:: Bazzooka Network ::: January 2009

Feeling: Lazy
Current Love: UNKLE - Restless (Fake Blood Remix)

Manhattan & Brooklyn

Happy New Years! 2009 has been good to me so far, so let's hope it stays that way for awhile. I just returned from my NY trip 2 nights ago, and it was much fun. Christine accompanied me on the adventures that we set out on a snowy new years eve.
I almost thought that we wouldn't make it for nye because the snow storm was ridiculous. It was probably the first time in my life that I hated snow so much. Luckily the snow calmed down somewhat by late afternoon, and my parents drove us down to New Haven around 5. We hopped on the train and made our ways to the city. We met up with Christine's friend, who is generously letting us stay at his apt. He treated us to dinner at K-town before leaving for his place in Queens.
Unfortunately it took hellova long time to get back to his place, because we had to wait forever for the bus. I was getting pretty antsy, because the show we were going to started at 10, and at the rate of our commuting, I was worried that we won't even make it by midnight.
We ended up arriving at the venue, Europa in Greenwich, around 11:45. And to our luck, there is a line outside. I definitely wasn't too enthused at this point. I already felt bad for missing my friend Brad's set, and now we can't even do the countdown? Just then, Christine tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to the window. It was Brad, and he motioned for us to come to the door. It totally surprised me, but I gladly followed him in. Just in time!
The American Dream Team rung in the new years (a few minutes late, I'm pretty sure...), and 2009 began!

The rest of the night was a fun time dancing and drinking. TADT has a good set, but there was something about their set that I didn't like. Kill the Noise was good, but I was sad that he didn't drop his CSS remix. AC Slater was meh, and I didn't pay much attention to Udachi's set/left around then. Overall, a pretty fun night.

Happy New Years!

Much of new years day involved recovering. When we did finally wake up, we had lunch at a nice Udon place in East Village. After, we headed for SoHo to do some shopping. Sadly a lot of stores I wanted to go to was closed, so it was rather unsatisfying. After, we grabbed dinner in Chinatown at this Shanghai restaurant. The food was cheap and good, and the people were nice. After dinner, we walked around Little Italy for abit before heading back to Queens and resting up.

On Friday, it was a little snowy and windy. We store hopped around 5th avenue. Initially, we wanted to see the Van Gogh exhibit at MOMA, but not surprisingly tickets were sold out.
We finished shopping around 6 and headed back. Christine's friend cooked us a very tasty Korean dinner, but unfortunately it made us run ate again for the show we were going to at Webster Hall. Just my luck.
The show started at 10, but we didn't get there until abit past midnight because the L train was down. And then we waited at least 30 minutes to get in, and another 15 for coat check. Totally lame.
The main room in Webster is pretty neat. The stage had a cool starry light backdrop. At that time, Steve , the drummer of Soulwax was playing. He was the one I wanted to see for the night. Even though he's not a Dewaele brother, he's still Soulwax.

Did I mention I am still in love with Soulwax? I watched their documentary, Part of the Weekend Never Dies, before I left for NY. All I can is, awesome. The editing makes the film very witty and really showcases the members/band, and the music makes you want to go out, get trashed, and dance.

Anyway, Steve's set wasn't too shabby, but I think he got sloppy towards the end. So Me came after his, and he wasn't too good. On at least two instances he dropped a track completely and came in with a new one.
Several times during the night, we also checked out the "hip-hop" and "indie" rooms downstairs. It's funny how the atmosphere is completely different.

Alright, so much for words, time for pictures!