[Dynagroove] WET pool party review! Roosvelt hotel on labor day! READ THIS

[abkain]

This is too bad too hear.  It is too bad that a promoter like Sam that is active on this list and who seems to straddle the line between "Hollywood" and "House" apparently has ego issues.  I can understand if there are limited spots available or if a promoter promises a specific number of spots to friends/contacts/whatever - but it seems like you would be understanding to this if he took the time to explain such a situtation.  Boo Hoo for that shit.  That's truly some fake shit that will be acknowledged.  

Everything in life is temporary and the sooner you realize that the sooner you see the absurdity of being "cool".  Makes me laugh.

-Abkain



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Jason Blakemore<jasonblakemore at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Dynagroovers,
> ?Some of my favorite DJs were playing at WET, so I decided to make the
treck
> and have a listen to Steve (Loria), Colette, and Zack (Hill). ?Steve had a
> couple passes for me and Victoria so he said her would meet us out front,
> nice! ?I caught him walking in and I heard the door bitch say "no more
> guests!". ?He handed me two passes to get in, and ran in without me
(uhhh...
> what?) ?As soon as he walked away the doorwitch says to me "we're not
taking
> those anymore." ?Steve's wife even had to wait a half hour to get in.
>
> Me personally, when I'm playing out and have guests with me, I don't walk
in
> the door until after they are in. ?I stand there and say, "well I'm not
> going in and playing unless you let my friends in." ?Always works. ?To
> Steve's benefit I think he thought the passes he gave me would work, but I
> still would have waited if I was him, he wasn't on for 40 minutes. ?He's a
> good friend of mine so I guess I'll let it slide. ?Anyway, on to the real
> BS...
>
> Have you ever seen one of those Paris Hilton like velvet rope club shows on
> MTV? ?Well this was like that, only even more retarted , rude, pompus,
> conceited, and inconsiderate.
>
> So I figure I'll wait outside for Andy (Caldwell) or Colette to show up and
> walk in with them. ?This mustache havin J Timberlake wannabe lookin power
> trippin guy was repeating over and over again "go home! ?we are at
> capacity! ?don't waste my time! you should... ?oh wait... ?Bretty is that
> you? ?how many you need? ?8? ?cool come right in!" ?On and on he looks at
> "not-hip-enough people and says "we're at capacity," and then lets 10 more
> people (cool people!) in within the next minute.
>
> Then I bump into an old school homie that sees me waiting outside and he
> yells "DJ TRANCE!" (lol). ?Comes up to me and says "do you need to get in?
> wait here I'll be right back." ?so victoria and I wait about 20 minutes. ?I
> was actually kind of laughing at the whole thing. ?I'm used to walking
right
> in, so I was enjoying the contrast... ?and mostly enjoying how cool this JT
> door guy and his two witches thought they were. ?They wouldn't even make
eye
> contact with people. ?kept saying, "we're sold out go home!" after they
> looked at the people and realized they weren't from some reality show or
> their buddy.
>
> Finally my buddy comes out and says, "I can't get anyone to give you
> wristbands. ?I even asked Sam (Gagliani - main promoter), and he said no!
> ?Now I'm a little urked. ?This guy knows me and has promoted shows i've
> played at for me. ?He comes out to the line a couple times to let his
D-list
> homies in and won't even make eye contact with me (as I'm saying, "Sam!"
and
> I know he hears me). ?So rude to everyone, and so smiley and warm(?) to his
> friends(?) ?Fucking fake politician.
>
> So we're thinkin of bouncin and just chalkin it up as a retardly funny
> hollywood velvet rope charade, but then I see Colette! ?Sweet, I consider
> myself a good friend of hers. ?We've played together many times, hung out
at
> a few house parties, and she's always really sweet as you know. ?I've been
> waiting about an hour to get in at this point, so i'm excited to see her.
> Me and Victoria and her and her movie guy bf exchange hugs and smiles etc.
> Then I say "hey this is kinda awkward, but can you get me and Victoria in,
I
> just missed Steve, I was supposed to walk in with him." ?She looked a
little
> taken back, but said she would try.
>
> Well wouldn't you know it, shiny Sam Gagliani comes up with a big warm
smile
> and hug for Colette. ?I'm standing right next to her. ?They chat for 5
> minutes and the guy doesn't even look at me. ?wow. ?then she says, "I need
3
> wristbands." (for her bf and friend). ?I'm thinkin, she's headlining right?
> I'm sure she can pull 2 more wristbands, and for a fellow DJ and friend in
> an admittingly awkward situation. ?She asks Sam "can I have more
> wristbands," and he looks over at us and says NO. She looks at me and says
> "sorry." and walks in. ?Thanks.
>
> Are you kidding me? ?If I was her I would have said, "this is my friend
> Jason, him and Victoria need to come in with us too." ?If the dork says no,
> you say, "okay then I'll wait til you can work it out." (her set time was 2
> hours away). ?Trust me, if you handle it that way they give you the dang
> wristbands. ?So he lifts thy holy golden rope for her and screech and
> friend, and shuts it right in front of me. ?This guy has promoted shows
I've
> played before. ?I say, "Sam!" ?He won't look at me. ?I said, "Are you
> seriously not going to let me in here?" ?And he walks away.
>
> Not sure if I'm a little too ravey or what, but come on! ?I don't think I'm
> f$&^king Madonna, but I hope people, people who promote house/underground
> clubs, can recognize that I'm not some electro mash up DJ that started last
> year.
>
> So question for you... ?Did I deserve to be treated like this??? ?I've DJd
> and made music in this scene since 1992. ?Sheesh
>
> By the end of all the waiting I didn't even want to go in the party, I just
> wanted to wait for Sam to come out and look me in the eye and talk to me
> with respect. ?But he came out again and walked right passed me. ?I grabbed
> his shirt and said "Sam." ?He wouldn't look at me. ?He walked away.
>
> I'm not all humiliated for not getting in (i'm sure the door gods were
> bummed I wasn't), I mean, I can't even remember this ever happening to me
> before, so it was actually kinda funny, I was enjoying the contrast. ?But
> straight up, that Sam guy is a disrespectful idiot.
>
> And worst of all, I hate to say this, but I was honestly shocked at how
> Colette treated us. ?I guess I was a sucker for thinking she was actually
my
> friend. ?Friends are loyal. ?Friends don't go to the party and leave you
> outside. ?Friends say, "I'm not going without him." ?Fucking weak. ?Bummer
> because she is so nice in public. ?Victoria were talkiing about DJs we
> really like and I said, "can you imagine DJ Dan doing that to me?"
?Victoria
> laughed and said, "No fucking way!" ?He'd fucking stand there until all his
> friends were taken care of. ?And he'd probably talk smack on the kunti door
> idiots and we would be laughing walking in. ?Loyalty.
>
> So WET was too cool for me I guess. ?I guess I'm a new-jack and haven't
> met anyone in the LA house/club/rave/undergound scene. ?Fuck me, I'm not
hip
> enough for thee almighty Wet party.
>
>
> Jason Blakemore
>
>
> (Editors Note: ?Have any of you EVER seen me write a negative review about
> anything??? ?Didn't think so. ?I never have. ?I don't like to spread
> negative energy, but there are some things here that need to be said)
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> Jason Blakemore