<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P>jonbrown re: BREAK YO' SELF<BR>groover<BR><BR>Posts: 8<BR>Registered: Mar 2001<BR>orange county is home to some of the purest-souled househeads with whom i<BR>have ever had the pleasure of grooving.<BR><BR>congratulations to drez and lisa and scotty and the crew for being<BR>successful house missionaries ... to date, approximately 75 heathens' souls<BR>have been saved.<BR><BR>quick story (not meant to be self aggrandizing). when i got off the decks, a<BR>dj/ promoter named 'spirit' came over to me with the aid of scotty's girl,<BR>jen. she was bawling so hard she had trouble keeping it together long enough<BR>to thank me. " i haven't released on the dance floor like that since seeing<BR>the Dead live," she said, " it was so beautiful... it took me to a different<BR>place with those last three songs... and when i heard that one of them was<BR>yours, i just..." and she started crying.<BR><BR>i have been working to be worthy of that moment for 10 years. to be able to<BR>convey to another person the first time i truly understood the music and<BR>used dancing as therapy. my only response for spirit was to smile and wrap<BR>my arms around her and say, "i understand." she might not have believed me,<BR>but i can still remember vividly the night when i first danced for 4 hours<BR>straight, writing on a piece of white notebook paper in my head the names of<BR>anyone and everyone who has ever done me wrong... ripping it into little<BR>pieces... letting them float away.<BR><BR>last night, i was able to connect with the crowd on a spiritual level in a<BR>way that we might be numb to in san francisco from overexposure. remember<BR>what it was like where there was only one party in town a week? remember<BR>what the anticipation was like? how amazing those few spectacular parties<BR>were?<BR><BR>i've got to stop now so i can enjoy my day with lisa and drez, but come down<BR>here to spin, carpool down to groove, do whatever you can to come share this<BR>very special time in OC's evolution.<BR><BR>biglove,<BR>jonathan<BR><BR>[This message has been edited by jonbrown (edited 23 August 2001).]<BR><A href="http://members.aol.com/breakyoselfinfo/">http://members.aol.com/breakyoselfinfo/</A></P> <P><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>spirit re: BREAK YO' SELF<BR>Did they something about feeling the love??? All I have to say is that I<BR>have experienced an incredible week in music thanks to Ben, Brad, Dazy,<BR>Cade, Conway, Bassland and Jason Blakemore. And when they said that I would<BR>quickly feel the love of Jon Brown I did not expect to find myself in tears<BR>for the beautiful music that he brought to us, not to mention the sets that<BR>Scotty and Drez dropped tonight either. Thanks to all of the wonderful<BR>talented people that I know for making right here be such a wonderful place<BR>to be.....much love and respect! ~Ami~<BR>__________________<BR>Spirit<BR>Our House Melodies<BR><BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>