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It was a good time...the perfect way to say goodbye to an old friend. Excellent turnout, which largely consisted of folks coming out of the woodwork. It was fun sharing the decks with Rick & DJG in the back. We played everything from Herbie Hancock to Kraftwerk to Drexciya. Music inside was great all night. Brian Bishop rocked the wacky italo, Daniel G from Austin got the dance floor in order with the Chicago and Detroit trax, and Luke closed down Minc with a classic set that had everyone in the building moving on the dance floor. And then...
...On to the after-party. Very cool venue, and nice artwork in the adjoining gallery. The lack of circulation was reminiscent of venues I used to brave as a young lad. I think I sweat my way to sobriety within minutes. The stockpile of water and ice tea was a necessity. After brief technical difficulties, Plastic Sleeves played a nice live set of newly written material...deep and intense electro rhythms from outer space. Walter Jones took it to the roots with a dope selection of disco and soul. Convextion went on around 4:30AM, and played a live set of new, unreleased music. Quite the treat. The boys from Backspin Records in Austin were banging out the electro beats when I finally left around 6AM. I think the "evening" finally came to a close around 7AM.
All in all, the evening was a memorable night of quality tunes and quality friends. We'll miss the ol' Toe while he's hanging out with the cows, tumble weeds, and cadavers in West Texas, but there comes a time in all of our lives when we must, in the words of UR, "make our transition."
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