dy/dt - practice mix 30.nov

1. Cosmic Gate feat. Aruna - Under Your Spell (Myon & Shane 54 Remix)
2. Empire of the Sun - We Are The People (Wawa Remix)
3. Josh Gabriel pres. Winter Kills - Deep Down (Original Mix)
4. Andy Moor & Ashley Wallbridge feat. Meighan Nealon - Faces (Original Mix)
5. Richard Durand - Always the Sun (Original Mix)
6. Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek (DJ Tiesto's In Search Of Sunrise Remix)
7. Above & Beyond vs Andy Moor - Air For Life (Original Mix)
8. tyDi - You Walk Away (Original Mix)

256kbps/94mb/51mins/vocal trance (comment and ask me for it)

I actually played a couple songs before this, but was still setting up recording. :\ those would have made the flow better. Well, just me practicing. Obviously not very good yet. Haha. I feel a bit stressed having the laptop next to me and it being on record. I mixed too early for a lot of the tracks, and having upon listened to the mix afterward, realised that I should have mixed in earlier from the first track. Haha that ending feels so long. The parts where I mixed in too early – I'm afraid of not having it on beat anymore if I have to start the next track from the beginning again or I'll miss the cue. and lol my beatmatching is still off. On headphones it doesn't sound that bad having the tracks not perfectly beatmatched, then when it's loud or I'm listening to it afterward, it's..not good. Haha. Not submitting any of this as my 15 min demo to tryout for Let's Bounce, but I think it's not all too horrible and wanted to share this with you guys. :)

*Oh, and if I had the original EXTENDED mix of "Always the Sun" that transition would have been a lot better. Ahah woot excuses.

tinted

photos by: "z-rex x-ray"

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Flew back down to lovely La Jolla this morning. So tired. About to head to bed early—before midnight??! Yeah, I'm that tired. Finished 3 readings for energy econ already, can't concentrate on any more readings. It's nice and cold here, too. Need to go grocery shopping tomorrow. Lebensmittel einkaufen ist ein bisschen schwerig für mich, denn ich kein auto habe, und der Bus fährt direkt von meine Nachbarschaft zur Supermarkt Centrum nicht. Ja. Zu viel deustch für dich? Naja bis später!

holiday season: union square, SF

The lighting of an 85-foot Christmas tree at Union Square on Friday in San Francisco.

//Photo: John Storey

Erica Wong, Lydia Tang and Kaysie Yu of the San Francisco Girl Scouts Junior Troop 30227 collect donated coats for the One Warm Coat drive at the Westfield San Francisco Centre in San Francisco on Friday. The nonprofit will continue to collect coats through the Thanksgiving weekend at the concierge center in the mall. //Photo: Lianne Milton

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Yesterday I went "Black Friday" shopping. As aforementioned, I really don't need any more clothes. But alas, found a few things I liked. Grey jeanpants from Ruehl. Yeah I "hate" Abercrombie & Co., but Ruehl is still less known, and the quality's a lot better, and when shit's on sale it's the same price as crappier quality junior high level Hollister. Orig. $78, scored for $20. Way overpriced, seriously. Shit's made in sweatshops in Sri Lanka, China, India, Cambodia, Indonesia. Oh, but what?! they're actually going to close Ruehl, due to "current economic conditions". :/

I also got a couple light pullover sweaters from UO. Light enough to wear in San Diego. Checked out some leather jackets at Nordstrom, but none of style that I really liked, though now instead of thinking about leather jackets exclusively in black, BROWN. I would settle for a nice brown leather jacket. My mom got a pair of New Balances on sale. Haha she's wearing young people shoes. Stylish.

Duuuude the black oxford heels from Oak are on sale! Orig. $224, now 20%– $180. Aaah still pricey but still want! But pricey trumps want. :[ ...except I do have money from working.. :/ Hmm..

Talla2XLC ft. Skysurfer - Terra Australis

Artist: Talla 2XLC ft. Skysurfer

Title: Terra Australis
Release Date: 27.Nov.2009

(omg I post super new muziks!)
Label: Addicted To Trance

Genre: Trance – nonvocal, uplifting, pretty fast.

Rating: Sehr Gut.

1. Terra Australis (Original Club Mix)

2. Terra Australis (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix)

320kpbs//33mb | purchase from beatport

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Alright, I clearly see that I'm lacking in music posts. I've been blogging every day, and on the right side there you can see my archive list, and the capitalized blog post titles are the music posts. So this month so far out of 26 days I've only made 4 music posts. :X

Which is why I decided to not be so lazy and share some new trance! Instead of making an easy photo post, ahah.

curvature;; Thanksgiving

East Bay folks should know where this is. flickr: slinkydragon

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Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!

My starving student diet is totally off this holiday weekend. My digestive system hasn't had to work this hard in so long. My metabolism's gonna get screwed up again. In San Diego I've not been eating much. On Monday or Tuesday my stomach was hurting because I barely ate. But I never feel really hungry anymore since I've been getting used to not eating so much. I have PB&J for breakfast every morning. Then on Mon or Tues I had a croissant like 5 or 6 hours later. When I got home a few more hours later I finally ate some more bread and yogurt and chocolate and my stomach didn't hurt anymore. Haha.

Feeling pretty good right now, the calm before the storm, the storm of finals week. Ahh. I've got to get downloading on all the music I used to have. Going shopping tomorrow in SF with Mom. I really don't need any more clothes, but just accompanying Mom, and I might find some good deals on stuff I'll like. But all I really need is an external hard drive. To back up my computer so I'll never lose music ever again.

BTW bike deal went down. I now own a vintage road bike. Hipster cred +50 points!

Pics sometime in the future.

+ my Korean gamer mouse ("Razer Salmosa") that I ordered from woot.com came in.

It's blitzy fast. Even setting my mouse tracking speed to a pretty low level, it's still hella fast. BAM. And I don't even play computer games.

Good quality shit makes me happy. :]

autumn surf

I'm flying back home tomorrow Thanksgiving morning. Foodz! Nom Nomz.

setting sun

unfinished published Nabokov

A Glorious Mess

Nabokov never wanted us to read his unfinished last novel. Unless, thrillingly, he did.

By Sam Anderson, nymag

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I signed up for classes last week. 4 classes. Thinking of taking 5. There's this Russian Literature class I want to take that will give me credit for the 'regional' section of my International Studies major. The focus is on a single author: Nabokov. I really want to take it, even though it'll be a lot of work. (Evaluations: Study time/week: 6.72 hrs.) Actually I wouldn't do too well in lit classes. I only want to take it so I can read the books and discuss a bit. The writing papers part..will prove dreadful. I just really enjoy reading books. I would have liked to take AP Lit senior year in high school just to read the books, but not do any assignments or take the exam. I borrowed One Hundred Years of Solitude and Notes From the Underground from a friend who took AP Lit. Still haven't gotten around to finishing them. Hmm..I don't want to overstress myself next quarter with 5 real classes (right now I'm also taking 5 but in my mind's calculation, German doesn't really count). I'd have lots of reading to do. Hmm..aaaah..dunno.

I'm planning to study abroad next fall, 2010 in Germany. Went to a small info session today. Learned that their school year/semester system would make me miss 2 quarters. German fall semester: Oct to Feb. That means I'd miss 4 classes (quarter system). Erm..

But if I decide not to add Russian Lit: Nabokov later, I hope they'll still offer it in the future, with the focus on the same great author.

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edit/add: I feel disillusioned. About a lot of things. Everything.

Maybe the feeling will pass. ie. "disillusioned youth".

snow leopard

On Friday I went to the Apple Store in the nearby mall and purchased a copy of Snow Leopard, thinking that I should finally upgrade, not much hw this weekend, more chill, I should get shit done. I install. Estimated time 45 mins. I go shower. I come back. Installation failed at around 30%. WTF. Restart and continue? Ok. No, still doesn't work. Disk can not be changed. . . . ? Whatever, I don't want to continue installation right now, or restart. Shut down please.

Later I turn laptop on, loading screen with the apple on it. Then it just turns off. WTF. I try again a few more times. Each time same result. Err.. I call technical support. They are closed, pacific time. This morning, I call, get some help, there is some error with the node. Not supposed to happen. NONE of this is supposed to happen, Apple! Made appt to get help at the Apple Store.

None of my shit is backed-up. I don't have an external hard drive. How much space have I used up in my macbook? 120+gb. Yes. MUSIC, a few movies, mostly music. Lots of music. I is a DJ. No external hard drive. Called up a friend who has one, but he wasn't home so couldn't bring it to me. 20gb free hard disk space in my iPod. Ok. So managed to salvage some files. Yay. That means I can do my hw reading tonight, good job. And save my pictures that I've deleted from my camera, very good. But now I've realised that I took a bunch of music that I could have easily redownloaded, instead of taking more harder-to-find trance and drum'n'bass songs. Ahhh..oh wells. All musixx is on t3h interwebz..so not totally lost. Just..what's lost is the result of all those hours I've spent hunting down songs and download.. Hmm I should have made one super-comprehensive blog post where I copy and paste down links to every single download I take. Aaah that would have been a good idea. Or getting an external hard drive, yeah I know. I knew I should get one, but was in no rush, and I'm no real techie, don't know which brand etc. is best to get, I can research more and consult friends regarding hard drives later during winter break.. Blah.. whatever. Not that big of deal I guess, if I had lost my photos, das wird überslimm sein. Hmm..maybe I am becoming more of the hipster type? Not caring much about shit, because shit happens, deal with it. I dunno. Whatever. My lawyer friend officially calls me a hipster now. I might buy a road bike tomorrow. If bike deal is made, yes, my hipster status goes up. I just spent 3hrs redownloading apps. Actually, not even done redownloading apps. Torrents were going so well, now it's almost at a standstill. Errh...

Alright I'm out, gotta tweak more preferences and recustomize everything to fit me.

Life is not over. If iPod died, maybe. Cuz some shit on my iPod I don't have on the computer. And twice has my iPod had to restore already, a third time.. plus this whole laptop hard drive wiped clean shit... now that would be too much.

Yay Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist finished downloading. Now I can take a break from trance internet radio (can't deal with organizing the small amount of music files I have left right now from copying from my iPod's hard disk).

Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist

Like indie music but don't have time to frequent pitchfork, blogs, hype machine, or scour your town's small indie record shop for new bands?

Solution: Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist.

100+ songs every month.

I'm still catching up on September's playlist. Kind of hard when I'm listening on my iPod, sometime I switch genres, then when I come back to indie rock I don't remember where on the playlist I stopped at.

Not posting the playlist here, way too long. But it includes new Why?. Karen O, Mutemath, Elvis Perkins + much much more.

megaupload | torrent | total 7+ hr playing time | total 737mb | ★★★★★

Bassnectar :: Mesmerizing the Ultra

Artist: Bassnectar ; myspace

Album: Mesmerizing the Ultra

Label: Organic Music

Release Date: 15.Sept.2005

Genre(s): Dubstep, Breaks, Electro, Hip-Hop, IDM

Rating: EXCELLENT. buy buy buy!

MESMERIZING THE ULTRA is one of the most intriguing musical journeys one could ever undertake. The production is gloriously masterful, an extraordinary blend of myriad diverse elements impeccably woven into a profoundly fascinating sonic tapestry that is an utterly divine experience to listen to.

This music is ELEVATED , REVOLUTIONARY , and INCREDIBLY FUN to experience.

This music is an open challenge, beckoning you to rise limitlessly with it beyond what you thought was possible and simultaneously infuses you with all the encouragement and vitality you'll need to do so...

From another reviewer's list of top 10 reasons to buy this album:

10) The bass on this record is so thick it will disintegrate negativity when bumped at high volume.

...

1) When played at sufficient volume, this record will uplift your soul.

disc one (VBR):
1. Intro (1:20)
2. Mesmerizing The Ultra (4:39)
3. Sound Tribe Sector Nine / Some Sing (Bassnectar remix) (2:57)
4. blow (featuring Kyrian) (3:31)
5. The Sound (4:42)
6. Everybody (4:32)
7. Blue State Riddim (featuring Jahi & MC Lush) (5:48)
8. Force of Suction (with Nickoftime) (4:48)
9. Until Next Time (2:25)
10. Leprechauns Arise (featuring Sunru Skywaka) (6:00)
11. Bursting (with Buckethead) (2:13)
12. Enter The Chamber (with sAyr) (5:16)
13. In The Beginning (2:19)
14. Agent Squish (4:26)
15. Parade Into Centuries (4:03)
16. Everybody (Freq Nasty & Bassnectar remix) (8:09)

disc two (192kbps):
1. Intro (featuring Noam chomsky) (0:54)
2. Replenish (6:18)
3. The Wicked Twitch of The West (3:44)
4. Laughter Crescendo (5:14)
5. Creation Lullabye (5:37)
6. Pleasure The Bassnympho (5:10)
7. Simultaneous (7:57)
8. Segg Weigh (0:36)
9. David Seied - ARF (Bassnectar remix) (5:18)
10. Dorfex Bos - Dorfex Bos (Bassnectar remix) (5:14)
11. Breathing (with sayr) (3:30)
12. Dubuasca (with kang) (6:54)
13. Nostalgia Worship (6:46)
14. Skin (featuring Suga) (3:19)
15. Inspire The Empathic (5:32)
16. Enthusiasm is Contagious (2:38)
17. Heavyweight Dub Champion & KRS One - Arrival (Bassnectar remix) (4:53)

dl links from jadro pedla

courthouse wedding

suzy + matt, misha ashton photography

hipsters vs. scenesters

Attention, children, hopped up on ADD meds and Internet juice. It’s time to learn some vocab before your frenzied foray into the weekend wars (Yeah, I just referenced MGMT—deal with it). Now, I know some of you are planning a little sightseeing at your local hipster enclave come sundown. Some of you may even attempt to wear a knit cap ironically and/or test out those suspenders you bought at Goodwill last weekend. Well, be warned—you’re about to embody the textbook definition of yet another thing hipsters hate: Scenesters.

While people often use the terms “hipster” and “scenester” interchangeably, they are actually quite distinct. Observe the following definitions, compliments of Merriam-Webster:

Hipster: A person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns (as in jazz or fashion).

Scenester: A person who frequents a social or cultural scene.

Take that in slowly, gentle reader. A scenester doesn’t actually live the lifestyle—he/she merely “frequents” it, acting as a cultural tourist. Therefore, after dancing wildly at Glasslands with all the longhairs, the scenester cabs it back home, where sweatpants, Sunny DVDs and a generously stocked fridge are waiting. The hipster, on the other hand, is “unusually aware of and interested in” every aspect of the scene, such that every moment is spent contemplating “new and unconventional patterns!” Patterns that often involve sneaking onto the bar’s patio in the dead of winter, getting too smashed to successfully hail a cab, literally crawling down one’s street on one’s hand and knees, passing out in the door frame, waking and realizing one has no food to speak of and ruing one’s wasted existence. Fuck “frequenting” a scene—a hipster marinates in it. Anything else is just hipster lite.

120mm b&w

San Francisco, 1999.

My pack of 5 rolls of color 120 film came in the mail yesterday.

But I should also get me some b&w 120.

economica

Economica; Women and the Global Economy

international museum of women

slideshow exhibitions

i, hipster, also hate..

Most of the Members of My Gender

Craig: What are you doing tonight?

Hazel: Dunno. Otis just texted me asking the same thing. Gus and Faceplant are gonna have people over later, I guess, and supposedly Luca’s having some party. But I bet all those stupid Columbia girls he hangs out with are gonna be there so I don’t really wanna go.

Craig: I think some of us are gonna go to Sheena’s gallery opening thingie and then smoke at Regina’s, you wanna come?

Hazel: Ugh, I cannot stand either of those girls. They’re so fake and like, guy-obsessed. Like everything in life is about meeting guys.

Craig: Uh, aren’t almost all of your friends guys?

Hazel: Yeah, cuz girls are bitches! They’re all judgmental and catty and into gossip and shit. I’m such a dude at heart. I was totally born into the wrong gender.

Craig: Maybe that’s why that guy mistook you for a man from behind at the Charleston on Tuesday.

Hazel: Whatever, it isn’t my fault that I look good with short hair and that every male on Bedford is wearing a plaid shirt on his emaciated shoulders and skinny jeans over his girlishly small hips. Hey, I might just go to Milo’s and drink beer. He got She’s All That at a stoop sale last weekend for, like, 25 cents. On tape.

Craig: I don’t get why you guys aren’t dating.

Hazel: No way, man. I love Milo so much. So much. He treats the girls he dates like shit, he knows that. Right now we’re like, best friends. We would never go and fuck that up by dating. Fuck, no.

Craig: But you have fucked.

Hazel: Whatever.

shoes or dj equipment?

I would so love to own this pair of shoes. if they weren't half the price of a CDJ. Or more expensive than a pair of APCs. omg. So pretty. Plus .75" platform in the front. They're also almost the same price as a Pioneer DJM-400 on craigslist. What a steal. I would get the mixer if I didn't already have one. Way better than mine, too.


I need to get on oak's mailing list so I'll know when they'll have a sale.

Actually I should probably just buy it. One perfect pair of oxford heels to wear for the next 20 years. Economical, right? And black oxfords never go out of style.

just to make sure, I'm asking you: SHOULD I BUY expensive shoes???

(It's also a good percentage of my rent!)

longest roll

photo: Noah Berger

Japanese Consul General Yasumasa Nagamine confirmed that UC Berkeley students made the world’s longest California roll at Sproul Plaza in Berkeley on Sunday. Several hundred students used 200 pounds of rice, 80 pounds of avocado and 80 pounds of cucumber to construct a 331-foot roll.

Way to go. Roll on you asian bears.

(not sure myself if I mean to be be sarcastic.)

BTW, I changed my blog title again because I realised that "illalla" is too fun to say.

"kiitos" is Finnish for "thank you", and "ei kestä" means "you're welcome".

It'd be nice to have more free time so I can get back to learning Finnish.

off the bridge!

photo: Noah Berger

The crumpled remains of a big rig lie beneath the Bay Bridge on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009,

following an early morning crash. The truck's driver died after losing control on the

bridge's temporary S-curve and crashing to the ground several hundred feet below.

luvbeers 11/9/2009 5:23:54 AM
This just goes to show that Americans can't adapt to change to save their own lives. They should install S-curves everywhere in America.

Recommend: thumbs up(148) thumbs down(28)

bay bridge death plunge, SFchronicle

more ocean garbage patches

Photo: Mario Aguilera

In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from any national boundary, the detritus of human life is collecting in a swirling current so large that it defies precise measurement.

Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade and is now believed to be roughly twice the size of Texas.

Scientists say the garbage patch is just one of five that may be caught in what oceanographers call giant gyres scattered around the world's oceans. Abandoned fishing gear like buoys, fishing line and nets account for some of the waste, but other items come from land after washing into storm drains and out to sea.

researchers explore growing ocean garbage patches, NYtimes

WHY? this blackest purse

I wanna speak at an intimate decibel
with the precision of an infinite decimal,
to listen up and send back a true echo
of something forever felt but never heard
I want that sharpened steel of truth in every word

WHY? – this blackest purse | 2009, 320kbps | ★★★★★| full lyrics

Yoni of WHY? @theLoft, 22.oct.09, UCSD campus

interview with Yoni about jogging, SFbayguardian, 03.2008

WHY? myspace

rufen sie mich, bitte

found picture on a tumblr somwhere

Crappy weekend. Was going to post a sad photo but then I didn't want to spread any more feelings of sadness. Am Samstag war ich sehr traurig, wegen einer komplizierte Beziehung. Dann ging ich draußen ein bisschen und erkältet. :'[ Ich habe vielen Geweben benutzt. Jetzt muss ich einen langen Aufsatz über skandinavische Wirtschaftspolitik schreiben.

Auch, beide meiner Wohnungmitbewohner gingen nach Hause an dieser Wochenende. Aber ich habe kein Problem allein zu leben. Nur, dass ich wünsche, jemand würde mich anrufen. Ach, aber jetzt ist meine Stimme nicht so gut, so wünsch ich dass, jemand würde mich e-mail zurückschreiben.

W00t woot for personal updates auf deutsch!

aah f—, I haven't written such a long paper in so long, and I'm still researching info. Meh.

I'm so nostalgic for good times. Looking through old e-mails and listening to shared music. über traurig. :'[

i f-in love deadmau5

apparently The Doors play at 7 for an hour... shit. missed em :(...

another night out... another dance floor. im pertty sure this is what that lyric meant.

—deadmau5 @houseofblues, San Diego

greece

photos: sophia F.

hampshire

photos: erika H.

abandoned, renovated gas station

In Berlin, A Renovated Gas Station, on location, NYtimes

click pics for more pics. renovated by juerg judin.

sehr nett..

Ich möchte Architektur studieren..

wishful drinking

photo by h.sekoff

Oh, I fbook photo album stalk a bit too much sometimes. But the end result: my taking the nice photos from private fb-sphere out into public blogosphere. Woooo~!

Ich bin entspannt. Finished my last midterm of this quarter yesterday. But in another class I was assigned a paper to write. Need to write a 2000-2500 word (equivalent to how many pages is that?) paper. I'm choosing the topic of Nordic economic policies, because I really don't know jack about politics. Plus I got my midterm back for that class, got a C because I did pretty bad on the essay section. Don't know what I was writing about, and the TA who graded my midterm made about 3 comments starting with "You seem confused about..." Yes, I am indeed confused about the differences between PR and PM and a ton of other stuff. Whatever. I want to go running today (haven't gone running for more than a week due to midterms/studying) but I got blisters. :Y

Richard Durand – No Way Home

Richard Durand

No Way Home EP

Label: Magik Musik/Ultra Records

Release Date: 27.Oktober.2009

Genre: Trance

Radio edit, extended mix ★★★★,

radical remix, Andy Duguid Remix,

Andy Duguid Instrumental, and unplugged mix.

6 tracks/320kbps/87mb

Deadmau5 @HouseofBlues

Deadmau5 at House of Blues in Downtown San Diego last night (Sunday) was so good! Wayy better than at etd.pop in May and also better than at the sfLovefest Afterparty 4 weeks ago (actually I don't think I was even there for his whole set at lovefest; think I went to the other room).

The House of Blues is such a nice venue! I would so go there again! (And they were selling tickets for the Bravery [tmr/Monday night, but I have a midterm on Tues.] and Julian Plenti only $10! But the Julian Plenti show is 21+. =[ )

The lighting system there is amazing, for this mid-size venue. Computerized, I can tell; it's so tight, like 10(??) rows of multi-colored lights. ++++deadmau5's own visuals! Great show. Just the light show in itself was great. Haha. Serious, you don't even have to be on anything to get absorbed in the light show.

They wouldn't allow in cameras and made me check mine in (fee: $3). lameeee. But I guess the security man at the door was laxer than the security woman–inside I saw guys taking pics and video on their cameras. xT Link to a pretty good video below.

I was standing in the center right, on the bar floor– 3 steps higher than general floor –so I got a decent view. Got to see the mau5 push buttons and twist knobs the whole time. Everyone cheered whenever he took his mau5head off and when he put it on. Ahah. Some kids also gave/flung kandi to/at the mau5. And he wore it and showed us. What a chill dude.

youtube HD videos: Deadmau5 - Strobe (lovely intro!)

More Ghosts N Whatever/Ghosts N Stuff

You Need a Ladder (Zelda theme)/Bass Phenomenon. @House of Blues, San Diego, nov.1.

Heard that Deadmau5 made a special guest appearance at Hard Haunted Mansion Saturday night in LA. (His name was only on the Friday line-up.) Tight.

★★★★★

Armin @ monstermassive2009

arminvanbuuren

OMG! Even though they only allowed me to play 2 hours it was #monsterMASSIVE!!! 35.000 people!! Gotta love L.A.!

about 11 hours ago from Echofon

On my way to the L.A. Sportsarena for#monstermassive! 3 hour set, one hour extra due to daylight saving time!about 16 hours ago from web

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Aaaah if he played an extra hour it would have totally made my night!!! European-style: 3hr+ long sets. Aaah oh well, guess I'll just have to wait til I go to Europe to go to those super long parties where headliner DJs spin for 4 hours straight.

Nonetheless, Monster Massive was pretty good. My first MM. Before they've always had the main stage inside the Sports Arena, but then because this year they got AvB to headline (only meine lieblingsDJ and the #1 DJ in the world!!), it would be way too packed and overheated in there, so they moved it to this parking lot outside, and as you can see from Armin's twitpic, HELLA packed. Cool set-up though, in the parking lot. 8 of these cube/boxes with projection screens, lights, fire, and speakers. Way to rock it.

Going to try to not write such a lengthy review of MM—I need to try to get some reading done before heading out to see Deadmau5 in downtown in a couple hours (! Fall quarter is so busy! events-wise). So, it was quite good. The LINE into the place was ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. I'll post pics later. The electro stage inside the sports arena might have been ok, checked out Pete Tong for a bit, didn't like his music.

John O'Callaghan: He played a lot of harder trance/really bassy songs, with a few of his own tracks sandwiched in. Think I liked his set at the Lovefest Afterparty 4 weeks ago better.

Armin: =) the more well-known tracks that I can remember that he played: Home (by PvD), Symfo (Rank1), Falling in and out of love (AvB), a couple of other vocal trance tracks that I think I sang along to, and he ended with John O'Callaghan's "Find Yourself", which John O'Callaghan himself already played in his set earlier, though I think Armin played a different remix. =\ I don't like it when the same tracks get played more than once in a night. That shouldn't happen. Well, Armin definitely planned to play Find Yourself as part of his set, but..he knew JOC was playing at MM, too, and it's his own track.. :| I dunno. At the Lovefest Afterpary 2008, ATB played a remix of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", then later Armin played a different remix. o__O;; Shouldn't he have backup songs planned in his set in case another DJ's already played it? Hmm..

Alright that's enough blogging for today. More photo-entries to come. :)