some party in windsor canada 1995. 200 people literally surrounding claude young in a circle dancing with their mouths wide open. then the deafening cheer as he cuts the record with his face.

also 1995, i think. metroplex anniversary party, detroit. derrick may doing that unbelieveable derrick may thing -- then he plays about 20 minutes of straight up tribal drum records.

halloween 1995, windsor, a plus8 party called Jak O' Lantern. first i'm in the main room at sound check and have to leave b/c the quad-sound PA is just too damn loud. then later richie yells in my ear while he's playing that he doesn't know which record is which because his eyeballs are wobbling too much to read the labels. that much bass.

autechre live in toronto, i think 1996. tri-repetae era. holy god.

1997 woody mcbride throws a party in minneapolis called 'stairway to headphones'. so hawtin comes on and opens with Stairway to Heaven. the whole thing, laughing the whole time.

every time i saw plastikman live between 13 august 1994 and sometime late in 1995.

this is a corny one, but at the time it was perfect. end of the summer, 1998. san francisco, small room above a bar called kate o'brien's. mark farina plays a great set of totally likeable house. deep and groovy, nothing annoying. lights start to go up, night's over; farina drops Bananrama's Cruel Summer. hahah.

carl craig's set at this year's fuse-in. predictable (non)mixing but some really great records and a fantastic vibe at the riverfront stage.