You can't be credible when you write that nyc doesn't have a music scene and never had. I have a problem with the 'never had' thrown in there. I make a difference between 'real music scene' and 'new music scene'. I think a party like Joe Claussell's at Love is real, I think Danny Krivit's 718 sessions are real, and i think that the calderone parties are real too. Hell, I even think the Loft parties thrown by David Mancuso are real, and they're definitely not new. All those scenes are real, meaning they are the true representation of a sound, yes. Are they new? Not really. Also, I don't go out as much as I did (it was 4 times/week), but I've seen some of what this city has to offer. Yes, I've been to mr.black Fridays, it's fine but i don't call that cutting edge either (Maybe S.Jo wasn't playing). The only scene I consider new and interesting is the MisShapes party back 2 years ago. And I like the HotPink! sound ... We're probably overlapping in what we're saying but somehow your messages sound so aggressive ... I'll throw a good old PLUR in there!