is there a scene in ct?

Chrissy and Luke moving further from me? I can't stand the pain. But wait, moving to CT means I can see a larger part of my favorite BLers at the same time. Woo Hoo! Chrissy, if you're serious about throwing parties, let me know, I'd love to help. My problem out here is location location location, but it sounds like it may be a bit easier up north there. Anyway, I have to post every few months so you know I'm still alive, but being out of the loop here on BL (last I heard was still a big hub bub about "elite" or something :) ) I miss you guys. that's all for now
 
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damn son haven't seen you in a while
all i know i can do is be a geek and attend :)
if any sort of geekyness is needed i'm sure me and buzzy can accomplish it ;)
 
^^WORD!
I haven't seen Bugoutkid in a stretch :)
Time to organize my dearest Faerie.
 
/me whispers *housewarming party* in her friends ears :) ill get in touch with you all! we move on saturday!! :D
and eric, being in ct means that when you want to come over, we have room for you to sleep! what a concept :D
 
only if you can prove you deserve the title ;)
damn, i haven't seen you in like a year. i'm glad you're still alive... and if you're in CT, that means i can see you more than like three times. ever. *yay!*
[edit: it's almost 1 AM and i've been writing papers for 3 hours. forgot some key words like "you" and "year". i'm smooth, i know ;) ]
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^^Please help keep me naive, ravetoy! Answer how you will but keep in mind the innocent souls who may see this! ;P
Um, about all this party stuff: if Evolution Project is successful at Gotham Citi, they'll let us use the club for after-hours events. So far the staff there is pretty reasonable; i think they don't really care what's going on in the club as long as people are coming in and having a good time. And the manager is cool with the cops in New Haven.
 
of course it would be PG, i'm not gonna go around molesting eric! well... maybe if i'm single again someday. ;)
but i do wanna hang out with you, and soon. what say you GET YOUR ASS TO BOO! and email me or IM me and let me know :)
 
just a lil note about the weekly in new haven that shut down this week
i heard that they stopped because there was another dnb weekly running in new haven that same night and they couldnt beat the competition....
 
There is another DnB weekly at FUNKTION in New Haven. It runs from 9:00-1:00pm every wednesday. 212 Crown St, New Haven CT. Call (203) 624-2938 for any info. I just grabbed this info off one of my friends sites so i don't know if its still goin but call the line and see whats up. Peace!!!
 
Originally posted by ~*JungleFaerie*~:
just a lil note about the weekly in new haven that shut down this week
i heard that they stopped because there was another dnb weekly running in new haven that same night and they couldnt beat the competition....
Things like this really make me wanna choke someone . . . so here's the lowdown on the jungle scene in New Haven.
Evolution Project started two years ago at the Blues Cafe under the name ALIVE Wednesdays. It was a hot spot but the owner of the Blues kept jacking up the cover and shafting the promotors, so in January of this year E.P. commenced at Lounge 215.
From January we built from a few hardcore hangers-on from the night at the blues to a regular crowd of maybe sixty-five, sometimes well over a hundred heads each Wednesday, and we were able to bring in nationally known acts like the G-force crew, Soulslinger, Reid Speed, Empress, etc., alternately with locals or djs blowin' up at home but not yet known in New England.
Of course people were coming in from all over, many from fifty miles or more, but not many can afford to in the middle of the school/work week. Here's the thing: drum & bass is still UNDERGROUND (even though somehow it got into car commercials and shit) - those clubs in New Haven can make shitloads of cash on the weekends off of the plastic people who come in from the shoreline and Fairfield County with their trust funds to pay for booze and pills and who are content with some corny trance/top forty remixes to provide a soundtrack to their anonymous dancefloor mating rituals. So mid-week is the next best thing, and it's successful in Boston and New York, so what went wrong?
For starters, we had a LOT of underaged kids in a bar. Yes, the club and the promotor made a conciencious decision to let them in, and yes, most of them were not drinking anyway, but that made no difference to the cops. Security at the lounge was making things difficult for quite a few people there, some of whom were committed regulars, and we ended up with too much commotion outside the club and the police took notice . . . so we couldn't let anyone under 21 in anymore.
As far as the club across the street, well, how could we compete?! Do you really think the scene is big enough to support two clubs, with literally ten yards between them, both playing jungle on the SAME NIGHT? The owner of (dys)funktion was going under, so to get people into his club, he ripped off the successes of every other place around him - doing the same kinds of music on the same nights, but with no cover and cheap drinks. Sure, you say, sounds good to you, but ultimately it kills the scene because it took away from our energy, and eventually, he'll slap on a cover anyway. As far as the people doing drum & bass there, we hired them and helped them establish their names; they wanted to do their own thing and that's cool, but WE just don't have rich daddies to turn to when we want to hire our favorite acts, the money has to come from a cover and there's no $ if everyone goes elsewhere for free.
So, fed up with the way our crowd was treated at the lounge, we moved to Gotham, still down the street, same time, just as nice a club but now we could let in 18+. Too late! Y'all can't wait to gossip and whine about us going under or the lack of a scene in Connecticut, but the bottom line is that if you want a local scene, you have to support it!! You can buy your records online because the graphics are pretty and you don't have to crawl out of your hole, you can go to parties in New York City to see the djs you know you love (and of course you should, they're famous for a reason). Or, for half of what it would cost you for shipping, you can put gas in your car, DRIVE to a small-fry record store, tell the people who work there what you like if they don't have it, and the next time you, go, they might have that AND be able to show you something you never would have known you wanted. And yes, you may have to suffer some of the same local yokels, who you've never seen headline at the Asylum and who don't have the same style that you're used to, but if you keep supporting a still-burgeoning scene in your backyard, someday you may find yourself holding the rest to that standard, because talent is evident even if it doesn't fit the mold.
We have not given up by any means. On our last night we promised dj Hive; he had to cancel over the summer because he was sick. Then we found out his flight was coming in late and we wouldn't be able to get him to New Haven before Gotham closed, but we PROMISED. . . so we brought him to an after-hours in Southington instead, that same night, and he was there, laying down a phenomenal set for anyone who wanted to hear it. COMPETE WITH THAT!!
Lecture over, i'm on my way out to get a new night rollin'!!
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Originally posted by Idrani:

Things like this really make me wanna choke someone . . . so here's the lowdown on the jungle scene in New Haven.
Evolution Project started two years ago at the Blues Cafe under the name ALIVE Wednesdays. It was a hot spot but the owner of the Blues kept jacking up the cover and shafting the promotors, so in January of this year E.P. commenced at Lounge 215.
From January we built from a few hardcore hangers-on from the night at the blues to a regular crowd of maybe sixty-five, sometimes well over a hundred heads each Wednesday, and we were able to bring in nationally known acts like the G-force crew, Soulslinger, Reid Speed, Empress, etc., alternately with locals or djs blowin' up at home but not yet known in New England.
Of course people were coming in from all over, many from fifty miles or more, but not many can afford to in the middle of the school/work week. Here's the thing: drum & bass is still UNDERGROUND (even though somehow it got into car commercials and shit) - those clubs in New Haven can make shitloads of cash on the weekends off of the plastic people who come in from the shoreline and Fairfield County with their trust funds to pay for booze and pills and who are content with some corny trance/top forty remixes to provide a soundtrack to their anonymous dancefloor mating rituals. So mid-week is the next best thing, and it's successful in Boston and New York, so what went wrong?
For starters, we had a LOT of underaged kids in a bar. Yes, the club and the promotor made a conciencious decision to let them in, and yes, most of them were not drinking anyway, but that made no difference to the cops. Security at the lounge was making things difficult for quite a few people there, some of whom were committed regulars, and we ended up with too much commotion outside the club and the police took notice . . . so we couldn't let anyone under 21 in anymore.
As far as the club across the street, well, how could we compete?! Do you really think the scene is big enough to support two clubs, with literally ten yards between them, both playing jungle on the SAME NIGHT? The owner of (dys)funktion was going under, so to get people into his club, he ripped off the successes of every other place around him - doing the same kinds of music on the same nights, but with no cover and cheap drinks. Sure, you say, sounds good to you, but ultimately it kills the scene because it took away from our energy, and eventually, he'll slap on a cover anyway. As far as the people doing drum & bass there, we hired them and helped them establish their names; they wanted to do their own thing and that's cool, but WE just don't have rich daddies to turn to when we want to hire our favorite acts, the money has to come from a cover and there's no $ if everyone goes elsewhere for free.
So, fed up with the way our crowd was treated at the lounge, we moved to Gotham, still down the street, same time, just as nice a club but now we could let in 18+. Too late! Y'all can't wait to gossip and whine about us going under or the lack of a scene in Connecticut, but the bottom line is that if you want a local scene, you have to support it!! You can buy your records online because the graphics are pretty and you don't have to crawl out of your hole, you can go to parties in New York City to see the djs you know you love (and of course you should, they're famous for a reason). Or, for half of what it would cost you for shipping, you can put gas in your car, DRIVE to a small-fry record store, tell the people who work there what you like if they don't have it, and the next time you, go, they might have that AND be able to show you something you never would have known you wanted. And yes, you may have to suffer some of the same local yokels, who you've never seen headline at the Asylum and who don't have the same style that you're used to, but if you keep supporting a still-burgeoning scene in your backyard, someday you may find yourself holding the rest to that standard, because talent is evident even if it doesn't fit the mold, in fact, true innovation breaks it! By the time you catch a truly original style at a commercial rave, it's probably not that new anymore.
We have not given up by any means. On our last night we promised dj Hive; he had to cancel over the summer because he was sick. Then we found out his flight was coming in late and we wouldn't be able to get him to New Haven before Gotham closed, but we PROMISED. . . so we brought him to an after-hours in Southington instead, that same night, and he was there, laying down a phenomenal set for anyone who wanted to hear it. COMPETE WITH THAT!!
Lecture over, i'm on my way out to get a new night rollin'!!
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welcome fellow connecticutians
i had a dream that our crew was in the process of putting together a slammin local gig, i mean it was detailed from finding the venue, setting up, promoting, everything to the point just before the party was going to let loose and open.
i think this is telling me something, i think it's time to take the initiative.
it's about to take off.
PLURR
P
 
The last night of the evoluti0n project dj hive said in response to the situation in new haven on wed.
"people who do shit like that are bad for the scene."
nuff said.
 
Originally posted by Funky4Breakz:

Mmmhmmm thats by buddies weekly they just started...for all the info go here...
http://www.elementscrew.com
-Thanks! :)
It wasn't actually the Elements crew i don't think. They do have a new one there but there WAS one on weds too. I dont know if its still there though.
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