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'lance
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posted 19 August 2001 01:37 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Darude, last night in Edmonton.

My word. These young people know how to have fun. What have I been missing out on all these years?

Ecstasy without chemistry (though I wouldn't be adverse to that next time), unless you count a couple of screwdrivers and (he admitted red-faced) cigarettes.

If you like dancing I'd recommend Darude. DrConway, you've expressed a liking for techno/dance. Who do you like?


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free radical
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posted 19 August 2001 02:20 PM      Profile for free radical   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
lance: what's wrong with ecstasy WITH chemistry?

My daughters did a fair amount of the chemical "Ecstasy" and it didn't hurt them a bit. They were lucky, though, because it seems they were getting fairly pure stuff.

I'm sure they used it partly because it was "all the rage" but also because I, in my ignorance of it, urged them to not get involved. I had earlier told them that having sex, drinking, and doing weed was okay, to which one of them said, "Dad, you're taking all the fun out of it." There was more fun in ecstasy because of its "naughty" aroma.

Just so you don't think I'm totally lunatic, I warned them of the REAL dangers of sex (STD's and unwanted pregnancy), drinking (not to be combined with driving in any circumstance), and dope (no dangers there)

Sorry, this was way off topic.


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DrConway
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posted 19 August 2001 03:17 PM      Profile for DrConway     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
'lance, if they played "Sand Storm", I like that song

I tend to ignore who the maker of a dance-techno song is, since all that matters to me is that it has the right kind of beat. If it does, it could have been made by Satan himself.

But yes, Darude is a familiar one to me.


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Michelle
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posted 19 August 2001 04:06 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
all that matters to me is that it has the right kind of beat. If it does, it could have been made by Satan himself.

Depending on who you talk to, that's exactly who made it. :P


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'lance
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posted 19 August 2001 06:49 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
lance: what's wrong with ecstasy WITH chemistry?

Nothing at all. I'm just saying I had a marvellous time without it. Knowing practically no-one in Edmonton, I wasn't sure who or where the trustworthy chemistry distributors might be.

My spider-sense told me there really weren't that many on E there. Certainly there weren't likely many people, if anyone, selling. It was a licensed venue with lots of bruisers for security.

I did watch a near freak-out by one girl whose friend said she was on K. Her look of terror and despair reminded me of... well, the one or two bad experiences I've had with psychedelics.

Yes, DrC, they played Sandstorm, which was great. But what I particularly liked was when he got a vocal sample from the crowd (by getting us to chant), then worked that into a new song created on the spot.

I expected to come away with ringing ears. I didn't, and in fact you could hold a conversation there, of sorts. It wasn't nearly as loud as some popunkaroll gigs I've been to. I think the difference was the lack of massed screaming guitars. The bass was so loud it rattled my ribs, but seemed to do little damage to my eardrums.


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Gayle
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posted 20 August 2001 11:59 AM      Profile for Gayle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyeahbaby!!!
Darude is cool - often overplayed, but still good.

I need me some ravin'. And soon.


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'lance
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posted 22 August 2001 02:41 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Any lotusland babblers going to Summerlove in Chilliwack this weekend?
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Dawna Matrix
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posted 22 August 2001 03:05 PM      Profile for Dawna Matrix     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Look out for Wakefield Brewster - spoken word poet friend of mine who is doing a show out there. He'll bake your brains so the truth remains...
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'lance
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posted 22 August 2001 04:42 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'll be sure to look for him.

Funny, isn't it, how we now identify spoken word poets as, well, spoken word poets. Once upon a time they all were. Poetry was monopolized by the writers for far too long, methinks...


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Gayle
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posted 22 August 2001 05:37 PM      Profile for Gayle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Damn. LAST saturday was rave night. I missed it! Wah!
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'lance
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posted 22 August 2001 07:43 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
There was an outdoor rave in Edmonton the same night I saw Darude. There was also intermittent rain squalls. So I preferred an indoor venue.
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