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Meghan’s set was just killing it. A wicked
journey from the funky into the hard and dark.

Primordial
Ooze was awesome. Scott and Igor seemed to have a blast rawking
out their original tracks and me and the fans were gladly eating
it up.. 

Also enjoyed Moke’s set, lots of funk and groovy
darkness.

Safa’s set was very refreshing. Perfect morning
music.

Shai played some wicked tracks too. And Toki. And
Nod. and… Actually, everyone’s sets were just stellar.  The
VJs too! Thanks for coming out Rubin! 

Deco was stunning,
as usual. Kudos to Alison and Deb.
My only complaint: video at
the chillstage would have been the icing…

Workshops went
off fairly well, considering this was the first time it was
organized. I hope they continue to be a staple at Chilluminati
fests to come. Thanks JeffZ!

No complaints, still smiling
(and bleary-eyed).  
Looking forward to people’s pix and
reports.

ps: Psygoof revealed! 
 

thanks
to everyone new that i met this weekend (sorry if i dont remember
your names when we meet again! lol)

thanks to all the old
friends and acquaintances that i saw and event those i didnt get a
chance to talk to ::cough:: microcosm ::cough::   :D

see
you all at inhabited!
 

Title: Re: Crystal Sky Full Moon
Post by: underfoot
on October 09, 2006, 07:58:41 AM 

Almost
recovered…back in reality now.  It’s so…real.
 

PsyGoof:  hehehehehe 
More on that later this week when I get some more words in me.
 

Reuben
 

I demand that MEDCIN be a regular at
every festival. 

SRSLY.
 

Who was that guy leading the
workshops on Saturday afternoon?  That took some guts to get
up there in front of everyone and try to shake us to life. 
He’s far braver then I could have been.  That showed a strong
strength of character.  Did my spirit good!

Thank you
all!

this
statement in of itself, just proves you dont get the psy/goa
spirit………

That point aside, I had a wonderful time at
this gathering. The venue has to be the most comfortable, and best
equiped i have ever been to. Having such a selection of food
available, plus a bar, lake, plenty of camping, It was just a
joy.
The vibe was very nice to, and very family oriented.

Very
sad i missed Primordial Oozes set, but from those i caught,
Medisin, Underfoot, Meghan, Collison & Atkif were the standout
trance bringers of the weeked, and of course my cohort in crime
Random brough it down hard on you all.
On the downtempo front i
really loved Kaiser’s, Sot’s, and Nod’s sets…..

For the
birching half of the review though, You folks  need to learn
some stamina. The party is just getting started at 3am, not
ending. It seems more than half of those in attendance, just paid
$40 to go camping with your friends for the weekend. It seems so
few of those in attendance ever made it to either the trance floor
or chill stage, and so many artsists that played were only playing
for themselves, especially in the chillout.
Mad props goes to
the Iowa posse for keeping the main stage occupied at least and
dancing their asses off in true spirit of the sound

That
minor beef ( or was it chicken) aside, I had a wonderful time and
hope to see many of you again soon
 

For the birching half of the review though, You folks 
need to learn some stamina. The party is just getting started at
3am, not ending. It seems more than half of those in attendance,
just paid $40 to go camping with your friends for the weekend. It
seems so few of those in attendance ever made it to either the
trance floor or chill stage, and so many artsists that played were
only playing for themselves, especially in the chillout.

That’s how these outdoor parties here look like  …
unfortunatelly.
 

Underfoot and Asmadeus — thanks again for the cds and
the stellar sets! 
(Mike (Asmadeus) — I forgot to mention
we’ve got some kind of psychic connection going on now … I was
just about to ask you if you would take a request to spin anything
by Mr Projectile, and 30 seconds later “LoveHere”
started up …. Gave me quite a jolt! )

Mad props to
Darklight and Lucid Faerie for organizing the photo
collage!!!

Robyo — great to finally meet and chat — I
hope I was at least a little coherent!!

Pauldo — amazing
display you set up — cant wait to see some pictures!!!

Jeffz
– very inspiring to see/hear someone preaching Pronoia — sorry
there were so many other things to tend to and I didnt get to
stick around for the whole thing — but kudos
nonetheless!!

Extra special thanks goes out to Bobby G,
and Aquarius … … … 

See y’all soon !!!
~Julian
 

Be
back with more updates.
-mike
 

I agree…  There was piss poor attendance for your
set.  I personally was talking to Random while I was
listening to it, so I wasn’t dancing a whole lot, but it was
because I had been dancing straight to Derby, Shai, Collision,
Aktif, Meghan, and Random before you (My legs still are feeling
it).  When I was dancing though, I was the guy in the dark
blue hoodie bouncing around.  Killer morning set, by the
way.  What you said is totally true, and I’m glad you had the
balls to say it.  I know the term “rave”seems to be
kind of avoided in this circle, but it certainly isn’t just a
weekend campout.  Keep dancing people!

Mike, that
video is really funny.  I especially like the part where
you’re in the bushes eating them.
 
Title: Re: Crystal Sky Full Moon
Post by: underfoot
on October 10, 2006, 06:12:23 AM 

Doesn’t help that the space is so spread out.  I mean,
you need that for a festival, but it makes it easy for
folks to retreat into their hidey-holes.  No work-around for
this, other than to rope more attendees, and that means bringing
aboard more commercial headlining talent completely removed from
the psy arena (because even if we brought a major psy act, we’d
still net roughly the same crowd).  So it becomes a choice of
sacrificing integrity for headcount.  For now we’ll stick
with integrity…but barren dancefloors *do* suck, and it *does*
sometimes feel like a waste of good music.  

Also,
when you’re working at an event, it’s impossible to can’t catch
everyone you’d like to.  Like, I was really enjoying your
set, but then had to leave to take care of comping folks. 
One less dancer on the floor!

One of the things keeping my
spirits up about the chill area was that campsite just on top of
the hill — not out of range of the sound.  So that was kind
of an audience, albeit out of view.

I personally prefer one
night events because, with less creature comforts and a shorter
span, people really give it their all.  They’re there for the
sole purpose of getting down.  And then, *after* it’s over,
they go home and sleep.
 

For the birching half of the review though, You folks 
need to learn some stamina. The party is just getting started at
3am, not ending. It seems more than half of those in attendance,
just paid $40 to go camping with your friends for the weekend. It
seems so few of those in attendance ever made it to either the
trance floor or chill stage, and so many artsists that played were
only playing for themselves, especially in the chillout.

That’s how these outdoor parties here look like  …
unfortunatelly.

It’s funny how people who bitch about the dancefloor are
rarely on it!   :P
 

Before
anything is written about anything at all,
I hope everyone
stops to take a minute to 
realize what it takes to actually
pull something 
like this off. So, I really extend my thanks
and
gratitude for all of the planning and hard work.
I know
first hand what it takes to promote 
events, and sometimes a
very simple thank you
goes a long way.

The weather was
amazing!
Primordial Ooze is onto something!
Derby and JJ
threw down an epic sets!
Meghan’s set under a full moon was all
I could ask for!
Chillin with Shai by the fire was good
times!
Toki’s Closing set was proper!
The only thing between
Ohio is Indiana and
Illinois. Chillin with the Iowa folks made
me
feel right at home. 
I loved playing Chill sets back to
back with NOD!

Speaking of Chillout. I hope you all realize
that 
Chill stage is one of the best I have ever seen.
The
location right by the lake is amazing. That
was the second time
I had a chance to spin chill
at Sunrise by the lake and it has
been a great
experience both times. 

Thanks again for a
great time!

i think the midwest scene may be in more of the one-nighter
phase right now, though i really enjoy the chance to stretch
things out for a full weekend. let people get a taste of the
one-nighters all fall/winter/spring and maybe by next summer
they’ll be ready for a proper weekend rager (or a 5-day in CO
)

i personally wussed out the second night because i wanted
to be somewhat coherent for the trip home (and i knew that monday
morning i had to go rescue a network that went ass-plode while i
was out of town), but i was definitely bummed that i missed the
infamous morning paradigm shift (and probably another fucking
gorgeous sunrise). 

i was once again overwhelmed by the
enthusiasm of the attendees (especially the psyowans!) and how
excited folks out there still get for trance festivals, rather
than having to hear people bitching about the little things that
they don’t like…had some great neighbors in the camp zone from
parts unknown (or un-remembered, in any case) and generally had a
fucking blast all weekend. at one point (after his set) medisin
told me that it was the best birthday present he could have asked
for…y’all really do have some good shit building up there, i’m
really excited to see the continuance into next summer!

saturday
night i had a bit of a ‘moment’ looking at the chilluminati
collage, thinking about how very lucky i am to be able to feel
like a member of such a great community up there even though i
live too far away to really be directly involved…many thanks to
all the organizers and participants who have created so many
beautiful spaces (in several beautiful places) and opened
themselves up to all us travelling freaks coming through!

hopin
to make my thanksgiving trip back up to chicago long enough to go
check the psyowa scene, so perhaps i’ll be seein some of y’all
again before too long…
 

I demand that MEDCIN be a regular at
every festival. 

SRSLY.

Forilla!
 

The Chill Stage represented about 2 1/2
days of prep time and work not including the efforts of Dimitry
and Pauldo.

If we are sharing beefs one of mine would be
the degree to which people take deco for granted and don’t realize
how much more work, arguably, it is than what the other artists
do. 
Quote
from: malachi on October 10, 2006, 06:58:38 AM

Speaking of Chillout. I hope you all realize that 
Chill
stage is one of the best I have ever seen.
The location right
by the lake is amazing. That
was the second time I had a chance
to spin chill
at Sunrise by the lake and it has been a
great
experience both times. 
 

It’s funny how people who bitch about the dancefloor are
rarely on it!   :P

I’m not bitching I’m stating the fact. Main stage
dancefloor does not bother me almost at all. 
 

And
it was my pleasure to make the collage for the entire Chilluminati
crew. Just a small thank you for all of the hardwork, time and
effort put into all of these events.  My life has drastically
changed in the past 1 1/2 years and I know that YOU GUYS play a
huge part in that. 

Much love!!
 

Secret Fire and Sacred Earth both had very
hiper early morning dance scenes that lasted to daybreak. It was
also alot warmer!! It was all weather not some metaphysical or
existential quality of the Midwest or the “scene.”

I
am more for multi-night scenes because for deco and setup it is
more bang for the buck. We spend the same amount of time on deco
for a 3 night event as a one night event. It feels lame to go just
one night now that I’ve got a taste for it. Of course all the
non-deco people don’t see that, they only do one set during the
whole event, so as long as their set is complete they’ve spent
their load and what’s the point of the second night?

I meet
way more people on multi-night events too. and there are so many
more travellers!! It is a night/day difference between one-night
and multi-night parties. I am all into community/meeting
people/travellers so one of the things I have learned this year is
that I believe that one night scenes are a necessity in the
Midwestern Winter, but the rest of the year they are weak.

But
the people bleeding their lifeblood on these events determine what
happens, and I think it depends on how much the organizers can
handle taking days off work, missing sleep, and driving hours to
the venue. All this takes a toll.
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from: nod on October 10, 2006, 07:19:48 AM
Quote
from: underfoot on October 10, 2006, 06:12:23 AM
I personally prefer one night events because, with less
creature comforts and a shorter span, people really give it their
all.  They’re there for the sole purpose of getting down. 
And then, *after* it’s over, they go home and sleep.

i think the midwest scene may be in more of the one-nighter
phase right now, though i really enjoy the chance to stretch
things out for a full weekend. let people get a taste of the
one-nighters all fall/winter/spring and maybe by next summer
they’ll be ready for a proper weekend rager (or a 5-day in CO )
 

i think the cold definitely took its toll on the
dancefloor…i know that was part of the reason i went to sleep
saturday night (shit i almost couldn’t get myself out of my tent
in time for my set on the chill stage! ). we’ve had ‘weak’
dancefloors here in north carolina before as well - there’s really
no predicting how people will react once they get out to the
party. i think y’all did a great job of preparing people for the
long haul - good balance in the lineup, warm fire to dance near,
plenty of psyowans out and about, but sometimes the crowd just
wusses out (or blows their wad on friday night). plus, its the end
of what’s been a pretty long summer season…i’ve spent more
weekends camping out at festivals than i have sleeping in the
house i moved into a couple of months ago. when you combine that
with drive time and other real life bullshit it can be hard to
keep it rockin all weekend long…

i definitely do value
the deco, and i know how much time & energy goes into
it…i’ve helped shane (the devotee) with his spandex/string art
at a few events here and in DC  - including the infected
mushroom show where i sadly missed my opportunity to tear out
their larynxes and prevent more singing - and i realize its a lot
more physical on-site work than it generally takes to dj. there’s
also plenty of pre-show prep to do, making the designs &
building shit in whatever fashion you prefer. this is why god gave
us red bull

however, i think djs and other musicians
dedicate plenty of time and energy to their part of the event as
well…while i only played 2 sets (1.5 hours and 2-ish hours with
a little tag-team action) i spend a huge amount of time and money
outside of events acquiring new music and filtering through it to
pick out the choice goodies - i also tend to spend a lot of time
at the event itself listening to other chill djs so i don’t play
the same shit over again (though admittedly this weekend i did
less of that than usual) and thinking about what exactly i am
going to play. with all that going on, its great to know that
there are people who are dedicated to making the visual side of
the party just as immersive as the musical side…but don’t forget
that the soundsystem will almost always be heavier than the deco

and on a completely unrelated note, that video was great
mike - fit quite well with the treva whateva in the background
 

Julee has told me it is not uncommon for
deco artists to spend days setting up an installation and most
people not even recognize who the artists are. I imagine that
leads to a pretty high burnout rate on the part of deco artists. 
Quote
from: nod on October 10, 2006, 10:10:32 AM
however, i think djs and other musicians dedicate plenty of
time and energy to their part of the event as well…while i only
played 2 sets (1.5 hours and 2-ish hours with a little tag-team
action) i spend a huge amount of time and money outside of events
acquiring new music and filtering through it to pick out the
choice goodies - i also tend to spend a lot of time at the event
itself listening to other chill djs so i don’t play the same shit
over again (though admittedly this weekend i did less of that than
usual) and thinking about what exactly i am going to play. with
all that going on, its great to know that there are people who are
dedicated to making the visual side of the party just as immersive
as the musical side…but don’t forget that the soundsystem will
almost always be heavier than the deco
 

I’ll
deffinently be back for more.
 

Ya. Deco was tits.

As far as partiers go, bunch of
pussies (except the Iowa people, of course)
 

Deco is an essential
part of most  events, that contributes to the atmosphere,
vibe and overall context and emoition of it. It can be a thankless
task, and is probably one of the most time consuming parts of
event set up. I know ive done it plenty of times and have many
batiks, and tapesties at home, plus oodles of other items
necessary to creat the atmosphere

However we create these
events for the music, not the deco, not the alters, so it only
goes with out saying that those that are the reason for the event
would be the most celebrated.

It no doubt a synergistic
relationship, but i also have been to some very magical
underground events in the desert, and other natural locals, where
deco was sparse if non-existant, and it did not diminish the
energy or vibe.

Further more, I am willing to bet that
Random as well as Scott & Igor put just as much time into
preparing their live sets as was spent on deco set up and
concepts.  I also persoanlly put alot of work into my dj
sets. Though i can just hop on the decks and play, I like to have
a concept of proper flow emoting and vibe to a set. This takes
searching for the right choices in music, scoring new and old to
find the right compliments. I also will match tracks on key from
time to time, and this takes “homework” as i call it.

So please just cause a set may be over in a hour, dont
think thats all that went into it.  Sour Grapes dont do
anyone anygood, and only serve to ruffle feathers.

On
the danceflor debate, Don has summed it up preety good, but i
think the single night thing might work better for the midwest
scene as it seems they have not fully broken out of the “rave
time schedule yet” and are still adapting to the psy/ goa
ideal.  If you go to SF, LA or NY, as well as almost any
forign trance scene, the peak point of the outdoor  party is
between 7am and noon. Not 3am. 3am is the peak point for house and
jungle and other edm genres.
I think that with time this will
catch on as people slowly get more acustomed to it, The Iowans are
proof of that, but getting people used to it wiill take time. I
think also it in part has  to do with bashfullness. I takes
alot more balls to dance in the daylight when everyone can really
see how silly we look.

I think a great idea would be have
an event that starts at midnight or even later  and ends at
noon. But cycle thru genres and build energy with a single stage.
Downtempo to breaks, to prog to psy, with the psy not coming on
untill around 4am. By that time the crowds should be amped and
waiting for it, and still have the energy to go strong into the
morning.

my 2cents, though with this long of a ramble, its
more like a quarter
 

“it goes without saying” - no it doesn’t, because
I completely disagree. Without the deco and the creation of sacred
space, this kind of event becomes indistinguishable from a rave or
any other music event. I most definitely do not do it for the
music. I do it for the balance of light/sound/dance/atmosphere. If
I lose a critical portion, I  think it is no longer the kind
of party worth celebrating.

If we had mountains or ocean
nearby, we could have a different kind of space where deco might
be needed less or in a different way. But I think space needs to
be created, like pagans draw circles to create space.

Deco
requires many hours of work immediately prior to the event,
whereas dj’s can spread their work out over many weeks in theory
if not in practice. It is a different kind of pressure.
 

I can go back and forth with you on
this , with your views versus mine for pages of conversation i am
sure,  but this will get us no where, where we are both
right, and we are both wrong.  so in the interest of not
hijacking this thread any further, Let us just say  it really
boils down to personal vision and let us let things move on
Feel
free to retort if you wish, but i will no longer respond to this
topic as i have said my piece.
 

I also will match tracks on key from time to time, and this
takes “homework” as i call it. 

Kudos my friend for doing that. 

PS. I don’t think
I’ve met you last weekend. Next time drinks on me 
 

thats
a great idea paradigm…. hmm that sounds like a good idea for a
single night event where you can go into the afternoon../..

the
friday night curse will always be, where everyone just worked all
week and drove all day to get to the event, by the middle of the
night even with “Help” its hard to power thru.. we have
this problem a lot being far away from just about
everywhere….
either that or the saturday night curse, where
everyeone raged on friday and then feelin all wore out on saturday
night, missing all the action after a night and day of 
raging, and gettin a little sleep before the big day sunday which
usually involves drivin home and goin back to work on
monday.
oof.

and yeah, whether its a rave or not, some
people dance, some not. its not as disrespect, its just about
everyone doing thier thing.  to me, thats what raving was
about and its the same thing tranceparties are about too. tho i
think psy festivals are one or 42 rungs up the ladder from raves,
at least in peoples mindset and evolution….

and yeah deco
takes a long time… i know all about it. spandex, ladders, blah
blah. oof. building and hanging the zome at SEOA kicked my
ass.
and yeah  djin’ takes a long time to make
connections, develop a style, prep/pick out rockers, and lots of
mental energy to hold all those bindis in place, 
and for me i
cant dj without dancing, and we all know how much energy that
takes!  my set in the afternoon heat at SEOA kicked my ass. 

and then one of the zome models fell down, more work on deco.
yay!
before anyone can bitch about one or the other, try doing
both at the same time…. we all have our roles, and we choose
them. some of us like having our ass kicked more than
others….

as far as sacred spaces go, you dont need
“STUFF” to do that. its all in mindset.  spandex,
lights, crystals, geometric stuff, theyre just eye candy right? or
are they… i do believe that, like yantra, sacred geometry and
vivid colors represent divine energetic balance that our
subconscious mind can feed on and align with.  but it can be
done in the forest, desert or on the beach or anywhere else theres
no blacklights. its funny though, humans and thier talismans…so
is it worth all the work? i would think not sometimes, though i
wouldnt have spent days of my life working crazy deco hours for
almost every single one of our parties, if i didnt beleive it was
NECESSARY. nothin like a gemini for some contrasting statements.

but what counts is that youre all doing it.
doing it
up.
doing it well. 
its all trial and error. 
lessons
learned. 
and experiences had at the last party are not the
same at the next.
same goes for the learning…. its an
evolutionary process.
or at least as someone sometime said,
“doing the same thing over and over again is either insanity,
or rhythm.”
or something like that.

i love hearing
that you guys had a safe, well attended, fun event.
i love
hearing how well everyone played and knowing all the smiles were
there
i missed you guys, snif*
see you next time for sure.

boom.

Big thanks to Paul and Julie for getting me to
go.

You really have a special scene going on and I hope it
grows as a movement so it will spread across the planet.

Keep
up the good and important work.  My soul was replenished and
I thank everyone there for that.

X
 

Big thanks to Paul and Julie for getting me to
go.

You really have a special scene going on and I hope it
grows as a movement so it will spread across the planet.

Keep
up the good and important work.  My soul was replenished and
I thank everyone there for that.

X

Yeah Chris, you made it onto the forum!  Thank you for
traveling to the party and trusting it would be good for the
spirit.  Chris is an old friend and it was great to get our
little group of friends out to a party together.

I do
totally belive that good hearted old skool ravers would totally
dig our scene.  Our people are so in it for all the right
reasons.  Even if an old party person attends one of our
events for one last party they should come to one of our parties. 
If they had any bad vibe’s from the rave scene then our scene is a
wonderful way to heal and make peace with “rave”. 
Or if someone ends up attending a couple parties a year or just
one, I think it’s a perfect tune-up to the spirit.  
 

I’ll
deffinently be back for more.

By the way, I really enjoyed the industrial dance set. The
full moon was 
rising and this was the perfect segway set to
psytrance. 
 

So, if we don’t have that time, no deco, probably. 
Quote
from: bluespectralmonkey on October 10, 2006, 10:04:56 PM
before anyone can bitch about one or the other, try doing both
at the same time…. we all have our roles, and we choose them.
some of us like having our ass kicked more than others….

That’s kind of a macho approach. It works for me but not
for everyone. People get involved in these parties for many
reasons and when they feel shortchanged, they will eventually just
walk. And not everyone is easily replaceable. Some losses can be
disastrous, particularly when they were working for free or at a
loss, and we might not have the money to hire a replacement.
 

Medicin …
whoooooaa. What a set. I second that he should be back every time!
And he was on the dancefloor all thru too! Thank you!!

Primordial Ooze! Better than I’ve ever heard them
before. And everyone said that… including the folks who had
heard em play at Worldbridge. Hope that quality keeps getting
better… these guys will def. go places. 

Meghans set was
probably one of the best opening 30 mins of a dark set I have ever
heard…. so tribal. I have this video of my head of everyone on
the dancefloor thumping the ground with their feet to that groovy
dark sound…. aaah wonderful.

Shais set rearraged the
clouds … till the point of that power outage! … but it was
one of my most memorable too… deep trips! 

The Random and
Paradigm combo was probably one of the best I’ve ever heard. All
you saturday night sleepers suck! You missed one heck of a sunrise
soundtrack. Thank you guys for playing such stellar sets  for
the few of us that were there on the floor.

Kuorosh Dini
and Josh Brill were pure magic. The real psychedelic musicians.
Kuorosh played right after I did…. so I got to see him set up.
As soon as I was done, he sat down on his synth/piano, closed his
eyes and played pure psychedelic chords…. I could feel the
energy around him. Beautiful sounds. Fluid… thought provoking.
Sounds that can make you cry. 
Thank you so much! 

Most
of the other sets seemed to blend into the earth … there wasnt a
single time that I heard a track/set/any sound, and cringed….
that was a first for me. Everyone seemed to put their best into
the music… wish it had been the same for the dancefloor. 

The
buddha alter was amazing! The pumpkin patch for the best thing
ever! hahahha I’m still cracking up. Pauldo .. u rock! Thank u!

Psygoof…. You suck!  And so do you Damon for
leaving on Saturday with half my smoke. Booooo.

Cant
wait to go back to NCN. Second time around was amazing. Hope we
have more events there. 

see you all again
soon.

~Boom
Varun

I think everything in the chill canopy tent was Devorah’s. 

Almost 
 

@
Damon, fantastic, next rounds on you. I prefer Import lagers or
quality micorbrews Too bad we did not meet. I meet some great
folks this past weekend, but i certainly do know you were not one
among them.

and on another note, I know the sets were recorded this past
weekend. Who did that and how can we get access to them?  I
would love to have mine for selfish purposes, but would love to
hear Medisins set again, and this now famous Ooze set that i
unfortunatley missed
 

I think everything in the chill canopy tent was Devorah’s. 

Almost 

Ok Damon, what wasn’t?  ??? Unless you are referring
to the living organisms dancing and mulling around. Those works of
art I cannot take credit for. 
 

Deb. Next time we have a chill stage I’d like to work
with you on an alter. I have some original organic ideas and some
I’ve picked up from travelling east. I’m sure we can put something
even better together… after all, we’re not going to do the same
buddha thing again but can probably integrate it into something
bigger.
 

and I really liked the Shri Yantra that ended
up at the psystage. Was that yours Varun? 
We should always
have mandalas or sacred geometry tapestries around!
And I
missed the Hindu god tapestries this time. But it’s cool to change
up the look, I suppose…
 

The mandala wasnt mine… but I liked
that too. The geometry just sucks you in. Looked perfect on the
main stage. 

One deco piece I liked was that huge banner at
Earthdance. The same one we had at Metatronic2. We should get that
back next time around.
 

Ok Damon, what wasn’t?  ??? 

Varun brought 2 pieces 

One of them
temporarily appeared@both stages 
 

My bad  :-[ I remember now that you had hung it
between the multicolored lanterns.

Damon your still a
pain. 
Quote
from: varun on October 11, 2006, 07:14:32 PM
Deb. Next time we have a chill stage I’d like to work with you
on an alter. I have some original organic ideas 
and some I’ve
picked up from travelling east. I’m sure we can put something even
better together… after all, 
we’re not going to do the same
buddha thing again but can probably integrate it into something
bigger.

I would love to Varun. 

Deco is quickly becoming too
much work and losing its “fun” value for me. I felt like
all I did at the event was work on deco with very little direct
acknowledgment. It didn’t help matters when some of my materials
walked off. I know that the stretchy tube stuff is enticing but I
do have a limited supply that seems to diminish after each event.
A couple even had the nerve to pull some out of Pauldo’s scarecrow
and run off with it. ??? I don’t mind people playing with it but
don’t just take it so that nobody else can enjoy it.  >:(
This is why Jef has been talking soo much about deco
appreciation.  

Now that I am in Grad school, I 
cannot do everything. :-\ Realistically, I won’t be able to do any
more events that are during the school year. This last one nearly
kicked my ass as I had a paper due this week that barely got done.
I will be able to do deco for one or two events in the summer and
that’s it. 

I’ll
offer to help in the future. I dont have anything materials wise
to contribute at this point, but feel free to use me for labor.
 

So if there are any deco
artists out there you have your chance now to step in.
Quote
from: HARDKORNATE on October 12, 2006, 08:00:27 AM
Sorry to hear that the deco people are getting burnt out.
 
Title: Re: Crystal Sky Full Moon
Post by: Pauldo
on October 12, 2006, 01:14:45 PM 

So if there are any deco
artists out there you have your chance now to step in.
Quote
from: HARDKORNATE on October 12, 2006, 08:00:27 AM
Sorry to hear that the deco people are getting burnt out.

yeah I can only see myself doing one or 2 deco pieces a
year and would have to plan on it with extra days off before and
after an event.  but I do want them to be killer when i do
something.  I otherwise don’t know how you and deb do it at
each event.
 

I finally recognized you…after I walked past you. 
Then I was too shy to turn around and say hello.  I really am
very shy believe it or not.  I did say to myself though ”
I shall challenge my shyness and say hi to that Phil guy the next
time I see him”.  Always worried people would think I’m
a stalker or something if I say I know them just from their pic or
profile or postings on a forum thing.  It would actually be
the polite thing to do to stop and say hello if you recognize
someone.  I did intro myself to Ben’s brother though but only
because you guys look so much alike that I just knew he was your
brother.    ;D   

I knew that that was you too!  Though this damn
shyness thing is pretty common.  I’m typing right now with
one hand as the other is in a splint (damn ganglion cysts!) 
so I would type more but its kinda hard.  I had a lot of
fun.  Cold was a nice change from the heat at the past
events,  Damn wind though.  I enjoyed the deco and the
sound.  I look forward to seeing all of you again
soon!

Again I would ramble more but its hard the day after
surgery… but I enjoyed the entire weekend and you all have my
deepest gratitude for an excellent vacation from my 9-5 
(actually more of a 7:30 to 3:40).

one final note: 
MORE INDUSTRIAL!!! MORE MEDISIN!!  MORE KOUROSH AND
CONVOLUTION!!!!

Andrew
 

I hate ticks!  What a creepy
little bug.  I found one in my back when I got home. 
eeewww
 
Title: Re: Crystal Sky Full Moon
Post by: Jeffz
on October 13, 2006, 10:33:34 AM 

We
were delighted with the weather and the clear skies which allowed
us to see the Full Moon so clearly. The weather was amazing
considering snow fell in Chicago and Black River Falls for the
first time, three days later.

Didn’t get to pay much
attention to the music so can’t comment on that. I did get to meet
more people and start more conversations than at any previous
event.

Learned some things about how we want to participate
at future events, so it was a valuable experience for both of
us.

NCN management loved you all, thanks for being such
great campers and Green people. You once again left a clean
campground, and we are all very thankful about that. I loved
meeting old friends, and plan to have more time to talk and get to
know you in 2007.
 

saturday night was very very special.
 

Anyway…THANK YOU to
all involved with this!!  ;D  I had a wonderful time
playing.  I felt very at home up in Wisconsin.  Very
good vibes up there.  Thanks again for having me up to
play!!  And Thanks to all who enjoyed my set!!  ;D
 

Glad you liked the party and now want to contribute to deco
next time around.  I would love to see a whole lineup of
different uv installations at the next weekender party next
summer.  
 

I would love to see a whole lineup of different uv
installations at the next weekender party next summer.  

Ha ha
 

Its not like he said “anal
installation”
 

I would love to see a whole lineup of different uv
installations at the next weekender party next summer.  

Ha ha

seriously, I’d love to have a bunch of people step up and
do more art.  Maybe like in the large open space between the
two main stages that have been setup.  Maybe like 5 or 6
lined up to entertain the brains.  I’m thinking of maybe
doing something larger on the other side of the lake so it can
reflect off the water at night and people can eyeball it from the
chill stage.  

I wanna hear people say, “Chilluminati
pawtees is the shiznit when it comes to deco”!   
 ;D
 

When you are “having a spiritual
experience” they look like balls of lightning if you
manipulate them with your hands. (we played with one for 4 hours
last weekend)
 

A series of installations as you
walked between stages would be an amazing progression. That’s what
it’s about, to me.
 

In the future we will probably only put up the tent
in hot/sunny or wet weather, since people don’t really seem to use
the tent otherwise.

Sorry for the hassle but it was fun
wasn’t it?
Quote
from: HARDKORNATE on October 18, 2006, 10:12:41 AM
Just out o curiosity - why did you have us set up that big tent
by the mainstage on saturday? Was it cuz we were standing around
doing nothing and you had an extra tent? Or did you just want to
see if you could mobilize us?
 

Sorry for the hassle but it was fun wasn’t it?

fun to watch anyways

big tents are always good to
have on hand at outdoor events…a lesson a lot of us learn the
hard way
 

In the future we will probably only put up the tent
in hot/sunny or wet weather, since people don’t really seem to use
the tent otherwise.

Sorry for the hassle but it was fun
wasn’t it?
Quote
from: HARDKORNATE on October 18, 2006, 10:12:41 AM
Just out o curiosity - why did you have us set up that big tent
by the mainstage on saturday? Was it cuz we were standing around
doing nothing and you had an extra tent? Or did you just want to
see if you could mobilize us?

I didn’t mind helpin, but I just had this feeling while we
were doing it that we were setting it up because you had rented it
and felt loike it should be doing something ;P
 

Damon is Don Chillummafioso. Varun is Capo of Psychopimp
networking. I’m moonlighting as a ninja-for-hire… 
 

Then again, maybe I
shouldn’t be talking bad about the family…  :-[

you’re not talking bad about anyone if it’s the truth 
 ;D ;D ;D
 

That’s the
HardKorNate word o’ the day.  love it!

I thought you
went by HardKorNate only because you are into hardcore as a
genre.  Dude man though…I was most impressed by your
hardkorness at CSFM!   ;D
 

I love you, Paul!!!  ;D
 

I love you, too!!!  ;D
 

NaveeN
Quote
from: The Fixer on October 19, 2006, 07:00:37 PM
Damon and Varun run that gang. they need to tell you. But they
might need to hurt you first.
Quote
from: Scatter on October 19, 2006, 05:27:47 PM
Who/what are the Chillumafia? I feel out of the loop.  ???
 

hey…..u forgot about the safi boy……..!!!….. ;D ;D

Saafi boy who’s not there almost all the time does not
count 
 

As he said!
 

 Missed you at Crystal
Sky.  :’(      …it was off the hook! 
;D 
 

the party was just that good   :P
 

Love,

Matt
 

Love,

Matt

the chant was some guy named astarius (i think), he plays
that a lot
as far as the trance track, i don’t think even he
remembers…
 

I’m going to be opening up a
first show in Montreal with that followed by Orbital - Remind. 
 I think it’ll be bomb.
 

Love,

Matt

Matt from Marshfield?