This just in...

[daveruss]

[motleyfool]

This idiot Joe doesnt have anything better to do. Lets just count how many alias he had which he admitted to on the aqua party thread... moron.

you're making a bigger moron out of yourself

go back and cry to your mother... let her scold her on your behavior.

you are a pathetic little idiot.

[markiegee]

WOW!!! Last week Kashif approached me about writing a state of house music in hartford piece in a magazine he was starting. Without editorializing any further, this seems like a much better forum. It is ALWAYS better to be busy doing work than talking about how great you are or who you made or helped. Hartford has a long history of underappreciated talent from Lucien Grillo and David Shaw, to John Trienis and John McMann, to the djs from Sanctuary, Commercial Street, Dagny's, Riot, Comet, Club Car, Mission, Loft Chez Est and BWNN who lived house music in all of it's incarnations. Don't forget the college radio heads who put it down like Charles Henry and Mike Johnson and Mike Nyce. No one person deserves credit for Hartford's resurgent scene but we all share some responsibility in telling the truth about the scene and working together to make it better and stronger.

For the record, Joe Ventura and Jeff Romanowski were the original residents at BWNN. I came after them and was there the longest; Dave Dresden was there with me when Radio 104 had a mixshow. Joe Ventura is a very successful mortgage broker in Beacon Falls and Jeff Romanowski works at one of casinos and is doing quite well. Kris Kono was never a BWNN resident but was a "1" resident. I did in fact book my friends Danny Tenaglia, Erick Morillo, DJ Camacho, Teri Bristol and Victor Calderone for True Faith Sundays at BWNN. A local hairdresser flamed me in print before the Danny Tenaglia show claiming I was homophobic so the show got boycotted. 226 people showed up to see Danny Tenaglia tear it up while 3 times that saw Dave Dresden and Jonathan Peters do their thing with Maa Bell. Life is strange...

In any event, Lynn Collins wasn't totally right; it takes more than two to make the thing go right. House needs ALL the help it can get in Hartford. It needs to get more mature and more professional to grow. All this dissing and fussing is REALLY counterproductive. Let's try to make some shit happen. Hip hop people don't love all of their constituents but they tend to agree that they love the music. Let that be the focus. No disrespect to anyone but it has been a long time since a dj could carry a club in CT. It's not because the djs are not good enough, it's because we have allowed the rave-ification of the scene to compartmentalize house into discrete factions that don't cross over. The beauty of clubs like RIOT, and to a lesser extent Loft and BWNN, is that the dj determined the playlist. The internet wasn't dictating what was hot, and individuality was appreciated and cultivated. DJs could play C & C Music Factory, Green Velvet, DJ Dan and Barbara Tucker in the same set all night long. Try to name one club that successfully plays deep house, tribal, progressive, techno and latin house on a regular basis. That should be the norm and would guarantee that house not be relegated to "underground" or "specialist" status. House music is not for weirdos; Europe and Australia and Japan, etc have avid fans. We just have to do a better job of making sure house is presented properly and that we get a balanced diet of sounds.

To much electronica is sure to spoil the broth; you gotta be soulful sometime!

Mad love and respect to Bora Celik for helping put Hartford BACK on the map. DJ Joe Giucastro was attracting a healthy following from NYC and Boston for his programming and selection almost 20 years ago; we need to get back to Hartford resident djs being able to hold down a floor like djs in NYC, DC, Miami, Providence, etc. This market will not achieve it's potential until it can create it's own turntable superstars. We need to learn to support our own AND the hots djs out there who should be large in Hartford like DJ Disciple, Miguel Migs, Lord G, Doc Martin, Alton Miller, Todd Terry, Pete Moss, Tedd Patterson, Kerri Chandler, Dennis Ferrer, Masters At Work, David Morales, Pal Joey, Lenny Fontana, Steve Hurley, Jellybean Benitez, etc.

I hope we can take all this negativity and direct it towards some positive activity in Hartford. Don't hate, just put people in check. Create something real and positive and let your motive for doing it be wanting to expose good music to good people. All this personality stuff gets boring. I just want to be able to go out and hear some djs play with passion and fire and intelligence who want to be good djs and are students of the dj game. I hear a lot of dj name dropping these days but I wonder how many folks actually go out of their way to see these djs play live. There are 100's of very good djs that most people have never heard of. Do yourself and Hartford a favor and go see them and bring them to Hartford or at least expose them to your friends.

It's still early and there is time to make 2007 the year house returned to Hartford. I hope we put the egos in check and represent for the music and those who go to great trouble and personal expense to make this beautiful music available to Hartford. Make love and house music. Don't let shady promoters or unprofessional managers/owners dilute the scene. Stop bitching and start supporting Flipside and Sunday School and any other righteous house music event and bring 10 of your friends. Ain't no party like a house party!!

Markie Gee

[AssoRamal]

WOW!!! Last week Kashif approached me about writing a state of house music in hartford piece in a magazine he was starting. Without editorializing any further, this seems like a much better forum. It is ALWAYS better to be busy doing work than talking about how great you are or who you made or helped. Hartford has a long history of underappreciated talent from Lucien Grillo and David Shaw, to John Trienis and John McMann, to the djs from Sanctuary, Commercial Street, Dagny's, Riot, Comet, Club Car, Mission, Loft Chez Est and BWNN who lived house music in all of it's incarnations. Don't forget the college radio heads who put it down like Charles Henry and Mike Johnson and Mike Nyce. No one person deserves credit for Hartford's resurgent scene but we all share some responsibility in telling the truth about the scene and working together to make it better and stronger.

For the record, Joe Ventura and Jeff Romanowski were the original residents at BWNN. I came after them and was there the longest; Dave Dresden was there with me when Radio 104 had a mixshow. Joe Ventura is a very successful mortgage broker in Beacon Falls and Jeff Romanowski works at one of casinos and is doing quite well. Kris Kono was never a BWNN resident but was a "1" resident. I did in fact book my friends Danny Tenaglia, Erick Morillo, DJ Camacho, Teri Bristol and Victor Calderone for True Faith Sundays at BWNN. A local hairdresser flamed me in print before the Danny Tenaglia show claiming I was homophobic so the show got boycotted. 226 people showed up to see Danny Tenaglia tear it up while 3 times that saw Dave Dresden and Jonathan Peters do their thing with Maa Bell. Life is strange...

In any event, Lynn Collins wasn't totally right; it takes more than two to make the thing go right. House needs ALL the help it can get in Hartford. It needs to get more mature and more professional to grow. All this dissing and fussing is REALLY counterproductive. Let's try to make some shit happen. Hip hop people don't love all of their constituents but they tend to agree that they love the music. Let that be the focus. No disrespect to anyone but it has been a long time since a dj could carry a club in CT. It's not because the djs are not good enough, it's because we have allowed the rave-ification of the scene to compartmentalize house into discrete factions that don't cross over. The beauty of clubs like RIOT, and to a lesser extent Loft and BWNN, is that the dj determined the playlist. The internet wasn't dictating what was hot, and individuality was appreciated and cultivated. DJs could play C & C Music Factory, Green Velvet, DJ Dan and Barbara Tucker in the same set all night long. Try to name one club that successfully plays deep house, tribal, progressive, techno and latin house on a regular basis. That should be the norm and would guarantee that house not be relegated to "underground" or "specialist" status. House music is not for weirdos; Europe and Australia and Japan, etc have avid fans. We just have to do a better job of making sure house is presented properly and that we get a balanced diet of sounds.

To much electronica is sure to spoil the broth; you gotta be soulful sometime!

Mad love and respect to Bora Celik for helping put Hartford BACK on the map. DJ Joe Giucastro was attracting a healthy following from NYC and Boston for his programming and selection almost 20 years ago; we need to get back to Hartford resident djs being able to hold down a floor like djs in NYC, DC, Miami, Providence, etc. This market will not achieve it's potential until it can create it's own turntable superstars. We need to learn to support our own AND the hots djs out there who should be large in Hartford like DJ Disciple, Miguel Migs, Lord G, Doc Martin, Alton Miller, Todd Terry, Pete Moss, Tedd Patterson, Kerri Chandler, Dennis Ferrer, Masters At Work, David Morales, Pal Joey, Lenny Fontana, Steve Hurley, Jellybean Benitez, etc.

I hope we can take all this negativity and direct it towards some positive activity in Hartford. Don't hate, just put people in check. Create something real and positive and let your motive for doing it be wanting to expose good music to good people. All this personality stuff gets boring. I just want to be able to go out and hear some djs play with passion and fire and intelligence who want to be good djs and are students of the dj game. I hear a lot of dj name dropping these days but I wonder how many folks actually go out of their way to see these djs play live. There are 100's of very good djs that most people have never heard of. Do yourself and Hartford a favor and go see them and bring them to Hartford or at least expose them to your friends.

It's still early and there is time to make 2007 the year house returned to Hartford. I hope we put the egos in check and represent for the music and those who go to great trouble and personal expense to make this beautiful music available to Hartford. Make love and house music. Don't let shady promoters or unprofessional managers/owners dilute the scene. Stop bitching and start supporting Flipside and Sunday School and any other righteous house music event and bring 10 of your friends. Ain't no party like a house party!!

Markie Gee

I CONCUR

JUST ONE THING " AIN;T NO PARTY LIKE A HOUSE PARTY WITH DRUMS"

HAHA

[chazzdee]

this is getting really old ppl .

[cakewalk]

I'm certainly guessing that the three or maybe four parties involved in this pathetic and petty mudslinging for proclamation of "Greatest Hartford Promoter Ever" are a bunch of spoiled and sheltered rich kids from avon/farmington area, who never really worked throughout their lives and still get a weekly allowance from Mommy and Daddy. My assumption would be based on the unnecessary and classless racist and prejudice comments as well other details revealed in this thread that would support my case.

Who would book a respected house dj and then ask him to play hip hop because the party is at a top 40 club? Are you guys for real on this one????

I really can't believe they way corn balls go at it. Guys no offenses but your parties are lame and really suck. You have no clue how to promote or even understand what it takes to throw a good party. You guys are nothing in CT and beyond. You will never be in the game and so honestly give it up. Venture out of route 44 area sometime, experience life, and see how things are done.

If Kris Kono wasn't a resident, then she did guest spot at no name from time to time. I ran into her back October at DT in providence. She is living in Boston now. Kris also played the Sanctuary. How could anyone forget that place; the lights,sound system, and overall vibe were amazing.

Oh man I just got back from Derek May at Sullivan, sick.

[mattyfeets]

mind if I grab some? This just keeps getting better...you couldn't write this out ahead of time if you tried..

[benfica88]

So is this raid thing true after all...didn't tempations get hit?(with good merit)

[chazzdee]

and the plot thickens

dun dun dun ......

[cakewalk]

So is this raid thing true after all...didn't tempations get hit?(with good merit)

Is temptations closed right now? It was definitely a young crowd the few times I went to go hear Lam.

Ralph

[mattyfeets]

Yes they are now closed after getting raided.

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-juicebar0323,0,6120108.story

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctkidsbust0324.artmar24,0,3939280.story

"Grand opening...grand closing..." -Chris Rock

[motleyfool]

Thanks for catching up on this guys. In my post all I was trying to do was give promoters and DJs a heads up to get the nightclub owner tighten up the door.

[cakewalk]

So what are John and Lam to do now? They definitely had Temptations on lockdown.

I can't believe they bust these clubs for underage drinking and don't mess with Alchemy. Alchemy is the biggest abuser of letting underage people in. I think Al has some pull with the city in New Haven.

[scoobeedoo01]

So what are John and Lam to do now? They definitely had Temptations on lockdown.

I can't believe they bust these clubs for underage drinking and don't mess with Alchemy. Alchemy is the biggest abuser of letting underage people in. I think Al has some pull with the city in New Haven.

is there any post where you don't mention Alchemy.

Alchemy has a very strict door policy and there is no liquor being served in any of the areas where it is not supposed to be served. 2 forms of ID are required from everyone entering the club one must be state issued

[cakewalk]

is there any post where you don't mention Alchemy.

Alchemy has a very strict door policy and there is no liquor being served in any of the areas where it is not supposed to be served. 2 forms of ID are required from everyone entering the club one must be state issued

Another lie, Two forms of ID my ass. Any ID goes with your policy. Hell, my little cousin is only 19 you guys let her in. Her ID is crappy too. She has never had to show two forms. The few times I went, no asked me for a second ID.

Then you come in here bragging constantly about how your numbers are through the roof when in reality your secret is to let underage people in. They can't get to any decent and respected club so of course your shithole allows them in.

[scoobeedoo01]

it is 18+ so that would mean that a 19 year old is older then 18 so that would make her allowed to go into the club. I think I learned that in 2nd grade maybe earlier.

Go play in traffic please

[cakewalk]

it is 18+ so that would mean that a 19 year old is older then 18 so that would make her allowed to go into the club. I think I learned that in 2nd grade maybe earlier.

Go play in traffic please

No shit sherlock. However those bars aren't closed like you say they are. Admit it, 85% of liquor sales on a given night is all from underage drinking. You use the underage crowd in a shady way to make money. This has been Aldhemy's thing for the last few years.

Ralph

[cavegraffitti]

i wonder if what the deal is if there is no under age drinking. Are the cops still going to bust people? We have been extremely strict over at Arkadia so far. Still kinda worried, but our place has never had a bad rep and we are far from normal club districts so I don't think they will attempt to harras us.

[cakewalk]

i wonder if what the deal is if there is no under age drinking. Are the cops still going to bust people? We have been extremely strict over at Arkadia so far. Still kinda worried, but our place has never had a bad rep and we are far from normal club districts so I don't think they will attempt to harras us.

It's 18 and over? Arkadia is old sports palace, right?

[joeblacks]

Thanks for catching up on this guys. In my post all I was trying to do was give promoters and DJs a heads up to get the nightclub owner tighten up the door.

Yeah Kashif, you're such a great guy! Why don't you worry about paying all the people you owe money to instead? Or are you too busy planning your next scam?

[cakewalk]

Yeah Kashif, you're such a great guy! Why don't you worry about paying all the people you owe money to instead? Or are you too busy planning your next scam?

The thread that just won't die.

[ctvip]

Yeah Kashif, you're such a great guy! Why don't you worry about paying all the people you owe money to instead? Or are you too busy planning your next scam?

Joe Blacks huh?

Who are you, I am sure your using this screenname without authorization!

[motleyfool]

If only his mother would grow some balls on him he wouldnt be hiding behind screen names...

[joeblacks]

Hiding behind screen names? Are you kidding? A screen name like "motleyfool" who you try to pass off as some huge fan of Kashif and not Kashif himself?

What about your other personalities like "dnrd?" Or "dsgnguy," "nygirl73," "djkashif," "yourhartford," or "partydirty01" or any of the other screen names you use here?

You are such a tool.

[djkashif]

Here. You know who posted this. So why don't you come out of the closet and tell us who you are... You are a coward.

Joeblacks? What happenned to your other alias? got deleted by the admins?

You are a little coward hiding behind these screen names. Just say who you are and prove yourself to be a man with some balls!