Notes from Underground: Retox, the Nexus Fire Ball at Space 550, and DJ Anomaly at ‘Beyond Rapture’

May 21, 2011

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So between activism, NWEN, and qweries, I’ve been working hard but not killing myself — and still taking lots of time to have fun, hang out with friends, and get sleep. And the universe has been aligning. Life is good.

— from DJ Anomaly and the Mysterious Voice of Ra

Life has continued to be good in my month-long road trip since DJ Anomaly’s last gig at the Atrium.Â First I spent three and a half days taking the train across the country, then a week in Folly Beach South Carolina with my Mom.Â Next it was out to LA with her and hanging out there with her, Greg, and her family for a week, and then driving up to Hollister for lunch with D’s family.

By the time we got to San Francisco last Friday, I was very ready to dance, and the fates obliged: Alchemy “pre-party” at Retox, the Nexus Fire Ball at Space 550, Death Guild at DNA.Â Â Yay!Â It was a real flashback weekend, back to the days of 2003/2004 when rationality wasn’t looking so good and we spent a lot of time at Space 550 and DNA.

Alas, some aspects of rationality still aren’t looking so good: if it hadn’t been for Save the Rave’s activism, Friday and Saturday nights would have been illegal, and I would have had to go through a metal detector and ID scanner in order to go a goth club.Â And surprise surprise, the government lies: it seems like the PATRIOT Act will once again getting extended without a real debate.Â Sigh.

On the whole, though, I’m in a much better space these days — and looking forward to the future even more than I was back then.

After recovering for a few days and then making our way up from SF to Seattle, I’m once again very ready to dance … and once again the fates are obliging!Â DJ Anomaly’s kicking off another residency at the Atrium with “Beyond Rapture”.Â [Speaking of which, the world did not in fact end at 6 p.m. today.Â Whew.]Â Somewhat incredibly, we got a special sneak preview last night: DJ Anomaly texted D around dinner time saying she was thinking of heading up to Seattle from Portland, D offered her our spare bedroom in case she wanted a place to crash, and then next thing you know we were listening to new “anomalous tracks”.Â How cool is that?

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One response to “Notes from Underground: Retox, the Nexus Fire Ball at Space 550, and DJ Anomaly at ‘Beyond Rapture’”

jon

May 22, 2011

It was a new configuration at The Atrium last night. With the DJ moving to the other side of the room, it really opened up the dance floor; and there was some great new art on the walls too: infrared photography by Beverly Warns, steampunk by J Kovach. The space is really taking shape and DJ Anomaly did a great set. It was an early night, home by 2, but a good one.

My reflective mood continued as we wound down in the hot tub to to Art of Trance and Sun Project, once again flashing on nights from years ago and looking forward to the future. Monday morning I’ll get back to focusing on qweries, and can’t wait to see where that will go!

Mostly though, I turned my mind off and enjoyed a relaxing weekend. What a great way to recover from the month. I heart psytrance.

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