February 2012
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Brick Math (Song in Progress)
To ‘Bang Bang’ by Nancy Sinatra
I took five and he took six
We did the math between the bricks
We were never sure just who was right
It always turned into an awful fight
Brick Math
“Sometimes you have to say no to Kontrol.”
– Brittany, on the walk back from a cute hip hop underground, discussing the choice between seeing the Kontrol DJs at the End Up or at Monroe’s Super Bowl Sunday 2/4/2012
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“This is the most post post jaded I’ve ever felt.”
– Brighter Days to To Be In Love at a Hipster underground in SF while En Vogue was playing. We got Rick Rolled right after.
January 2012
3 posts
“Hey man, I went to this club that was at the corner of the Washington and the...”
– Guy to no one in particular 4:30 am at Bottom Floor 1/21/2012
“(He) wanted a really filler set. “Hey, I’m Maceo Plex,...”
– To Be In Love to Brighter Days regarding the great big LA Maceo Plex conflagration of ‘11
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America Eats It's Young
Interesting. It’s similar to sort of like progressive house and electro, kind of wanders back and forth.
Guy at Max Cooper who is incorrect
December 2011
3 posts
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“it’s obvious that his hipsterism has reached epic proportions … no...”
– Softy, in response to Brighter Day’s brief review of Sarcastic Disco.
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“I’ve been up to the loft … music’s good … just lots of...”
– Softy’s response to being asked why he wasn’t attending Voodoo 2 year w/ No Regular Play 12/10/2011
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“I don’t want to go to (Making Shapes) and hang out with 300 people from SF...”
– Andrew K., on party options in LA 12/3/2011.
November 2011
3 posts
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“He sounds pretty good. I don’t hate it. I’m actually a little...”
– Ben V on Nico Jaar at AYLI
“Scott K. Is my inspiration cause he used to not be good at all.”
– S.C.Q on inspiration drawn from everyday raving for spinning.
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“You don’t always have to buy a ticket, but you can never get off the train”
– To Be In Love to Brighter Days in response to “Somehow I feel like this is going to turn in to an Animal Club / MFD / Rhonda trifecta. Just when I thought I was getting off the rave crazy train.”
October 2011
7 posts
3 tags
“Jim Hopkins was good back in the day.”
– Jay Animosity, in response to Brighter Day’s insistence that DJ Dan was really good - back when he spun breaks.
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“I don’t play no B-A-S-E!”
– Ashley A. And Olga A., collaborating on a response to Olga’s noise complaint form from her building.
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“I don’t know if you know who I am, but I’ve been going to parties...”
– Sean R., very inebriated to Brighter Days while discussing the importance of context of DJs at parties.
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“Hey, this is an ok party! But I liked it better when it was in SF.”
– Brighter Days, to Solar, at the Sunset LA party, as he passed by Solar at the bar … Solar laughed.
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“I produce progressive techno… So morning sets are the shit.”
– Guy outside of Housepitality, Oct. 5th, 2011
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“Dubstep has gone from this minimal stripdown of drum and bass to this thing...”
– Gabby K, on the state of bass.
September 2011
5 posts
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“Things that Electronic Music Doesn’t Need: Hand Drums, Hula Hoops and MCs.”
– Shawn P.
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“Sartre was wrong. Hell is not other people, Hell is hand drums.”
– To Be In Love at Housepitality September 21st, 2011
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“It’s not where you’re from it’s where you’re at.”
– Ben V at Housepitality
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“This is like sublevel, no wait, this is like unlock the house era shit.”
– Guy in line for the bathroom at Doc Martin
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“If you took the last hour and recorded it and said it was a mix from 1995,...”
– Melisa during Doc Martin at Delta Funk
August 2011
5 posts
7 tags
“He’s, in there, he’s too short you just can’t see him.”
– Kevin, not Realizing that Miles Maeda was playing the side DJ booth @ Housepitality
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“You go to warehouse parties …are you that old?”
– 24 Year old gal named Janet to Brighter Days - Green Velvet @ Control 8/12/2011
“Adnan totally hates Nu-Disco.”
– To Be In Love to Brighter Days as Adnan Sharif walked by angrily saying “I’m gonna punch someone” - SF Underground, 7/31/2011
“I don’t know if you know …. but he’s kind of a big deal.”
– B-Rad to a girl talking to Brighter Days @ Bad Habit, July 31st 2011
July 2011
3 posts
“Fuck music ! I’ll outdick your soul”
– BRock, on being an ass about music
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“You can so easily spot the techno DJs. They’re like right out of Vice...”
– Ben V. at Art and Beats 3
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“The more I drink the gayer the music gets … my other dilemma is using the...”
– Kristen R., Heineken in hand at The Pick Me Up July 1st
June 2011
9 posts
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“Wow Fiasco turned down the Rane … i no longer like ‘Sunday...”
– Stampy, after Johnny Fiasco turned down the use of a Rane Rotary mixer for ‘The Pick Me Up’ 6/22/2011
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“This song is like the really hot, well dressed black man that walks in the club,...”
– To Be In Love on Abstract Truth’s We Had a Thing
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“There’s a party trick! Nitrous balloon animals!”
– Nick Flip
To Be In Love
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“Are you bored? Where are you guys from? Do you come to these things often?”
– Danny in a tank top (from Concord) at Tech Tac Toe, June 10th, 2011
To Be In Love
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“You know what I heard? I heard that Dubstep was invented for Ketamine.”
– Diana
To Be In Love
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The System is Down
Serato Crashes
MC: Computer?
MC (Voice 2): Yes?
MC: I want you to play some more drum and bass please.
MC (Voice 2): Just give me a second.
From the archives. Occurrence during the pre-Goldie set at Triple Crown SF, 2010.
To Be In Love
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“I love house. I haven’t listened to this since like 2003.”
– Eoghan L. at Slinky
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“As long as Ben is playing, it’s a tropical igloo.”
– AnJ at Slinky on Ben Annand
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“It’s always like changing clothes. Because you take off your shirt and...”
– Colm @ Slinky, on Mushrooms
May 2011
7 posts
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“This is Dynagroove, but Cade looks a lot like Rich Korach now.”
– Ben describing the music / vibe in the upstairs room at Wolf + Lamb v. Soul Clap at Public Works, May 14th, 2011
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“There’s some sort of fucked up energy on the dancefloor … Was trying...”
– Dirtie Blonde, on the Standard rooftop. We’re hanging with the fun guys.
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“I didn’t get no vagina vibrations from the djs tonight, I mean, come on ….”
– Ashley A., on the state of the bass at Artwalk Afterhours
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“I love Dubstep for what it is, but I hate Dubstep because it killed Drum and...”
– Nick Flip
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“I accept your past and what shaped you, but I do not accept your pants.”
– Steen on discussion of my JNCO and KikWear Jeans of the 90’s
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“See that fat guy with the fur cloak! I’ve seen that guy. I think...”
– Mack L. at How Weird Street Faire
April 2011
3 posts
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“If you’re consistently half a beat off, you’re constantly on.”
– Danimal on dancing
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“I think Pink Mammoth is the Miami of the West Coast.”
– Danimal at the Pink Mammoth party at Wish