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FRIDAY MAY 14TH 10:30pm I/O - 30 NE 14 ST MIAMI DOWNTOWN $20 PRESALE @ www.IOLOUNGE.COM PLANET OF THE DRUMS TOUR 2004 - FEATURING AK 1200 – Run Recordings, Orlando, FL Dara – Breakbeat Science, New York City Dieselboy- Human/System/Platinum – Philadelphia, PA w/ MC J Messinian – Platinum, Philadelphia, PA Main: B-Boy Roy & Element (b2b) - Thinktank - Ben Matrix Garden Lounge:Smallz, T.S. Heritage, Plot, Edgar Guerrero A Beatcamp Entertainment + Contagious Musiq production

I'm Rick James ... . . ... BITCH

uhoh ... who's punkin' on the DJ? That means drama on the dancefloor!

Amie and I went to Lush last night to check out our friend Soozin do her thing ... nice spot! The setup is in that modern industrial kind of vibe, with a good little sound system and plenty of booths to sit in, with a small dancefloor by the DJ booth. I think there can be a tight party in there. So, come check it out when shea and I make the bassline pressure on Saturday and see/hear for yourself.

I'll be at that show, supporting my BeatCampCrew of course, but I'll be in the patio doing my 130 BPM thing. I'm sure the inside will be rammed with junglists as always ... and you may catch a few people from CP there ... there are some old school BeatCamp heads that lurk on here and come out every blue moon, too. Look for me on the patio and I'll point them out to you.

The Beat's Broken up in the Terrace. Boh!

Tha's right ... first night of the new location for us BeatBrokenCrew nutters. Looking foward to dropping some new sounds on the terrace, so make sure to get your guestlist requests in and come party under the stars with us all night.

I watched the first hearing on cable access and the funniest part was when one of the commissioners said, I'm paraphrasing here, "We need to move the closing time to 2am to keep those "Bridge and Tunnel" crowds from coming to the beach every week-end and ruining our constituents sleep." When he realized he wasn't in New York anymore, he changed his description "of those kids from Kendall who bring nothing but problems to the city" to "The Causeway Crowd". So, for all of you who don't live on the beach, we've got a new description for your ilk ... you "Causeway Crowd" hooligans :-) I don't really care what they do to South of 5th because I never really go down that far, but it does seem like the tip of the iceburg toward a 2am closing for all bars on the beach.

Hey now ... it's been a while since I've played up in FLL, so come out and check the tunes people. Some underground garage and brokenbeat for something a little different. Lookinf forward to checking out the Traffic crew as well ... heard they rock a nice spot.

Thanks for stopping by Philippio ... with luck we'll be there once a month in the near future. Definitely see you at Privilege if not b4 ...

I'm down to catch Viktor Duplaix! Bring King Britt with him!!

Looks like the partner in crime, Phrakadelic, may be joining me ... so add some nice downtempo to the mix as well. Like I said, free entry, so stop by for a nightcap people!

Got a last minute call from The Marlin Bar ... they have me filling in tonight with the sounds of the UK Underground. Dropping the usual Garage, Broken Beat and dub styles ... free entry as always. Come stop by for a bit if you're on the beach. 10p-4am! Also, stay tuned for the new First Fridays parties at Privilege, starting in May ... The Beat's Broken sound is taking over the Terrace for the P:M Sessions. Opening night is Friday, May7.

http://www.ruben.fm/dizzee.html

I don't know about making a house track from the recording ... but it would be funny to record it, and then wait an hour or so, and then play it back at a loud volume with your speakers pressed up against your neighbors wall

A bit late to this thread ... but good meeting some more of yous guys that night. I stayed on the Terrace pretty much the whole night because I forgot my earplugs and the sound level in the main room was just slamming (sounded great, just required some ear protection). Nice work on the tricky turntables Frank ... we'll have to sort that out for next time. I saw you wince a few times when some big footed people stomped by the booth and set the needle adrift. I'm glad I finally made it down there to Privilege to check out the changes to the space ... I love what they did to the venue!

Late checking in on this thread ... but yeah, Amie and I will be rolling through the terrace around midnight ... check y'all there!

Respect to Lumin for hanging with me through the Lounge16 ups and downs ... we appropriately ended out the run last night ... now we're looking forward to our new home at Privelege. See you all on the terrace next month for The Beat's Broken First Fridays, now at PM Sessions.

Oh yes, BTW ... we still have one more Second Friday to go tomorrow night at Lounge 16, so come on out and check the sounds before they're gone ;-)

Great news on moving to this new space ... Thanks to Frank for sorting it out, and extra thanks to Marco for the opportunity. It was almost 4 years ago now that I used to play that space every Thursday when Beat Camp was running strong at The Mission, and now I get to return to the source with some new vibes and a newly revitalized environment. Definitely looking forward to First Fridays as we take it to the next level!

That makes sense ... those two were made for each other. My opinion? The radio station, and the awards show, are both commercial crap, no different from any other pop music radio station or awards show ... and according to Buster, that's exactly what he's promoting... Top 40 radio junk for the masses. Who cares what the true supporters of the dance music world want?! Great! What we're all saying is it's fine to do your Top-40 rotation during the 7a-7p slots when people are aimlessly driving to-and-from work, or sorting mail in the mailroom at their lame jobs ... but after 8pm, really do something for the scene and promote the rest of dance music that is not crap and repetitive. You really want us to congratulate you on your job? Then do it right and promote all forms of dance music, not just what ClearChannel tells you is dance music!

Here's a bump on the board today ... in preparation for the bump on the floor coming up on Friday. Three hour set by the LTJ ... taking you on a ride (as they say).

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