Pretty much psyched for this night for a hot minute now and at long last it came. Of course Depeche Mode settin’ up shop in Atlantic City would have a slight impact on this matter but it’s aiight...we’re cool like that.

I gets in and scans the room and see the hookup on stage (of course not fully understandin’ it or what it even was for until later on that night). Ron was busy on the 1-2’s so after passin’ off daps to The Monster I joins in on the floor. In the small run I gave out daps and hugs when I could and pretty much enjoyed myself. After like maybe four songs I decided to make up for my lackluster performance and turn it up a notch. I was not only rewarded for my efforts with some cool cuts from Ron I was totally caught off guard by the changing of the guard. There was a cut that I never heard him play and I initially thought he was playin’ a request from The 5witch. When I turned around I saw it was actually Jai on the podium! Oh dayam! So early in the night? It was at this point I felt I was cheatin’ a bit ’cause I’ve been to enough AG runs to know what was gonna be played, so I was more than prepared. I got to share some floor time with Lady Better Than (as well as a quick assist from fellow KickStomper Sam Himself), who is just a joy to keep up with...I just love her energy! Somehow Jai still managed to toss me off balance by throwin’ in a small genre set that was intro’d to me by DJ Animus: hardstyle music. Not only it was fun to dance to I even reco-knowledged one of the cuts...how cool is that! I don’t know if the heads were ready for that but I was lovin’ it!

Ron returns to the fold and began tossin’ in some SureFires. The floor started to drift on and get into the swing of things. I was joined by Ladies Deb, Rhohkz and Dead (assistance from Frenchie, I believe...my bad for messin’ up your ID the last time). Here I was, in a Circle full of pretties...gotta gotta love it! Of course me and Dead had to step it up a notch with "Das Ich" but the other two were okay with that. Soon Pavlov was winkin’ at me and after confirmin’ with Lady Krypsy that Q was mannin’ the boards in The Crypt (which was relayed to Guy and Sean) it was off to The Lowers.

Rather than get all into the Dust I ventured onward to The Crypt and indeed, Q was doin’ his thing as promised. I was about to go over and give him daps when I was pretty much floored at the sight of Mz Karen’s dancing. She was just...I...the way she was....um, let’s move on. I had to dance with her...I just had to. I simply got into step and reveled in all her glory. Put it this way: "Temple Of Love" has a whole new look because of her. Good Lord, I’m goin’ to hell...Anyways, after a good half-hour of...that...and good music, it was off to the next room.

The Area was goin’ pretty good...not too crowded, not too empty. The Montser actually gave me his piece of tiled real estate and damned if I was gonna let it go to waste. With assistance from DI Juan Don, Lady Better Than and Lady Llyn (who was just killer in a drop dead nurse uniform), we went at it like we were on The BlackReds in New York. Soon they left me to my own devices and I gave all I had to John’s set...occasionally tonin’ it down some ’cause there were these two cats who were takin’ the floor over, to the point they were literally in my zone...like in-my-space zone. I was practically trippin’ all over them! It was nothin’ malicious so it was all good, plus I enjoyed their energy. Soon John passed the reins over to Jai, who had to start it up from scratch ’cause the floor pretty much opened up. He broke out the SurFires and me and The Monster (as well as the other two cats and Jenn Shaw, who did this one move that was "oh dayam!") went at it as hard as we could. Five on the floor!

I headed back upstairs and rejoined the folks on the floor. I noticed that somethin’ was wrong with my hearing...I know it was loud downstairs but not that loud. What was wrong? I would later find out my dilemma from "Dr. Jai" that it wasn’t me...it was Xris SMack!’s set...somehow his laptop wasn’t as loud as the normal tunes from the DJ set. Sure enough, when John got on my hearing was cured. In the meantime I kept dancin’ with Lady Rhohkz, who took a minute to take pictures...of The Adan gettin’ whipped on the very contraption I didn’t get (and he wasn’t the only one up there...there were a couple of other folks all caught up in the moment). Ohhh, that’s what that thing is (bonus points for the actual name of that thingamabob)! The whole scene was surreal, especially with The TM5 back and forthin’ screenings of the Charlie Brown Christmas jam session and S&M torture scenes. And I thought the Borat shot was disturbing (which he did show, by the way)! Once my prudeness got past all of that it was back to the dancin’ with the pretties, which I kept to TakeDown levels even when my Chrome remix came on. One last dance with Mz Karen (effin’ sigh...I’m hatin’ on her mans at this moment) and it was Paterson bound with the company of Jai.

A somewhat shaky start but I likes the possibilities of where this can go! Big ups to the owners and staff for puttin’ this thing together! Of course much love to the DJs...where else can I have four of my faves goin’ on one night, huh? Daps and hugs to my fellow Quixotees who came thru on this night....Monster, The DI Juan Don...meant a lot to me to dance alongside youse, it did! A nod and courtesy to the pretties, Lady Dead, Rhohkz, Debs and especially Mz Karen...last night you were just...effin’...wow, woman....um, what was I talkin’ about? Oh yeah, last night.

Welp, it’s back to the salt mines on Monday...my Insomniac Vacation is over! God and gov’ment willin’ I should see you alls in 2 weeks, tops!

Until then...Vynil, out!