From cl Sent Mon, May 3rd 1999, 19:42
From cl Sent Mon, May 3rd 1999, 19:42
> I drove up (down? west? to the left? )from Detroit to hang out with old > friends, meet Dimitri/phthalo, and see the PR people in action for the i did forget to mention that dmitri, allen, and danny were cool as shit. if you have the opportunity to see them/get them to town, do it. how many rock stars would want to see the aquarium and go out for sandwiches? > Phthalo's set was pretty intense. I thought the evil red glow of the > speakers when things got really loud was intentional at first and it > really freaked me out. I also needed a couple minutes of break time from we found out later that was a 'bulb limiter'. apparently if the monitors are pushed too far (and he was doing that) the orange bulbs in the speakers absorb the extra signal/current whatever. i am sure there are some electrical experts on the list that could explain better than i. > I'm wondering if it was just the size of the venue and the comfortability > of the chairs, or if Chicago has the same problem as Detroit, but I > would've enjoyed some dancing that night :P ah well. Mad props to Mike > from me too, it was a memorable weekend. i think it was more of a 'listening' crowd. plus the benches would have prevented movement ,or at least sprained some ankles. what was really strange was when allen started playing some moodyman/theo parrish after the low res set people cleared out fast. did anyone else notice that voiteck was in the front row? talked to him for a bit and found ou that hes been in chicago for weeks with his gear and no place to play! cl