Sat 11 Aug – Up All Night

We showed up just before 11:00 to get in for free, and we waited in the little chill-out room (where DJ Mick was playing) until about 12:30 while they cleaned up the dinner event. DJ Mick was really funny…he has a giant "DJ Mick" sticker on his laptop, and he was constantly clapping along to his music :-P

DJ Rap played a good, varied 1.5 to 2-hr set, starting with some classic house hits, moving to more jungle-type music, and closing off with some good old-fashioned techno. It was a lot of fun!…

Fri 6 Jul – Aphrodite

I wasn't familiar with Aphrodite (or drum & bass, for that matter) before tonight, so I didn't know what to expect. But it absolutely blew me away. At first I thought the music was too fast to dance to, but once I got in the groove, I had an amazing time. Aphrodite's set was varied, high-energy, and always interesting. The venue had a nice, all-white atmosphere, and the crowd was fun (especially the guy with the Hello Kitty outfit). We stayed to the end (3am, I believe) and ended the night by jumping and flipping…

Fri 27 Jul – The Official Daft Punk After Party

My friend Patty and I left shortly after the Daft Punk concert ended in Berkeley, but by the time we arrived, it was already at capacity. We waited in line for at least an hour before they let us inside around 2am. At least there was a party bus parked outside, blasting music for us.

Whoever was playing when we first got in was really good (I'm guessing it was either SebastiAn or Kavinsky, since they played a Justice song… they played a TON of Justice at the Daft Punk…

Fri 27 Jul – Daft Punk, The Rapture, SebastiAn, Kavinsky

What can I say… this was a spectacular show. After waiting nearly 5 years to see them in concert, Daft Punk surpassed my every expectation and thoroughly rocked out an 8500-strong audience. The music was about evenly sampled from Homework all the way through Human After All, and the songs were mixed together expertly, even from different albums.

The lighting was just as impressive, with the duo playing from the top of a giant pyramid covered with LEDs that displayed everything from solid colors to sweeping shapes to images of…

Sat 21 Jul – Avaland
Ian Pooley
Trent Cantrelle

I wanted to see Daft Punk, but unfortunately it was sold out. I wondered how many people at the club were there for the same reason.

There was a $5 discount before 11PM for students, so I showed up early. I had to wait about 2 hours before the crowds started coming, and it wasn't long before the place was crowded beyond the point of being uncomfortable. What's worse, it was packed with people wearing shades, so I had to take mine off. The crowd was pushing and elbowing constantly, so…

Thu 26 Jul 2007 – Also I Like to Rock @ UCLA Hammer Museum
Sea Wolf
Midnight Movies

The line for Sea Wolf was around the corner at 8:45, so I stood behind the building with a small group of other fans, where you could see through the glass doors to the backstage area. The songs were only slightly muffled, and they played a good show. When they finished, they went backstage, noticed our small group clapping for them from outside, and smiled and waved :-)

After the Sea Wolf set ended, a lot of people left, so everyone who…