From: "Bliss Tribe Collective" (bliss@coyote.rain.org) First of all let me just say what incredible vibes I've been getting off sfraves lately. It's so great to see everyone so happy and full of positve energy. Thanks to you all. My name is Scott Rector, aka Scotty, aka DJ Bliss. I'm 5'11" with short curly hair (usually burgundy, sometimes dark blond) I have blue-gray eyes, a goatee, and a warm smile that I love to share with other happy people. I wear a floppy velvet hat most of the time, and allways when I'm raving. It's like the ones you see at Ren-Fair only better because I make them by hand with great care (BSP). I grew up in OC and I started raving in LA in 1989. We didn't call them raves, they were Acid House parties, almost allway illegal break-in parties thrown in various abandoned warehouses off Alameda Blvd in LA. I moved to SF in 1991 but it took me a while to find the scene there. My first SF rave (and 1st time candy flipping) was Wacky Citrus in 92, It was, and still is, one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I've been to hundreds of parties since then but the ones that stick out most in my mind were the first Vision, and my first full moon at Bonny Doone in 92 (yes there could easily have been 2000 people there - MASSIVE!!!). The things I love most in life are my girlfriend, art, good cooking, computers, exploring my spirituality, sensuality, sexuality, inteligent interaction with positive, free-thinking, caring entities, and music of all shapes, sizes, and colors. =) The things I dislike are any close-minded, negative, non-thinking, non-caring entities. and music with no shape, size, or color. :( I've been DJing for around three years, though I haven't had many chances to spin live. I love all types of music but my favorite music to spin is trance, and progressive house. I love percussion and I like to play stuff that has lots of interesting rythm, the kind of groove that gets into your bones and completely entrances you. I currently live in Santa Barbara with my beautiful girlfriend Leigh, a wonderful, inteligent, warm-hearted, free-spirited, goddess with whom I share an open, spiritual, and passionate love. She has just finished her BA at UCSB, and we plan to move back to the city this coming spring. We get up to the Bay Area around once a month to go raving. Hopefully we'll get to meet some more of our wonderful sfraves familly in the coming months. Well thanks to all who read this for letting me share a little bit of myself with you. cheers, Bliss