there's a whole slew of prolems with getting parties put together in ny; politics, shitty economy, lack of awareness with the music etc. i think the main thing is that it's gotten so goddamn expensive to do anything here anymore. most bar-with-turntables type venues want $8,000.- in guaranteed profit from booze sales. promoter gets stuck covering the difference if it comes up short. i can imagine people's general reluctance to promote techno when it comes down to the money factor.

i can't complain too much, that party with regis/schoenemann and rohr/verbos/joris voorn was great. only $5 too.