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Ahhh ... a Centro rookie!! I don't think you have to tell the crowd from this board about Centro ... we all have spent a lot of great nights there. And now that you've discovered it, you'll be right there with us every time. We'll be glad to see ya shakin' your bootie on the floor ... Welcome to the board and welcome to the party!!

Very cool track ... I just got back from visiting friends in Toronto and everyone was telling me Diggers will be doing a gig up there in late September (possibly with Sasha). Can anyone confirm this? If so, I smell roadtrip .....

That was definitely the best club night I've had in my brief career. Diggers was his usual spectacular self (and his usual drunk self .. I went up and tried to shake his hand around noon on Sunday .. it took him a few seconds to figure out that he had to put the beer bottle to accomodate the handshake .. he accepted my claim that I am his biggest fan, then he grunted something incoherent and sent me on my way). I'm no Vinyl-head .. I've only seen Danny there once .. but DT on the Phazon is the ultimate club experience. That sound system is made for his style - he just keeps a deep, pounding, tribal baseline going all night (and the next day!) to keep the crowd grooving, and layers all kinds of fucked up tracks on top of it to fit the mood. I didn't think any DJ had a bigger song collection to call on than Diggers, but DT pulls out the strangest and most appropriate shit from his collection. Where does he get this stuff?! It was great to see so many peeps from the board .. especially the ones who did the full PVD on Friday and came back for more. I would've loved to have stayed for the afternoon hours, but my ancient body gave out on me. A few of my fellow crackheads (and you know who you are) joined me on my couch as we vacantly stared at my TV and wondered what happened to all those brain cells we walked into Twilo with. But to the chagrin of all the Vinyl-heads who don't want DT to get too popular, I'm afraid the word is getting out. You'll start seeing newbies like me in there on a regular basis in no time. Unless these rumors about DT taking over for Junior are true ... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

whoops ... I deserved that nasty comment .. big typo ... I meant that the punk movement was "good" for the history of rock ... I think I used a double negative in my earlier post .. I'm still all banged up from Digweed/Tenaglia ... Thanks for pointing out my fuck up, in your sensitive shy way ... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

A true genius is lost .. sure, the band only played 3 chords and only wrote songs about sex and partying and high school life, but that was the whole point of The Ramones existence ... after years of 24 minute opuses from Pink Floyd and Yes, someone finally got pissed off enough to go back to the simple rock themes of the 1950s and early 60s. And there's no one who will disagree that the punk movement in the late 70s - and the post-punk revival in the early 90s - was bad for the history of rock. Now if we can only banish 1980s hair-band rock from our collective memories .... Godspeed, Joey ... .. now let's get back to talking about DJs ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

I knew it ... after last week's drama, I knew what you were REALLY all about, SK13... So, do you want to go to Scores with me next week? ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

Happy B-day, babe!! Just a few more years and you'll be joining me in the 30-and-over club!! Thank God for young girls like you who like to hang out with old farts like me .... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

well, well .. I appear to have struck a nerve with young Al. Sounds like we might have a little three-way going with SK13, Petrol and the big guy. Film at 11 ..... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

TT64 .. what's with you getting your back up over this? You got a little something for SK13 that we should all know about? Don't tell me you're all innocent ... I've heard a couple of nasty stories about you that you might not want published on this board ... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

Well .. this is turning into an open confessional. I'm sorry I lent my name to it. Petrol, my good man, it appears a HUGE can of worms has been opened right on top of you. At least I didn't fuck around with board chicks ... what were you thinking? You've got to see these girls every weekend, remember? This is worse than an office romance .. "don't shit where you eat" would appear to be the most appropriate expression here. There's plenty of other pieces of ass to toy with ... why mess with the lives of your fellow clubbers? ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

Man ... I can't believe you folks are airing your dirty laundry on the board. You must really be hurt, SK13. Sorry to hear that, babe.But we guys can be pricks sometimes. Now it's my turn for dirty laundry ... Similar story happened to me last year. A lady friend of a lady friend had a flirty thing going with me for a while, and we finally decided to consumate the arrangement after many vodka/tonics. For some strange reason that is beyond my ability to comprehend, she went ga-ga for me from that night on. You'd think you'd be able to tell lusty attraction from a genuine liking, but sometimes ladies can't tell one from the other, I guess. So when I didn't follow through beyond the one night, I get an earful from her and all her bitchy friends. Which also fucked up my arrangement with our common friend, who I have not spoken to since then. Bottom line, kids: be up front with how you truly feel about someone. If you like them for something more than sex, then be straight up with that. If you just want a roll in the hay, then be honest. Games are for little children ... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

Live in Twilo, work in Twilo, sleep in Twilo, eat in Twilo, screw in Twilo, .... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

Tequila? Bustier? SK13's secret life is revealed to all ... ... kinda like those "Good Girls Gone Bad" videos from Mardi Gras that they keep peddling on late night TV. ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

I'm here, SK13, I'm here ... I too had a fantastic time on Friday ... Doc Martin rolling out the 80s greatest hits was both funny and surprisingly cool ... and Josh Wink is just plain FUN .. he keeps a hard and VERY danceable beat throughout the whole set and layers happy vibes on top of it ... I could've danced another 3 hours if he kept on playing ... .. and it was fun hanging with the few peeps from the Board who actually made it. And to those who didn't show .. y'all suck. ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

Hmmm ... no mug shots from a Dade County jail ... looks like you all stayed outta trouble ... very disappointing But it looked like a fun time ... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

One more thing ... hearing "I'll Hide You" at the end of every DJ's set these days (including Howells) takes me back to the early days of my teenage youth, when "Stairway to Heaven" was always the last song played at the end of high school dances (right into the late 1980s!) I guess we have our first "classic" dance song of the new millenium. I look forward to hearing it on the retro compilations around 2015. ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

WORD OF CAUTION TO THE BOARD: never look to Charlie and Frank for subtle commentary and criticism ... ... but I agree that Howells kept it a little too subdued. Still was good shit, but compared to the high energy show in January it was a little, dare I say, boring? But a DJ is allowed to experiment with different sounds ... it would've been even worse if he played exactly the same set from January. For example, Lawler's last two Twilo sets had a little too much overlap (i.e. the same songs), which makes me worried that maybe he CAN'T play more than a 3 hour set like he always does. At least Howells showed us that he's willing to play around a little with his sound (Digweed being the master of finding new sounds for every set). So let's say the score is tied 1-1 for Mr. Howells ... his May set will be the tie-breaker ... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

You have all touched on the right reasons why the NCAA tournament is better than the NBA regular season ... the pros only get interesting when the playoffs start and they actually get down to playing defense. Nothing is worse than a regular season NBA game. The league is too big and the season is too long. I don't care if they are making $10 million a year guaranteed - would you give a shit when the Grizzlies or Clippers came to town? And they games run on far too long. Here's an idea: Why not go to two 20 minute halves like college? Part of college ball's excitement is that the games are short - mistakes are costly and great plays have deeper impact. But the single-game elimination format is what makes March Madness so compelling. Who doesn't get excited when some bumpkin school like Northwest Louisiana Tech knocks off an Indiana or a North Carolina in the first round? You will not find that kind of parity in any other sport. ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

My jaw is literally on the floor .. the two best DJs in the world (in this humble commentator's opinion) sharing the decks on one spectacular night ... and the following day, I'm sure. This will be the party of all time .. I was planning on heading home for Easter weekend, but I think my plans have just been changed!!!! No excuses will be accepted .. you must all get your asses to Twilo on the 14th! ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

Arizona over Duke in the final ... Duke's stars, even if they're banged up, will take them a long way. But Wildcats are too deep and too experienced, plus they have motivation ("win one for the coach .. his wife died this year"). Mich St. and Stanford look damn good too ... ... but no one's talking about those Gators. Still a threat, even with the injuries. ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

No need to belittle ourselves, folks ... there are plenty of "cute" people on the board. Let's not single out Ruben and Olga ... ... although giving credit where credit is due, they do win the award for the "Least-cracked-out-looking-peeps-at-6am-at-Twilo" Award. Beauty is a relative thing in clubland. ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

I'm sure you didn't dirty up my couch BY YOURSELF, my dear ... all the other crackheads had a hand in it as well ... I just singled you out because you were the most visibly filthy one out of all of us. And the water in the cab thing was a reference to your voice during the ride home ... sounds like you had some sandpaper stuck in your throat. It was obviously a very good night for you ... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

Seems like we all have a definition for "cheesy" music. I always equate cheesey dance music with the high drama buildups that sound like something the London Philharmonic Orchestra would do, as opposed to a club DJ. That kind of sound (European trance is the most obvious example) is often a little too melodramatic to be played in a so-called "cool" underground club, which may be why it turns so many off. There's also plenty of really bad hard house out there that is more "tacky" than "cheesy". Unoriginal, forced beats that CAN be danced to, but are incredibly uninteresting. But hey, not everyone wants to be "stimulated" when they dance in a club .. a lot of kids just want to hear crashing beats to mindlessly dance and party to ... ... which is why places like Exit do such great business. ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

I also enjoyed the moment when I went into the bank and asked if you needed help, Nicky, and you responded with some unintelligble gibberish and brushed me aside. I have no idea what planet you were on at that time, but it looked like a lot of fun. BTW ... I reserve the right to laugh at you if you continue to sully my furniture with club filth (that goes for all of ya) ... ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!

I'm 30, but I've probably added a few years to this body since I ramped up the clubbing (shouldn't I be SLOWING down with age?, my non-club friends will ask me). Your age is what you want it to be - no one says you have to stop being fashionable or trendy once you hit 25 (although that IS what seems to happen to a lot of folks). If you want to go wild and party like a rock star, you can do it at 20 or 30 or 40 or whatever. However, the consequences of your lifestyle choices become more important as you age. At the risk of incurring the wrath of the overwhelming number of single adults you'll find on this board - and in New York -, odds are that by the time you get into your late 20s and beyond, you've likely got a serious job/career AND/OR a spouse AND/OR children, so you can't always plan on hanging out in a club until 8am EVERY weekend (or whatever other wild activity you choose to engage in). Pacing yourself is the key to maintaining your youth as you age. Personally, I strive to strike a balance between serious career and weekend insanity, but I'll admit that my greatest fear is shifting TOO far to the latter - to the point where I end up wasting away my career prospects. Partying is fun, but a steady paycheck and food on the table is a little more important. ------------------ AIM name: noserotoninleft CRACKHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS!!!