was that MS paint?

oh, ha oops..there's more pages...

I'd say apples to apples..but it's a card game. So in that case, Life. For the sense of power.

"obviously one of the things I would have to appreciate about America, if i didn't I'd have to be stupid or insane, is that for good or ill, I can function here and I don't think that in any other society's social political systems, I could function the way I am now. And perhaps that's the best argument for destroying this system, is it gets rid of people like me."

yes

righteous! Fuck mac, dude, get a dell

I wonder if the number of christian fundamentalists in the US could fill the grand canyon...we ought to find out empirically!

ha ha, eat meat get sexy.

also re: pussy makes men stoopid

That's too bad. If ninjas became a trend in the evening news it would be a lot more entertaining.

It's nice to dream

Amon Tobin - Foley Room...Beautastic!

This guy is not: Richard Dawkins, staunch Atheist and evolutionary biologist. Well spoken and persuasive, not an Atheist-cause-it's-cool.

[ news.independent.co.uk ]

Yes I have ;)

Electronic music was invented by Black Sabbath during an acid trip, but he was embarrassed about it and kept it in his closet until his son, Darude, stumbled upon it while stealing money for drugs. And he saw that was better than drugs...or that it was a better way to get drugs - the translation is unclear. The rest is history...his story.

Okay, sure. Having good djs is priority number one, but a name isn't everything. I've seen big buck djs flown in from all these exotic places fuck up HARD, and the local kid who played before him had better beats anyway. A dj who's worth his salt plays fun things to bop around to...period.

It sounds like the city is having venue problems, though. Them's big problems. Does anybody know what these are? Is it that all night dance parties are legally limited to A, B, or C venue and anything outside of that is illegal? Have private dance halls been explored? I know that dance halls sometimes limit the time that an event can take up, but as far as I know it is usually under the discression of the owner, and falls outside police jurisdiction unless there is a noise complaint or some such thing from people in the area. Judging by the turnout to any given event, though, I'd say this scene is pretty big and perhaps private dance halls are a little hesitant to rent to rave promoters. Does anyone know anything about this?

And lasers are boss! But not necessary. Neither are ellaborate projection systems. All you really need is some volunteers and some ingeniuity. I once attended a party where packing peanuts were hung by thread all over the ceiling. Thousands of them, lit by blacklight and these 650watt green lights and it was amazing, even sober. It's remarkable what little things like that can do for a space, they go a long way to giving an event the feel of an event, rather than just some ol' dance party.

I don't know nothin bout nothin when it comes to hiring djs or renting a venue, but I've helped put together some pretty damn good parties in my day. If there are things people need/want done for a party, I've mostly got nothing but time these days. It's encouraging to hear that others are also disappointed with recent parties. I'm not bitching for bitching's sake, I do want to help. The monacure for this website is "this is your scene, respect it and it will grow" well to me respect means also being able to say "I don't like where this is headed. I'll help turn it around."

Why you gotta be like that?

Call me nostalgic, but your parties ain't all that. To be fair, I haven't been to a party that cost more than 20$ on the door, so maybe I gotta be rich to have a good time, but if it's not half assed decorations, it's too small venues. The party that broke the camels back was last night. What about having a breaks party in a room only marginally bigger than my apartment sounded like a good idea? Isn't a rave about dancing? I surely didn't see a whole lot of that in this room with rounded shoulders. You've got great beats and talented musicians all over the place in this city, but your scene needs work, big time. The parties I cut my teeth on were thrown in a city probably a third the size of this, and are still far and away more fun. I'm not saying it's been all bad, the jewel in the rough for me has been SAT. They throw a bitchen dance party.

So, Montreal, defend yourself! Is what I've seen so far an indication of what this scene has to offer? If so, it really seems like it's on some kind of "out swing." I wasn't here a year ago, maybe ya'll had a hay-day and now it's done...What say you?