First off, i have to say...

this was the perfect venue for PVD. TONS of space, great ventilation.
2nd off, absolutely terrific job by Jerry Bonham warming up. I unfortunately, am getting old and i go to skewl, so i left around 5am cuz my eyes were closing down and i had to drive.. but.. nevertheless PVD was fucking relentless. Great set, he was definitely into it... jumping around like he got a blowjob on each track.

Time for some sleep though. Good to see ya again Bri

what did yawl think?

Totally agree. Roseland was an excellent venue for this sort of event. Plenty of space to dance, never a line for the bathroom (sorry women!), reasonably easy to get a drink. Even coat check was easy! Agreed, Jerry Bonham did a great job warming up. PVD's set was one of the best I've heard. I stayed till the very end -- the last 30 minutes or so he basically spun a lot of his singles -- great way to end. All in all fantastic night. And thank the lord it was 21 and over!!

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First off, Christina and I had a lot of fun tonight. It was the culmination of one of the better clubbing weekends we've had in awhile. Saw a few familiar faces, but we weren't wandering that much and the venue was huge and spacious. We were up near the Toronto people for awhile but you guys all seemed to disappear.

I like Dogzilla - Without You, but Paul didn't need to play it twice. There's enough tracks out there that he could fill 6 hours with different material. Also, the last 30 minutes were crap. In addition to the 2nd rendition of "Without You," he really needs to stop doing that shit where he plays "Nothing But You," "For An Angel," and "Time of Our Lives" every time. Look, we all know them, we used to love them (before you closed every set with them), but it's getting old.


Lots of stuff from his Champion's Mix CD in the first hour of his set, which was far superior to TPOD2 if you haven't heard it.

Who else heard him sample Dinky - Acid in My Fridge right off the bat (I think the transition between track 2 and 3)?

Lastly, does anyone know what happened with the power at 2:45-3 am? It really sucked when the music died for 3-4 minutes and everyone looked disoriented..

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Originally posted by Groundhog Boy I like Dogzilla - Without You, but Paul didn't need to play it twice. There's enough tracks out there that he could fill 6 hours with different material. Also, the last 30 minutes were crap. In addition to the 2nd rendition of "Without You," he really needs to stop doing that shit where he plays "Nothing But You," "For An Angel," and "Time of Our Lives" every time. Look, we all know them, we used to love them (before you closed every set with them), but it's getting old.

load of crap

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What a kick ass party, awesome venue, awesome crowd, just a great time altogether. My body's gonna hate me for this, I'm so sore haha. Funny thing I was getting tired around 3:00 am and I said I'd leave as soon as I heard For An Angel... Needless to say I never left haha.

Nothing against you Groundhog Boy but who the hell is WE. YOU used to love them, YOU think they're getting old. I thought that was the best part of the night. The place went CRAZY when he dropped Dogzilla the first time, wtf why not give it to us again!

I had such a good time with the TOTAs, you guys are cool as hell. I know Lisa and the rest of 'em that left early are gonna be kicking themselves when they hear how great the end was.

I also noticed PVD was a lot more energetic on stage. He was really singing and dancing and working the crowd and shit, hahaah he looked so happy when he was playing Wonderbal (?) (that German vocal)

Those lasers were fucking SWEEEEET, I got a few nice vids I'll throw on here later on after I take a nap. And speaking of nap.... peace

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Hahah did anyone else run into Serge? I saw him downstairs and thanked him for all the Greygoose I pounded on Friday night ahahhaha.


Oh and off topic... Groundhog Boy, you have a pic dude? I've gone to like 10 parties and I still don't think we've met lol, maybe, I always forget who's who on here hahah.

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dont for get he played TELL ME WHY!!!!!! I had a request to him early in the night and some security friends of mine handed it to paul and he came through.

Oh man, there's a track I wanted ID'd... well one (I'm gonna assume it's called Wonderful), the German vocal track he played after Binary Finary <--- always great to hear too!

But I think he played another one a little later with German vocals, any ideas?

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Well Mr. Van Dyk delivered again! Overall thought the set was ear candy from about 1-4 at which point he slowed down a bit, and then back up to familiar tempo shortly after 5 until close.

Noteable mentions:

Yellow Blackbird - Supafly
Dogzilla - Without You (TWICE!) [ya, I dunno...]
Luminary - Wasting
Luminary - Amsterdam
Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel
Paul Van Dyk - Crush (Vandit remix though, dammit play the original!)
Paul Van Dyk - Nothing But You
Paul Van Dyk - Time of our Lives
Whiteroom ft. Amy Cooper - Someday
Mike Koglin vs. Jono Grant - Sequential
Second Sun - Playground

There's more I can't recall at the moment. Please excuse me as I get a little celebrity struck whenever I go to see him. Very into his set as well - jumping around, playing air guitar, lots of smiles and waves.

Roseland Ballroom seemed to be the perfect venue. Lots of space, nice seating area at the back and good ventilation.

He came down afterwards to autograph stuff. Hah, I'll apologize to everyone that was pestering me there now for not approaching him. I'm shy!

To all the NYTAs that I was introduced to, truly my pleasure and thanks again for being so hospitable and helpful around your city. I'm more impressed each time I come here. To Fran especially, I cannot thank you enough for putting up with us for the entire weekend. Thank you so so much.

Finally - Lisa, Cale, Andrea, Andrew, Pett, Ilyia, Nada, Ali, Kelly and Kelly - friends make experiences like this and I really cannot ask for better ones.

See you in August New York!

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he completely killed me .....I waited forever for that song and he NEVER played it!!!! I had to come home and listen to it on my ipod!!As im doing right now for the millionth time!!
ok more when Im in the right state,

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Originally posted by tifosi135 he completely killed me .....I waited forever for that song and he NEVER played it!!!! I had to come home and listen to it on my ipod!!As im doing right now for the millionth time!! ok more when Im in the right state,

what track?

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Basically, $65 to hear what he plays on every liveset/compilation CD, not once, but 2X in some cases. Man, what happened to his style. He was downright nasty back in the day. Now, its like everybody there knows what he is goin to play right before he plays it. Anyways, how was the sound system ?