just got back from dallas and the meltdown rave/party/festival.
being in dallas over the weekend reminded me of one of the first times i ever went there, to dj at the lizard lounge in ...1992?
the rave scene was just blowing up in dallas, and, to indulge in some gentle hyperbole, it was awesome.
i did two shows in one night at the lizard lounge and they were at that point in my life the most enjoyable shows i'd ever done. i remember standing at the edge of the stage and i was wrestled to the ground by a man and a woman who proceeded to good-naturedly steal my belt and then try to steal my pants(stealing a belt is ok, stealing pants: less so).
i also remember being backstage with jeff k. and a bunch of the early dallas ravers and being amazed at how NICE everybody was.
i've been back to dallas and texas many times since(the last time i was there i ended up going out with tommy lee and dimebag from pantera(r.i.p)and some hells angels, but that's another story for another time), but this time it was particularly interesting being back at the lizard lounge(well, outside the lizard lounge, with 5,000 people) after 16 years.
oh, and apparently there was a rumor that i had refused to go to dallas while gw was president.
to be clear, it's not true.
i really like dallas, and i certainly don't hold it against texans that dimwitted gw pretends to be from texas(because last time i checked andover and yale and harvard and greenwich, connecticut and kennebunkport, maine aren't actually in texas, and those are the places where dimwit gw actually grew up. gw bought the crawford ranch in 1999, just fyi).
dallas(and most texan cities)is progressive and friendly and tolerant and nice and, as i said, i like it a lot.
last night was really fun. my only regret is that i wasn't able to hear too many of the other dj's(which is a shame, as it was a really good line-up).
thanks for coming out and making it a great night.
-moby
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Dallas in 1992
Moby - that was a great time for raves in Dallas indeed. I was working as a lighting guy for the Lizard Lounge at that time and we went down to help out with the Austin show your second or third time through TX when you were on the Rave New World Tour with Prodigy and Cybersonic. Scotto had gotten a call that his mom was sick back in NY and I got the opportunity to fill in for him and go on the bus with you all for the next few nights returning back to Dallas for the show at the Bomb Factory. It was a completely surreal and bad ass experience that I felt very fortunate to be participating in. I will never forget how much that bus seemed like an oil and water mixture with you & Cybersonic up front in contrast with the chaos of Prodigy in the back! :) I still have my "Rave New World Tour" laminate where you drew a face on the back and wrote "ravedave". Take care man!
I was there.
My husband and I used to go to raves back in the day when they were legal in Dallas. We decided to go to meltdown just because we haven't done anything like this in sooo long. Our "raving " days have been over for a long time since we're grown ups and all now. But damn I am so glad we went.
All the djs were great but I have to admit, we didn't go to see anyone inparticular, we don't even know your music that well, and I thought you did lots of boring trance and stuff. We were NOT expecting that at all from you. It was awesome! You tore that shit up! I had so much fun, and your set was the icing on the cake. That was bad ass. It really sucked they wouldn't let people back in afterwards. It's like everyone who liked Moby had to leave. Oh well. I still enjoyed every second of it. The next time you come to dallas we will be there for sure. Thanks for putting on such a great show! Keep it up.
wish i was there
stealing pants=lame, but at least it was warmer down there :-)
come to pittsburgh sometime soon, pleeeeease!!!!
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