listen to hallucinogen live: CHECK.

i really do feel like i've just accomplished one of those life ambitions people make lists about. hallucinogen was a big part of my introduction to trance, and i used to play twisted almost every night while i slept.

not only was hearing simon posford's tracks from the man himself fulfilling, but it was also the first proper goa trance set i've heard since my first trance party in 1999, and it came across beautifully. the night's music sucked horribly, and he just picked us all up and left us wanting more (which we got!).

and it just sounds so much better, so much fuller on an outdoor system.

- day to day -

i walked singer to the corner, then phoned her mom (very last minute) to ask for a ride... i was picked up from azrieli around 7.30pm, and we went off to an enormous dinner that was extremely demanding on the digestive system. i just wanted one kebab, one piece of steak, and every time there was more ready another couple of pieces found their way onto my plate.

a really amusing one-and-a-half year old kid provided fantastic entertainment, from doing the dancing baby to a cellphone to learning crowd control.

i was dropped off by singer's apartment, and once she was ready we walked to my place. it took me about ten minutes to get all my gear together, and we were picked up by ru55, with only one return to pick up the beach umbrella.

we only got lost twice on the way to the party, and due to a lucky round of not finding a parking where everyone else was parking we discovered that there was actual, legal, protected parking far nearer the entrance.

as i said, the night party was aweful. the music was nothing short of horrible, noisy and either dischordant or simply boring, not a single decent beat and no potential for salvation. we met up with a friend of mine from south africa, and spent the hours until dawn chilling with him and his friends.

until around 9am the music was still atrocious, but at the switch we felt a real beat come in and singer joined me on the dancefloor. hours of madness and elation ensued.

ru55 took the everything-until-9am-was-horrible pretty hard, and didn't want to stay in spite of the music turning to gold. i couldn't even convince him to just enjoy the good day at the beach, and we left way earlier than i'd have liked. i drove the second leg back here (singer's), and now it's time for breakfast before resting before taking her to the family "do" this evening.