bolt to do some photo work for Rhinox.
LunaC got wrapped up in some airline garbage so sadly I had to miss that action but the guys from the AZHardcoreJunkies managed to bring it plenty strong
I did manage to get some photos taken and they are up in the gallery at http://www.clixbagoftricks.com/v/raves/remedy2008 and Im working on getting better about getting the videos up and online too, but I will certainly have more animated gifs and rave animated gif pictures online.
This weekend was a blast! Josh of Wacky Weenies threw his first show the weekend before tax day and had a resounding success. I was setup next to O2-zone and doing my thing for most of the night. It was nice to see them out at a party again for once!
I was setup inside, in front of the main stage which was bangin all night. I was totally impressed with Dj Monkey as he kept it rocking.. the setup was well executed and everybody seemed to have a good night. I totally loved the track selection Mr. Jeff Trevors was dropping and as everybody pointed out he was totally channeling his feelings through his tracks. People were wondering in and out all night so there was always a mixed crowd which is a bonus.
My highlight of the night however occurred when all 5 of us (Rob, Kyle, Jordan, Chelsea, and myself) were all rolling around in circles in front of the table on our Heelys. I picked up a set for Chelsea only a day or two before the party and she took to it like a fish to water. She’s already so good at it and Im way proud of her! In fact… I wanna take a second to say how proud I am of her for EVERYTHING she’s done so far… Even though we’ve had our little bumps here and there and we’re kinda taking a break now, I am still more proud of her than I can express! So this one is for you darling!!!
Pictures are in the gallery at: http://www.clixbagoftricks.com/v/raves/unclesam
I decided to start posting some of the animated .gif files I’ve made of raving seeing as this is kinda my rave site and all. If you want to check em out, head to http://www.clixbagoftricks.com/v/gifs where things have been seperated into animated gifs of ravers, djs, and misc (which will include crowd shots etc.) If you would like to have an animation put together, drop me a line and let me know.
Before I get into reviewing the party etc, I’d like to thank Spunky, Gavin, and Brandon for being so awesome in hosting us for the weekend. When we (Syd, Matthew Harris, and myself) showed up at the Airport, Brandon was there and waiting already. He treated us to some amazing food and let us crash for a few at his place while the rest of the out of towners were rounded up. After everybody had been gathered we headed to Gavin’s place and got the weekend rolling early. Yes, details of the raid are included!
This is my first out of state booking and I’m totally stoked about it. AZHookahs will be in the house vending alongside! Poss, Cik, and Matthew Harris are down from Phoenix as well, and MC High IQ is down from Philly. This event is shaping up to be something mighty for certain! If you happen to be in texas, don’t forget to be here!!! Just a lil sidenote, going through my logs, it looks like most of the people coming in lately have been coming from google and finding me by searching Batter Operated Tampons which is halarious. No worries guys… they will be for sale tonight!
Look at Spunky’s Myspace for more info on the event!
We got a little bit of a late start on the way to the party, which proved to be a good thing, because as we were on our way out to party, the location got swapped. Heading out to the Sun Valley Parkway location, we bounced to some good tunes and ended up getting there before almost anybody else did.
