[Dynagroove] havasu this weekend... anyone have reviews?

Tue Sep 4 23:27:48 PDT 2001

Well.. i had to go because for work. If it was for pleasure, i wouldnt of
made the trip out there.

Andrew

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From: "Good Boy" <smokealotabowls at hotmail.com>
To: <andrewkalionzes at home.com>; <getsmelly at hotmail.com>;
<dynagroove at reelhouse.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] havasu this weekend... anyone have reviews?

> Nocturnal? Why even go? The massives are dead and over with (they were
never
> worth the trouble)!  My weekend review:  I was in heaven at a Mootribe
Full
> Moon gathering deep in the Mojave...YOU ALL MISSED OUT!
>
> PEACE.
>
>
> >From: "Andrew Kalionzes" <andrewkalionzes at home.com>
> >To: "Drea Carrillo" <getsmelly at hotmail.com>, <dynagroove at reelhouse.net>
> >Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] havasu this weekend... anyone have reviews?
> >Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:43:06 -0700
> >
> >Uhh.. what a weekend... Here is my take on Nocturnal Wonderland 2001.
> >Saturday morning I met up with my friend Jack and a member of Tiesto's
> >management and got ready for a 3.5 hour drive to Havasu...or so the flyer
> >said. We drove for approximately 5 hours, most of the time around 90mph
> >because it was pretty wide open at 1pm in the afternoon. Once in Needles
we
> >had to pay an astonishing $2.49 for a gallon of premium gas and then
drove
> >another 30 minutes or so down 15 mile road (actually about 20 miles).
When
> >we got to the venue all of us were severely dissapointed in both the
> >location and the stages. The venue was a small airstrip and the stages
were
> >small, and were set along the 1 mile of pagement. It was hot, dusty, and
> >windy.
> >
> >They turned the sound on at 6pm so we walked around to check things out.
I
> >immediately noticed that Mark Farina was not on any of the lineups. Von
> >Shock played some pretty tight records, as did a few other Djs i didnt
know
> >who they were. After the sun set, it didnt seem to be cooling down much,
> >and it got progressively windier and more dusty. We ended up kicking it
for
> >the next few hours drinking rum and coke in Tiesto's trailer waiting for
> >him to show up. At around midnight, we began to get worried so we give
him
> >a call, only to find out he is on the other side of the lake, at parker
> >dam, and completely lost. They didnt get him to the party until 3:30am...
> >
> >For the next few hours i bounced between stages and heard some pretty
good
> >sets. LTJ Bukem and Conrad were off the hook. Bad boy bill played the
same
> >old crap hes been playing for years. Onionz was very good, and Heather
and
> >Migs were nowhere to be found. Monk played after Bad Boy Bill because
> >Tiesto was still lost in the desert, and played some dope tracks. He
> >dropped the song that goes "face down, ass up, thats the way we like to
> >fuck" as well as the track he played last year at nocturnal "get the fuck
> >up". Monk also had some phenominal girls on stage who wore a nurse outfit
> >with only a skimpy thong underneath. I have some pretty good pics of her.
> >=)
> >After Monk came Rabbit In The Moon. Their act was very similar to the
past
> >two times I saw them, but I still enjoyed their sick and twisted
> >performance art. At one point they threw a few hundred red glowing ropes
> >which were about two feet long into the crowd and everyone was waving
them
> >in the air, as Rabbit put on a metal face mask and used a power grinder
on
> >it to spray sparks all over the stage. He then pulled a kid out of the
> >crowd and put the mask on him, and ground away. They had some great
> >pyrotechnics and costumes as well. It was especially crazy when Rabbit
> >walked to the front of the stage and yelled "I am the rabbit king and i
> >bring you FIRE!!!" Right then huge flames shot out of the stage behind
him
> >and fireworks shot into the sky. He then jumped into the crowd and then
> >dropped on top of me (i was standing in the gap taking pictures between
the
> >stage and the crowd)
> >The wierdest thing happened during Rabbit though... i was looking over
the
> >crowd and the waving red glowing sticks, and behind the crowd was the red
> >flashing lights of an emergency vehicle... i knew something was wrong.
> >Tiesto finally showed up at 3:30am and waited on stage for Rabbit to
finish
> >up. He started off slow, but in the 50 minutes he played, he turned the
> >tired, cracked out kids into dancing machines. Without a doubt some of
the
> >best energy i had seen all night, even though it was 4:30am. 50 minutes
> >into his set a stage hand came to him and they argued for a bit, then
> >Tiesto just flat out shut off the Tables and walked off stage. A kid
named
> >Jason got on the mic and announced that the party was over early because
> >something terrible had happened. It turns out the flashing red lights
> >behind the crowd i saw during Rabbit's set was because a kid had Od'ed
and
> >died.
> >
> >So all in all, aside from LTJ's set and a few others, the party sucked
> >serious ass. The stages were wack, the location was probably the
absolutely
> >worst spot imaginable for a party of that size. Especially because it
went
> >from the beautiful polo fields to some shitty airstrip on the arizona
> >border.
> >
> >The outcome of this party was quite ironic because when we had arrived at
> >the venue, i remarked about how i believe this is going to be the end of
> >the all night massive, and how parties will evenutally become concert
like
> >and run until 2am or so like coachella. After seeing what happened with
the
> >terrible venue, shitty stages, and sheer distance to the party, as well
as
> >the kid dying, i think my comments just might be true.
> >--------------------------------------------
> >
> >When leaving the party we had to drive through a sobriety check point
(good
> >idea cops) to try to keep the fucked up kids off the freeways. We then
> >drove to Las Vegas and got a few hours sleep. Last night in vegas we hit
a
> >bunch of Casinos and did some gambling and drinking. I actually just got
> >home right now after a very long 7 hour drive from Vegas to Century
City...
> >then to Long Beach. Im so incredibly exhausted... goodnight.
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Drea Carrillo
> >   To: dynagroove at reelhouse.net
> >   Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:45 AM
> >   Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] havasu this weekend... anyone have reviews?
> >
> >
> >   It was soooo unorganized . We got there at 7:00 and did not get in
> >untill 10:00. They split the women from the men so there was a mass of
> >people inside cramed to the front to find there friends. Meanwhile the
> >staff kept telling us to move into the party. With out our
> >friends??!!!!??It took me an extra 1.5 hr to find my man, and by that
time
> >we missed the Basebin Twins.
> >
> >   The flyer boasted speedy entry, friendly staff (they almost booted me
> >out for having one joint!), a mist tent (nowhere to be seen), a moon
bounce
> >castle, a meeting point (we could have used that, I lost all my friends
> >untill 7:00 am), a huge camp fire. Were there any people handing out more
> >detailed maps or DJ line ups? I don't think so. And oh yes the flyer
stated
> >that it was 3.5 hrs driving time from L.A. try 5.5 ok? Why lie?????
> >
> >   We met this freaky tweeked out man. He was acting like an ape or
> >something . He kept comeing over to our blanket and fucking with us, he
did
> >not speek one word to us. He kept kicking my boyfriend, and was trying to
> >give us two girls some bud. He was a wild man. He wanted my boyfriend to
> >leave and for us two girls to stay, it was like he wanted to be king of
the
> >mountain or something. As we jammed he followed us and tryed to pull our
> >girlfriend back to the bag but we grabbed her and split leaving the
blanket
> >to him. That was freaky!!!!!
> >
> >   I feel so bad for the family and friends of that man who died. People
> >need to be aware of what there limits are.
> >   So sad!!!
> >
> >   But I met some cool people all the same and heard some dope music, but
> >was it all worth it?
> >
> >   -Drea
> >
> >
> >   >From: orence
> >   >To: dynagroove at reelhouse.net
> >   >Subject: [Dynagroove] havasu this weekend... anyone have reviews?
> >   >Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 21:55:32 -0700
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >i found this: http://www.kfwb.com/news/local/l090302.html
> >   >
> >   >other than that... i haven't heard much except nearly no trash cans
> >   >on site...
> >   >
> >   >anyone want to comment on the quality of the production? the acts?
> >   >the
> >   >site? etc...
> >   >
> >   >peace,
> >   >-orence
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
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