8.3.2002

Lazy with X-Press 2: Record Release Party - 07.30.02 @ Union Square Ballroom
A full-on week of parties this week and how excited was I to see X-Press 2 on a Tuesday night, just before their pending gig at P.S.1 this Saturday. Paper magazine invitees and hipsters swarmed the open bar from 8pm-9pm. It looked like a promising crowd as Matter:/orm's Francis Harris started warming up the decks and the din of loud chatter rose in the room. Then BAM! open bar closed and everybody started filtering out just as X-Press 2 started up on the 6 turntables - 2 CDJ set-up. No respect. Apparently, the Trace Magazine party's open bar at the Angel Orensz Foundation was open til 11pm. We stuck it out in an energy void room to killer tracks like Layo & Bushwacka's 'Love Story'. Unfortunately, the look on X-Press 2's faces were just as disappointing as the party peple tonight.

Cheers to X-Press 2's Ashley Beedle, Rocky and Diesel for coming to Goham albeit having to play to an uneducated crowd. We promise to rock it with you at P.S.1 on Saturday. Also, a Metrotech live p.a. and Jennie Hopper - the best line-up for P.S.1 all summer and not to be missed!
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