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Doiles, Floral waste baskets? No, no, no. If these are the things you are seeing in the homo houses you visit, you simply must meet a better caliber of homosexual. For my breed no longer concern ourselves with such grannyesque items. Gayness in a home is now defined by thread counts, over priced designer furnture (custom built) and butch looking purebred dogs. No doiles, no flower prints, and no poodles. You guys need to update your gaydar. Its way, WAY off. By about 20 years.

Don't want to distract you from trashing each other, but here is the upcoming Friday RISE schedule. Steve Porter is back this friday night and John Debo returns next friday. Texas born DJ D:Fuse will make his RISE debut on 2.27 and the UKs John Graham (Quivver) has been re-scheduled for friday, March 12th. THIS FRIDAY: 01.23.04: Resident DJ Steve Porter (NYC) upstairs with Resident DJ Tym Ryan (Boston) downstairs. 1:30am until 6:30am members: $10, guests: $15 ORBIT Fridays UP+COMING: (Resident Tym Ryan downstairs every Friday night) ORBIT friday 01.30.04: Resident DJ John Debo (USA) ORBIT friday 02.06.04: Guest DJ Dres (Boston) ORBIT friday 02.13.04: Guest DJ Paul Dailey (Boston) -Darrin

As some of you may have heard, RISE suffered some fire damage yesterday. I just wanted to share the facts: Sunday afternoon a fire started in the basement of the pizza place below RISE. The fire travelled up a wall into the RISE lounge and almost to the dance floor. The Fire Department, doing what they needed to do to put out the fire, broke open walls, blew out windows and cut holes in the roof of the building. As anyone who has ever experienced a fire knows, smoke and water can do just as much as the fire itself, and this is the case at RISE. It was very disturbing of course to watch all this take place, but I have a lot of good news to share. First, no one was hurt. Second, the damage that was done can be repaired...the building did not suffer from serious structural damage. Third, we have the insurance we need to get the club back together. Lastly, our landlord is on our side and wants to see us back where we were as soon as possible. So, sit tight. RISE is not gone, she's just a little hurt. I can't say right now how long it will take to get reopened, but I would predict that sometime early this fall, there's going to be one hell of a reopening party! When RISE went through it's initial strugle to open, there were literally several hundred people who pulled together to protect the club. I have no doubt we'll witness the same kind of energy all over again, and RISE will be better than ever before. We'll send out more info as we can, THANK YOU! Darrin & Tom

Fridays @ RISE: This Friday : 07.26.02 Resident MJ with Guest Hush / Growroom Records, Amherst RISE resident MJ opens for Hush - one of the founding members of Growroom Records in Amherst. Hush has played at RISE several times and is consistently a crowd pleaser with his unique blend of progressive tribal tech-house. Upcoming: fri. 8.02: Guest Mike Whalen / Providence fri. 8.09: Resident Steve Porter fri. 8.16: Guest Ali Ajami / Boston fri. 8.23: Resident Steve Porter (Note that Ali's date has changed to August 16th) All Nights:1:30am 'til 6am Lights: Dan Gallagher Members: $10. Guests: $15.

Maryland's Brian Stillwater comes to RISE on 7.12 ----------------------------------------------------- As a DJ, Brian is a veteran globetrotter, playing some of the worlds best clubs in places such as the UK, Switzerland, Holland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, and of course all over the USA. Airing a mix of deep, tribal, tech, and truly progressive house uniquely blended together with impeccable technical ability. With all stated Brian pleases crowds of all walks and genres while maintaining a sound that is totally new and innovative. As a producer Brian has received praise and support from industry greats: John Digweed, Steve Lawler, Timo Maas, Danny Howells, Nick Warren, Satoshi Tomiie, Rui Da Silva, Chris Fortier, Jimmy Van M, etc.. etc... (the list goes on & on...) As well as collaborating with other like minded artists such as Chris Cargo, Louis Osbourne, Jondi & Spesh, Darko (of the Sleepfreaks), and Alex Gardel. Also Brian has signed deals with some of the worlds best and most innovative underground labels: Undercurrent UK, Spundae USA, Imago Gramophone CH, Mechanism UK, Tune Inn UK, and Dorigen UK. London DJ / Producer Cass comes to RISE Friday 7.19 ------------------------------------------------------- Spundae’s exceptional new resident DJ continues the Spundae/Mute compilation series with SPUNDAE PRESENTS CASS, a helter-skelter ride through deep, progressive and tech-edged house, breakbeat and techno. Not just another album, you see – nor just another DJ either. It’s easy to blurt out vague declarations about a DJ’s talents, but Englishman CASS puts his music where his mouth is. He’s quickly making strides to the short list of world class DJs, booked solid around the globe from Australia to Buenos Aires and throughout Europe. He’s developing something of a special relationship with the USA which started with DJ spots at Twilo in New York and now regularly taking in most major metropolitan cities, whether it’s Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Washington DC, Boston, Atlanta, Austin, or Denver. Last year, when he hit LA to play SPUNDAE for the first time, he had the crowd screaming. Kids came up to the DJ booth to peer at the man from London creating this energizing sine wave of sound. Moments later CASS handed one lucky fan his portfolio-sized case of exclusive CD-Rs – normally guarded with Fort Knox-like security – allowing him to flick through it like he was shopping in Tower Records. Why? Because CASS knows his fans take his music as seriously as he does. CASS often releases music with another musician who goes by the moniker, Slide. The duo first met when Slide, aka Pete Martin, was recording for British trance label, Flying Rhino. Within days they had decided to leave and form their own label, Fire, in order to release their own music and the music they collectively loved. The first fruits of their collaboration, “Perception†and later “Opera,†were underground hits with DJs from both sides of the Atlantic; big tunes in the record boxes of Danny Tenaglia, Jimmy Van M, Jerry Bonham and John Digweed. “Perception†also made its way onto Sasha’s Global Underground mix CD, an affirmation of quality if ever there was one. The success saga has rolled on ever since with “Fever Rising†(made with Tenaglia, NYC’s global DJ star) and now with Burning The Candle At Both Ends, Cass & Slide’s debut album on Fire (U.K. import) on March 25th, 2002. Best of all, says CASS, is SPUNDAE PRESENTS CASS, his first mix CD proper. “This mix is full of records that I love,†says CASS. “All have been played to death by me. Personally, I think it’s the best thing I’ve done as a DJ and I’m quite a harsh critic. CD one,†reckons CASS, “is one that you could make love to or have babies to. The second occupies darker, harder territories, one that’s good to listen to before you go clubbing to get yourself up.†Resident Steve Porter will open for Cass at 1:30am and we will go extra late RISE friday 7.19.02 Members: $10, Guests $20 Lights: Dan Gallagher