It's been almost four years since I first fell in love with electronic music. I actually can't even remember a first moment or party, but I do remember a late night trip to arc to see Sander Kleinenberg, a Brooklyn loft party, a Halloween night at Discothéque and many a night at Tapis Rouge with the girls of Marathon Muzik. I like to tell people that my good friend, Melanie Moore, got me "into this mess" and honestly, there's really no better way to put it. She got me started and after those first few late night dance sessions, I was hooked and have never looked back. Since that time, I have been to parties all over the world making new friends every stop on the way. When you find a passion in life, you never imagine how deep it's impact will be... but as I take a minute to reflect, I've realized how incredibly lucky I am to have found something that moves me the way music does. And more importantly, how music has led me to such an incredible community of people who somehow have transformed from shadows on a dance floor to some of the most important people in my life. So, I guess I'll get to the juicy details you've all been waiting for... but in the meantime, I'll state the obvious... it seems that turning 30 does make you a little nostalgic after all (-;
Ok... so here we go. The NYC edition of the DIRTY 30 celebration. I got to New York sometime around 7pm on Friday after a long trip, which included a two hour delay and a lengthy stop at a Chicago toll booth to let Dick Cheney cross the street. Neither air traffic nor the Vice Idiot of the United States could stop me from getting my party on! I got to Sullivan Room around 10:30pm and Melanie was 
getting things started with some groovy choons. I decorated Prop Headquarters and watched Melanie feel out the Core Audio system, while Loco Dice was feeling his way around the booth. After an hour and a half, Stadenco came on and continued the good vibe dropping his unsigned track, The O Face, and numerous other quality joints. Loco Dice came on at 12:30am and played a few hot tracks, but on the whole, failed to maintain a consistent dance floor groove. The good news is that we had our own room on the side of the booth, so the crew kept busy with our Props, bottles and constant supply of jokesters actin a fewl (aka Chief Swamy-Pants-Down). Peter Bailey, Boris, Hector Romero and Victor Calderone were all spotted at the party although I must have been too busy talking to my adoring fans* to notice any of them! (*Adoring fans in this case refers to the random guy who came out of the crowd to inform me that he knew who I was and had seen my breasts!). Me, Sean, Colleen and Karen left shortly after 4am to head back to Chelsea for a quick costume change and prop reorganization. Let me just also state that Sean, Colleen, Sai, Dale, Eileen, Holly, Karen, Mike and numerous other people actually came dressed in costume. YOU GUYS ROCK!
After that we went over to Bar 13 near Union Square for afterhours, which turned out to be just the late night session that NYC needed. Finally, a great venue, the right group of people and 
none other than Fabric resident, Craig Richards, to take us on a dark and twisted musical journey. Too many fun moments to mention, but handing out Easter eggs and prancing around with the 
puppets and pinata were definitely favorites! But top of the list has to be the ever so smooth move I made hanging with Sergio and Joe then Dale. Captain - that was an embrace I will never forgot or remember! Thank you, my friend! Ok back to the program...Joel played an hour to start and then Craig came on and graced us with five hours of dope music. Loco Dice and Audio Fly both stopped by looking for some time on the decks, but Craig was in the zone. After he finally finished up, Melanie Moore and Taimur Agha came on and dropped another five hours of wicked tag-teaming. Only a crew of dedicated soldiers were there to the end, but let's just say blk mkt membership has it's privileges. I'm not going to mention what time it was when we left (my mother reads this stuff!). We re-entered mainstream society, grabbed a bite to eat and then set off for home to finally get some rest. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday - my best friends + wicked music. Thanks to everyone who helped the Puppets Take Manhattan! Until next year!!!
Loco Dice @ Sullivan Room (hard to see, but at least you can hear):
A few more pictures from Sullivan Room and Bar 13:
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