Had to chances to hear a bit about the Black Party, but then I was asked to wait until my friends return from their beauty nap to hear about the Alegria event. I only expect the best from DJ Abel, so until then here is a snap shot of the room.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Black Party NYC 2008
haven't heard from my friends yet, but I'm assuming they are either sleeping or getting ready to hit the Alegria party. Until then here is a clip from last night's Black Party in New York City.
edit: ...and they are alive... it sounds like Stéphan Grondin won a couple of hundred new fans in NYC. Perhaps would had been better if Grondin had been scheduled to close the party instead of warming up the crowd? Good job Grondin!!!
edit: ...and they are alive... it sounds like Stéphan Grondin won a couple of hundred new fans in NYC. Perhaps would had been better if Grondin had been scheduled to close the party instead of warming up the crowd? Good job Grondin!!!
Madonna - 4 Minutes (Peter Rauhofer's sexy WORK Remix)
UPDATE: sorry guys, but it looks like these 2 great videos are no longer available. why? "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Warner Music Group"
Last Friday, Peter Rauhofer released his new remix of Madonna's new single at Work, in its new location at the Highline Ballroom (NYC). Black was the colour of choice for obvious reasons, and my friends tell me Peter was fantastic. I'm still confuse not knowing if the club will be called Work or Darkroom
You can actually hear Madonna's voice in this remix, unlike the original version of the song where her voice kind of disappears with the music.
Peter's videos have been deleted, so here is another clip from the same night.
Last Friday, Peter Rauhofer released his new remix of Madonna's new single at Work, in its new location at the Highline Ballroom (NYC). Black was the colour of choice for obvious reasons, and my friends tell me Peter was fantastic. I'm still confuse not knowing if the club will be called Work or Darkroom
You can actually hear Madonna's voice in this remix, unlike the original version of the song where her voice kind of disappears with the music.
Peter's videos have been deleted, so here is another clip from the same night.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Earth Hour - March 29, 2008
edit: I turned off the lights in my house for an entire hour, and took advantage to meditate a bit (powernap). Small thing but at least was something.
first part of the picture was the view of Toronto at 8:27pm, and the second part is what the city usually looks like.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
8:00pm-9:00pm
Montréal
Turn Off The Lights
"At 8pm on the 29 March 2008 millions of people in some of the world's biggest cities including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane, Tel Aviv and Manila will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour 2007 was a Sydney event. Earth Hour 2008 is a global movement.
Earth Hour is about individual action and how together we can make a difference. Visit Earthhour.org and add your name to the Earth Hour movement."
Earthhour.org
myspace.com/earthhour
first part of the picture was the view of Toronto at 8:27pm, and the second part is what the city usually looks like.
8:00pm-9:00pm
Montréal
Turn Off The Lights
"At 8pm on the 29 March 2008 millions of people in some of the world's biggest cities including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane, Tel Aviv and Manila will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour 2007 was a Sydney event. Earth Hour 2008 is a global movement.
Earth Hour is about individual action and how together we can make a difference. Visit Earthhour.org and add your name to the Earth Hour movement."
Earthhour.org
myspace.com/earthhour
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
David Morales - La vie en Stéréo - 9 Years
ps. video taken in Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2008.
Nine years of "La Vie en Stéréo" with David Morales. I always tell people, if you have never been at Stereo, or never done an afterhours party, David Morales is one of the best DJs to introduce you to this different world. A place where it doesn't matter if you are fat or fit, gay or straight, cute of ugly, rich or poor, black or white, it is all the same.
David Morales nights attract all kind of people, and he plays for everyone and himself. You never know what you are going to hear, you just know most likely you will have a great time.
If you are not in Miami for the WMC or in New York City for the Black party, then I suggest you get your dancing shoes ready and hit this party.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Bal en Blanc - Montreal - March 23, 2008
Warning: this is my personal view of what I experienced during the Bal en Blanc.
Everyone knows what happened last year with the big fiasco at the door, and for the same reason it was a given most of the people would show up earlier this year. I’m guessing the Bal en Blanc either didn’t care about it, or nobody in the organization thought about this issue. I arrived at 11:10pm and met up with some friends that were already in line - regular ticket holder - and it took us 1h10 to get in to the coat check area.
Then you expect to see organized lines to be search, instead you are left in the dark, like an orgy in waiting, not knowing what is going one because there are a couple of hundred people gathered like cows waiting to be slaughtered, actually if it had been like that it would had some type of organization.
All of that to go thru one of the weakest search I have ever seen in Montreal. I don’t think there is anything the Bal en Blanc can say to that would excuse what I witness on Sunday night. Later on I found out I had actually made in with not too much trouble, there were people that had waited 2, 3 and even 4 hours to get in.
I tried to shake those bad feeling off, and headed towards the Trance room where Infected Mushrooms were doing their thing, which within 30 seconds I decided it was not my type of music, and moved the other direction to the House room. Right there I met up a friend and we moved ourselves to the middle of the crowd.
Caught the end of Cesar Romero set, but it would be unjust to talk about it because I only experienced the end, but he was moving the crowd. Then the super sexy Cedric Gervais was announced and right away he started with some interesting sounds, and you could see the Latin influence of Miami in some of his music. Not sure why but I was unable to fully understand the story telling he was trying to give to the dance floor. Didn’t get totally into his music so I decided to visit the crazy room again.
Ferry Corsten was in charge of the room, and for what I saw and heard, I think he did a good job. You must understand I’m more into house music than trance, and this would totally disqualify me to give any kind of rating. I can only tell you what my body feels, and if the music is good I will dance, and dance I did.
Looked around in both rooms and the stained-glass made more sense in the Trance room than the House room. You could only fully appreciate then when the lights from behind the glass were on, and too much light in the House room doesn’t go well. It was very well done, but I would expect more from the Bal en Blanc in that sense. There was not much more that I can talk about.
Not sure if this is the case, but the theme this year was kind of odd. Last year it was Super Heroes and that was what we got, but with “100% Human”, specially in the politically correct post-September 11 North America, not mentioning no one want the Danish experience repeated in Montreal, it would had been hard to decorate using all those sacred -for some people- symbols. Again, if you want to do it, this is the perfect place to push the envelop, specially since most of the people attending, the key word being MOST, are open minded individuals that are more interest in the music.
I would had loved to see mini stages around the dance floor in the House room, were sexy dancers would give their best moves to the crowd. Then it is hard to envision Maria Magdalena or Judas up to this task, specially since the crowd wouldn’t be allowed to go up due to hazard issues.
Moved back to the House room where the music with very interesting lyrics was playing, “…because we all know is all about the music…today anybody can be a DJ… you just have to play the cheesy music…” Anyway, this was before David Guetta drove the crowd nuts with his appearance. Let me tell you, he received a very nice welcoming intro by the crowd. By then I had been informed one of my friends had suffered a mini panic attach and they had found this reclusive spot right beside the VIP area. The spot was perfect because there was actually room to dance, beside the fact we could keep company to our friend, which ended up having a great time - all of us rotated our presence in this wild dancing spot.
The lyrics from “The World is mine” started to come off the speakers, and actually heard them several times during Guetta’s set. He is cheesy, he is commercial, he is everything everybody talk about, but he made the crowd move at the beginning. Then he just moved me into the boring planet of “why are you so famous land”. He made the crowd sing along, and he dropped most of his commercial hits, but they were not enough to keep me where I was, and it was a good thing because gave me the chance to dance to the tunes of Armin Van Burren.
People, people, people, I don’t get it, you pay tons of money to come to this party, and the only thing you can do is stand around lifting your hands while contagious dance music is being played by Burren? Feel the music, feel the vibration, listen to the anthems, and let you body do the rest. Special note goes to the person holding a flag with Armin written on it. I’m not a DJ, but I think I would had appreciated more if you would had danced to the music instead of adoring me as a god. Again, whom am I to judge, I’m just the shirtless guy dancing like crazy around both room.
Armin was playing tunes that were able to bring out the most energetic dancing I did all night long, and it was easy to open up a dancing space, specially since most of the people are just standing around with his arms up in the air, or just moving his hands with those glow sticks. Anyway, really enjoy his set and then was time to make my way back to the washroom.
Although it is kind of annoying having to walk one floor up, the lines actually move, nothing compared to the 2005 experience when the emergency exit doors were kept closed, and everyone coming or going had to go thru the same area. Allowing the people to use the exit doors to return to the dance floor dramatically improved the “experience”.
My house was calling and just on time to see Offer Nissim take over the decks, and back to the wild dancing spot I went, where I found myself for most of Offer Nissim set.
I said it before and I say it again, I like what Offer Nissim does music wise, but I cannot stand seeing him moving his arms, because the first thing that comes to my mind is “shouldn’t you be mixing?”. I don’t care what anybody else say, he started his set with “Happy People” and then dropped music that made me dance from beginning to end. Escaped a couple of time to catch up with Armin but always went back to spend time with my friends at the wild dancing spot. I did not see what he did, I only heard the music and I danced like crazy.
During his set, it was the first time, out of 3, that “Toca Me” was played without any technical issues. Credic had some problems, and so did Armin - by the way, what was with that sound distortion in the Trance room? Kind of annoying. I would had expected Offer Nissim to change a bit his final part of the set to accommodate the arrival of Victor Calderone, but he even didn’t acknowledged that Victor was waiting behind him for a couple of minutes. Overall, I enjoyed Offer Nissim set, and like it or not, he moved the crowd. By the way, repeat the intro of the same song 6 times, what was that? It was a nice intro, but I really wanted to hear how it ends.
Then the music stop and it was announced the arrival of Victor - by the way, I feel the liberty to call him just Victor because I have written so may reviews of his parties that I feel I already know him, even though I don’t.
Evolve is the name of his parties, and most of you have experience how great his parties are at Stereo in Montreal. Evolve is the best word to describe what has happened to his style in 2007, his music has evolved and I guess I’m lucky that I have evolved with his new style. If you were one waiting to hear his army of tribal and vocals, you probably left the party disappointed. If you were waiting to hear his transition phase of Tribal-minimal-Tech, then you probably also left semi-disappointed. If you were like me, waiting to hear his deep dark Tech (towards techno) then you had an amazing time.
Victor was even dancing and moving his sexy shoulders, and many times I would look up and see this big smile in his face, similar to the one I had all night long once inside the party. The first hour of his set was kind of mellow, kind of warming up the crowd, then he just started to drop bits that drove me nuts - the fusion of techno and house was just too sexy to resist.
In one of my trips to the neverland of the upper floor, I stopped by the Trance room to check out the young Menno de Jong, and man he was moving the crowd with an intensity that was scary, I actually saw people dancing, not just lifting their arms.
Then went back to say adios to Victor, not because I wanted to leave but because my legs were begging me to go. Danced a little bit more and then left with the feeling I had made a good decision to decide to come to this party.
There were tons of beautiful men and women at the Bal en Blanc, and I’m just want to say one thing, if you are one of those scared of shirtless sweaty gay people, please stay home, this is a massive party, and where there is good music, where there is good a good time, where there are beautiful people, where there open minded individuals, you will always find them in the middle. I do have to remark, that the number of gay people were less than the previous year, not sure if it was because more straight people moved into the house room, or because less gay people attended the event.
Regardless of what happened at the beginning of the night, I had an incredible time with my friends, and with the friends of other people. I laughed, I talked, I kissed, and most important of all, I danced, because we all know is all about the music and the dancers.
Then you expect to see organized lines to be search, instead you are left in the dark, like an orgy in waiting, not knowing what is going one because there are a couple of hundred people gathered like cows waiting to be slaughtered, actually if it had been like that it would had some type of organization.
All of that to go thru one of the weakest search I have ever seen in Montreal. I don’t think there is anything the Bal en Blanc can say to that would excuse what I witness on Sunday night. Later on I found out I had actually made in with not too much trouble, there were people that had waited 2, 3 and even 4 hours to get in.
I tried to shake those bad feeling off, and headed towards the Trance room where Infected Mushrooms were doing their thing, which within 30 seconds I decided it was not my type of music, and moved the other direction to the House room. Right there I met up a friend and we moved ourselves to the middle of the crowd.
Caught the end of Cesar Romero set, but it would be unjust to talk about it because I only experienced the end, but he was moving the crowd. Then the super sexy Cedric Gervais was announced and right away he started with some interesting sounds, and you could see the Latin influence of Miami in some of his music. Not sure why but I was unable to fully understand the story telling he was trying to give to the dance floor. Didn’t get totally into his music so I decided to visit the crazy room again.
Ferry Corsten was in charge of the room, and for what I saw and heard, I think he did a good job. You must understand I’m more into house music than trance, and this would totally disqualify me to give any kind of rating. I can only tell you what my body feels, and if the music is good I will dance, and dance I did.
Looked around in both rooms and the stained-glass made more sense in the Trance room than the House room. You could only fully appreciate then when the lights from behind the glass were on, and too much light in the House room doesn’t go well. It was very well done, but I would expect more from the Bal en Blanc in that sense. There was not much more that I can talk about.
Not sure if this is the case, but the theme this year was kind of odd. Last year it was Super Heroes and that was what we got, but with “100% Human”, specially in the politically correct post-September 11 North America, not mentioning no one want the Danish experience repeated in Montreal, it would had been hard to decorate using all those sacred -for some people- symbols. Again, if you want to do it, this is the perfect place to push the envelop, specially since most of the people attending, the key word being MOST, are open minded individuals that are more interest in the music.
I would had loved to see mini stages around the dance floor in the House room, were sexy dancers would give their best moves to the crowd. Then it is hard to envision Maria Magdalena or Judas up to this task, specially since the crowd wouldn’t be allowed to go up due to hazard issues.
Moved back to the House room where the music with very interesting lyrics was playing, “…because we all know is all about the music…today anybody can be a DJ… you just have to play the cheesy music…” Anyway, this was before David Guetta drove the crowd nuts with his appearance. Let me tell you, he received a very nice welcoming intro by the crowd. By then I had been informed one of my friends had suffered a mini panic attach and they had found this reclusive spot right beside the VIP area. The spot was perfect because there was actually room to dance, beside the fact we could keep company to our friend, which ended up having a great time - all of us rotated our presence in this wild dancing spot.
The lyrics from “The World is mine” started to come off the speakers, and actually heard them several times during Guetta’s set. He is cheesy, he is commercial, he is everything everybody talk about, but he made the crowd move at the beginning. Then he just moved me into the boring planet of “why are you so famous land”. He made the crowd sing along, and he dropped most of his commercial hits, but they were not enough to keep me where I was, and it was a good thing because gave me the chance to dance to the tunes of Armin Van Burren.
People, people, people, I don’t get it, you pay tons of money to come to this party, and the only thing you can do is stand around lifting your hands while contagious dance music is being played by Burren? Feel the music, feel the vibration, listen to the anthems, and let you body do the rest. Special note goes to the person holding a flag with Armin written on it. I’m not a DJ, but I think I would had appreciated more if you would had danced to the music instead of adoring me as a god. Again, whom am I to judge, I’m just the shirtless guy dancing like crazy around both room.
Armin was playing tunes that were able to bring out the most energetic dancing I did all night long, and it was easy to open up a dancing space, specially since most of the people are just standing around with his arms up in the air, or just moving his hands with those glow sticks. Anyway, really enjoy his set and then was time to make my way back to the washroom.
Although it is kind of annoying having to walk one floor up, the lines actually move, nothing compared to the 2005 experience when the emergency exit doors were kept closed, and everyone coming or going had to go thru the same area. Allowing the people to use the exit doors to return to the dance floor dramatically improved the “experience”.
My house was calling and just on time to see Offer Nissim take over the decks, and back to the wild dancing spot I went, where I found myself for most of Offer Nissim set.
I said it before and I say it again, I like what Offer Nissim does music wise, but I cannot stand seeing him moving his arms, because the first thing that comes to my mind is “shouldn’t you be mixing?”. I don’t care what anybody else say, he started his set with “Happy People” and then dropped music that made me dance from beginning to end. Escaped a couple of time to catch up with Armin but always went back to spend time with my friends at the wild dancing spot. I did not see what he did, I only heard the music and I danced like crazy.
During his set, it was the first time, out of 3, that “Toca Me” was played without any technical issues. Credic had some problems, and so did Armin - by the way, what was with that sound distortion in the Trance room? Kind of annoying. I would had expected Offer Nissim to change a bit his final part of the set to accommodate the arrival of Victor Calderone, but he even didn’t acknowledged that Victor was waiting behind him for a couple of minutes. Overall, I enjoyed Offer Nissim set, and like it or not, he moved the crowd. By the way, repeat the intro of the same song 6 times, what was that? It was a nice intro, but I really wanted to hear how it ends.
Then the music stop and it was announced the arrival of Victor - by the way, I feel the liberty to call him just Victor because I have written so may reviews of his parties that I feel I already know him, even though I don’t.
Evolve is the name of his parties, and most of you have experience how great his parties are at Stereo in Montreal. Evolve is the best word to describe what has happened to his style in 2007, his music has evolved and I guess I’m lucky that I have evolved with his new style. If you were one waiting to hear his army of tribal and vocals, you probably left the party disappointed. If you were waiting to hear his transition phase of Tribal-minimal-Tech, then you probably also left semi-disappointed. If you were like me, waiting to hear his deep dark Tech (towards techno) then you had an amazing time.
Victor was even dancing and moving his sexy shoulders, and many times I would look up and see this big smile in his face, similar to the one I had all night long once inside the party. The first hour of his set was kind of mellow, kind of warming up the crowd, then he just started to drop bits that drove me nuts - the fusion of techno and house was just too sexy to resist.
In one of my trips to the neverland of the upper floor, I stopped by the Trance room to check out the young Menno de Jong, and man he was moving the crowd with an intensity that was scary, I actually saw people dancing, not just lifting their arms.
Then went back to say adios to Victor, not because I wanted to leave but because my legs were begging me to go. Danced a little bit more and then left with the feeling I had made a good decision to decide to come to this party.
There were tons of beautiful men and women at the Bal en Blanc, and I’m just want to say one thing, if you are one of those scared of shirtless sweaty gay people, please stay home, this is a massive party, and where there is good music, where there is good a good time, where there are beautiful people, where there open minded individuals, you will always find them in the middle. I do have to remark, that the number of gay people were less than the previous year, not sure if it was because more straight people moved into the house room, or because less gay people attended the event.
Regardless of what happened at the beginning of the night, I had an incredible time with my friends, and with the friends of other people. I laughed, I talked, I kissed, and most important of all, I danced, because we all know is all about the music and the dancers.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
White Weekend in Montreal - Easter
You should know this weekend is all about the Bal en Blanc in Montreal, even if you are not going, you will feel the excitement when going to the other venues. I still don't know if I'm going, don't have a ticket (don't even know if the outlets are still selling them) and I guess I should decide soon about it.
Anyway, besides the major party tomorrow night, Stereo probably will be busy tonight - Hector Romero and Danny Torrence will be celebrating 4 years of "Full Body Workout". Didn't this FBW use to be call Fuego at Stereo? Wait, I think Fuego was XL night. Why Stereo will be busy tonight? Both DJs are good and some of you that are not going to the Bal en Blanc will want to party hard tonight.
Circus is having an identity crisis and they are celebrating Pacha Marrakech tonight with Driss and Faitfull, it could be interesting. Red-Lite is also going white, and they have Jester, Malick and Joubin to make sure everything goes well.
Parking will be set on fire by the beautiful Hector Fonseca and Alain Jackinsky, and on Sunday Peter Bailey will be in the house. Toronto' Shawn Ricker will be gracing the decks at Unity tonight, and I cannot forget to mention Eddy Jasmin will take care of the T-Dance at the Sky on Sunday night.
Angel Morais and Luc Raymond will be rocking Chery on Sunday, one of my favourite places in Montreal. I cannot stress enough, if you haven't been at Cherry yet, please do yourself a favour and check this place out.
Don't know if I'm going to post anything else this weekend, so that is why the compact heavy suggestions for partying in Montreal today. If you are not going to the Bal en Blanc, there are many other venues hosting good time, and be sure to be nice to the tourists okay?
If you are going to the Bal en Blanc, make sure to have a great time, if it is your fist time it might be overwhelming at the beginning but you will rapidly get absorved by the vibe, and don't worry if you lose your friends inside - we always do - just don't waste your time looking for them because eventually you will bump on them, or you might ended up meeting someone you had no idea that existed. If you still asking who is spinning at what time:
TECH ROOM
21h30 - midnight: Insomnia
midnight - 2h30 : Infected Mushrooms
2h30 - 5h00 : Ferry Corsten
5h00 -9h00 : Armin Van Buuren
9h00 - 11h00 : Menno De Jong
11h00 - noon : Wizz
HOUSE ROOM
21h30 - 23h30 : Uppercut
23h30 - 1h00 : Cesar Romero
1h00 - 3h00 : Cedric Gervais
3h00 - 3h20 : Chris Willis
3h20 - 6h30 : David Guetta
6h30 - 9h00 : Offer Nissim
9h00 - noon : Victor Calderone
First I thought it was not a good idea to have Victor Calderone closing the party in the House Room, maybe moving him up one set would be better, but then I thought about it, and I think it is perfect he is closing because he now is playing hard techno. If he were to be dropped in the middle of the night, that could interrupt the flow of the music. Again, what do I know, maybe he will return to his previous incarnations and drop some tribal, but I don't think is going to happen and I really hope he plays hard core techno.
How is it? Just follow these American boys from arriving to Canada until partying at the Bal en Blanc 2007, don't know about you, but I feel like I should try to get my ticket.
and if still have some energy left on Monday, then go down to Stereo bar for the After8 special with Bruno Brown, Erik El and Malick.
Don't know if I'm going to post anything else this weekend, so that is why the compact heavy suggestions for partying in Montreal today. If you are not going to the Bal en Blanc, there are many other venues hosting good time, and be sure to be nice to the tourists okay?
TECH ROOM
21h30 - midnight: Insomnia
midnight - 2h30 : Infected Mushrooms
2h30 - 5h00 : Ferry Corsten
5h00 -9h00 : Armin Van Buuren
9h00 - 11h00 : Menno De Jong
11h00 - noon : Wizz
HOUSE ROOM
21h30 - 23h30 : Uppercut
23h30 - 1h00 : Cesar Romero
1h00 - 3h00 : Cedric Gervais
3h00 - 3h20 : Chris Willis
3h20 - 6h30 : David Guetta
6h30 - 9h00 : Offer Nissim
9h00 - noon : Victor Calderone
First I thought it was not a good idea to have Victor Calderone closing the party in the House Room, maybe moving him up one set would be better, but then I thought about it, and I think it is perfect he is closing because he now is playing hard techno. If he were to be dropped in the middle of the night, that could interrupt the flow of the music. Again, what do I know, maybe he will return to his previous incarnations and drop some tribal, but I don't think is going to happen and I really hope he plays hard core techno.
How is it? Just follow these American boys from arriving to Canada until partying at the Bal en Blanc 2007, don't know about you, but I feel like I should try to get my ticket.
and if still have some energy left on Monday, then go down to Stereo bar for the After8 special with Bruno Brown, Erik El and Malick.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Dubfire @ Stereo
I kind of feel like dancing to some good techno, and Dubfire is playing more and more of it now. If wasn't because I have to work on a Good Friday, I would be there - so if you are not working tomorrow, check him out and let me know how it went.
...if you are in montréal tonight...
good night to go out because, unlike me, most people are off tomorrow...
Monday, March 17, 2008
Danny Torrence @ Unity - March 15, 2008
Danny played a full happy vocal house set that moved me from the beginning to end. Many times Danny has mentioned he loves to play at Unity, and you can tell because this place brings up the happy uplifting side of him.
One thing that was weird is that it took a while for the place to get packed. Don't know if there was another big party happening in town, anyway, by 1:00am the place was solid. Have noticed how all the barmen at Unity are just drop dead gorgeous?
Warning: this is not a good clip - sorry about the video and audio quality, but I had to post it because of the dancers. Too bad I did not realize I cut off the best part.
Mtlnights 6th Anniversary Loft Party - March 15, 2008
Full review coming soon.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Bal en Blanc - count down to the big day
It is always fun to see those long lines dressed in white, and you can see the excitement building up the closer you get to the main entrance. If you haven't been to a Bal en Blanc yet, you should try at least once.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Philips Xenium 9@9u - Midnight Black
Say hello to my new cell phone. I was not very happy with what Fido were offering as my possible new cell phone. Didn't want to switch to Rogers either, the only one I could go with in case I wanted to leave Fido, because I like my GSM network.
What was left? I went global and imported this baby from a dealer in Hong Kong. I had no idea Philips made cell phones, and although this is a 2G cell phone, for the price you paid in order to use the 3G features in today's video phones, I'm positive I'll be very happy with "Midnight Black". How can you go wrong with a battery lasting up to 740 hours in stand-by? That is almost a month guys, and if you talk a lot, up to 8 hours of talk time.
The interesting thing was the cell phone came factory set in Chinese language - and let me tell you, it took me almost 30 minutes to find in the Chinese menu, how to switch to the English language.
UPDATE (MARCH 30): I'm having problems with this cell phone, the promised long lasting battery is not happening. I have to recharge the phone every third day. I have contacted the dealer and they promised to check with Philips about this issue. Twice they came back saying the battery is suppose to last 740 hours in standby mode, so I have decided to request a RMA (return merchandise authorization), because is clear the phone I have received is defective. If wasn't because of this issue, and if you are looking something good, I would highly suggest you get this phone. Do not get this phone if you are thinking in using to make video clips, but it is not bad for taken pictures. Love how easy is to manage your date using your personal computer. My concern now is that I have found another person having the same issue as me, I hope is just a bad lucky issue instead of a faulty phone.
Midnight Black
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Stan Kolev - Emotional Content
It is easy to see if a party is happening, you just have to look around and feel the energy. Now, how can I write a review of a CD? I have never done it before, and I believe "Emotional Content" by Stan Kolev will be my first. Heard the CD 3 times already, and once I feel inspired enough I'll write down some lines about it.
As a teaser, I probably understand why the name of song number 9 is "Flashback" -this particular record has the power to send me back into this incredible uplifting, and relaxing time I sometimes experience while partying. If I were a DJ, I would use this song in my set.
Promise to return with my first CD review.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Bon Finix - Prague - Progressive DJ
Just wanted to introduce you to this Czeck DJ, resident at the club Mecca in Prague. Bon Finix loves to play two styles of music:
a)Energetic House spiced up with Tribal and Electro sounds
b)Progressive beats occasionally overflowing into Trance territory
I find it is an interesting combination, and wouldn't mind if someone were to bring this guy to Montreal.
Bon Finix playing Deadmau5 - "Arguru" @ Mecca - January 2008
Bon Finix playing Super8 & DJ Tab - "Needs To Feel" (Wippenberg Rmx) @ Mecca - September 2007
a)Energetic House spiced up with Tribal and Electro sounds
b)Progressive beats occasionally overflowing into Trance territory
I find it is an interesting combination, and wouldn't mind if someone were to bring this guy to Montreal.
Bon Finix playing Deadmau5 - "Arguru" @ Mecca - January 2008
Bon Finix playing Super8 & DJ Tab - "Needs To Feel" (Wippenberg Rmx) @ Mecca - September 2007
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Circus Afterhours - 4th Anniversary - March 15, 2008
Anyway, this Saturday is their 4th anniversary, and I guess I have to go back one of these days to see what has changed since my last visit. Have you guys notice how Stereo and Circus have been swapping their local djs lately?
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Bal en Blanc - count down to the big day
TECH ROOM
21h30 - midnight: Insomnia
midnight - 2h30 : Infected Mushrooms
2h30 - 5h00 : Ferry Corsten
5h00 -9h00 : Armin Van Buuren
9h00 - 11h00 : Menno De Jong
11h00 - noon : Wizz
HOUSE ROOM
21h30 - 23h30 : Uppercut
23h30 - 1h00 : Cesar Romero
1h00 - 3h00 : Cedric Gervais
3h00 - 3h20 : Chris Willis
3h20 - 6h30 : David Guetta
6h30 - 9h00 : Offer Nissim
9h00 - noon : Victor Calderone
Sorry - Stéphan Grondin Stereo Mix
The new Madonna album hasn't even been released, but the buzz has already started. French radio playing one single, then part of the video was found somewhere else, news about preparing new dancers for the upcoming tour. Conclusion, we will hear about Madonna for a long time, and I will probably go to Boston again to see her show, because I can never get tickets for concerts in my own country.
"Sorry" remixed by Stéphan Grondin is one of my favourite versions of this song, and it sounded deliciously everytime a DJ played it at Stereo, specially the sound of the horns passing by.
boomp3.com
"Sorry" remixed by Stéphan Grondin is one of my favourite versions of this song, and it sounded deliciously everytime a DJ played it at Stereo, specially the sound of the horns passing by.
boomp3.com
MTLNIGHTS.COM 6th Anniversary Party
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Montreal Gay Village: No cars allowed
Personally I think is great, and I probably will use my car less this Summer, because I'm not going to spend 30 minutes looking for parking every time I want to go to the Village. Why not add music to the street as well?
Never been to Montreal?
NYC: (((WORK))) or Pacha tonight?
Big weekend and big decision for those in New York City tonight - which one will you pick? I'm sure some of you will do both.
and for those of you in Montreal my suggestion would be Miss Honey Dijon at (((Stereo)))
UPDATE: and here is a video of the closing party at Stereo NY
and for those of you in Montreal my suggestion would be Miss Honey Dijon at (((Stereo)))
UPDATE: and here is a video of the closing party at Stereo NY
Thursday, March 06, 2008
R.I.P. Stereo NY or (((WORK)))?
I had the chance to visit this club for their opening night back on November 18, 2006 (REVIEW), and some of my friends really enjoyed spending their time at this club, specially after the closing of Roxy in March 2007. The building will be demolished - such a pity because the place is perfect for a club - and instead, I'm assuming a new great building will go up.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Miami Winter Music Conference 2008 - March 25-29, 2008
If you are one of those lucky ones traveling to Miami for the WMC, pick your parties well, because there is so much talent. If I were to go, I would probably try to attend the events hosted by not very well knowns DJs.
By living in Montreal, we have the opportunity to see most of the gods of the electronic music (except Derrick May - please bring him to Montreal), and I think it is important to see what else is out there besides the Calderones, Tenaglias, Kleinenbergs and Morales of life. Who am I kidding? I would probably ended up dancing to the tunes of Chus & Ceballos at a local pool party in South Beach.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Sydney Mardi Gras 2008
Today this is one of the largest LGBT events in the world, and every year I keep saying I'm going to be there, but it hasn't happened yet. My understanding is that the IKEA float was one of the most interesting floats on the parade.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Bal en Blanc - count down to the big day
You only have 22 more days in order to get ready for the Bal en Blanc. Do you have your outfit ready? Have you been going to the gym? Did you pick up your tickets already? For the next 3 weeks, this is probably the only thing we are going to hear about in Montreal.
and to make you even happier, Spring starts on March 21.
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