From: oncken@umr.edu
Subject: Re: Bring the Noise - what happened?
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 21:01:07 -0500 (CDT)


ok.. this information is mostly correct, but let me elaborate on some 
things...

> 
> Apparently, the security force was told to leave earlier than they 
> wanted to (because they wanted more money), so they told the police that 

they were being unprofessional and not doing their job most of the 
night... then at about 2:30 i overheard them talking about getting their 
$100 at 3:00 and going home... (WHAT?  a hundred dollars??!!?  GOOD LORD 
thats alot of money!!)  i told Jamie what was up and he went and 
talked to them, gave them each $60 and sent them home... the police came 
about 1/2 hour later... 

> there was underage drinking going on at the party. So the police came, 
> scoped out the place, saw none of the alleged drinking, and then shut it 
> down anyway.
> 
> The police had come earlier to the party and checked out both floors.. 
> they were pretty friendly and didn't seem to give anyone a hard time. 
> When they shut the party down, they were commenting on the problems of 
> that particular neighborhood (a cabbie getting shot a couple weeks earlier..)
> 
> Anyway, I don't think the party would have been shut down if it wasn't 
> for the wack security guards, since the police seemed content prior to 
> the bust. When xjn regains net access, he can elaborate on or correct 
> this post.. 

yes... i think you're right... HOWEVER! _if_ the owners of the space had 
obtained the proper permits and licenses, which they assured us many, 
many times they had, the party would have continued _regardless_ of what 
the security did or what one cop thinks is too loud... THE MORAL OF THE 
STORY IS:  dont trust anyone... _especially_ the people who own that 
space... several other people have had problems there too... BEWARE!


> 
> Props to James and Xjn for trying. St. Louis is wack. The people that 
> own/rent out that space they used are real wack. Don't ever rent from 
> them unless you're desparate.
> 
> I'm sick
> 
> > I went to Bring the Noise in St Louis on Saturday, and have yet to figure 
> > out what happened.  Where was everyone?!  There was hardly anyone there who 
> > regularly goes out in St Louis!  I just don't understand why so few people 
> > went!  I know it's not because of the lack of house music, because that's 
> > all I heard (in the main room) while I was there.

i dont know why more people didnt come out... but i do know that the 
people who did come out had a really good time.  that makes me happy.
i guess we just need to print up 18"x25" glossy full color flyers next 
time to attract the attention of the _real_ party people... 

(actually, a limited number of flyers of a different design were printed in 
color on clear acetate... they looked really, really cool.) 

> > 
> > Was it because the flier was a black & white xerox?  Did people just not 
> > pick up the flier at Deep Grooves or other parties?  Hmmmmm..I don't get
> > it.  That party had potential to be really good.  The space was good, the
> > sound was loud as hell, and the lineup 'would have' been great.  I say 
> > "would have" because Dzak went first in the main room, before anyone was 
> > there...And Nick Nice's records got lost on TWA, at least that's what I 
> > heard.

well.  somebody had to go first... :) i regret missing Dzak too, but hey, 
what can ya do?  Nick Nice's records were, in fact, LOST by TWA.  he did 
spin tho... he borrowed somebody elses records(Brad's i believe).  then 
the cops showed up.  :(  the airline did locate the records the next day.

> > 
> > Man, party-people in this city are lame.  Someone throws a good party, and
> > no one goes.  Then a wack crew throws a shitty party, and it seems like
> > the entire city goes.  People suck.

yup..

> > 
> > Regardless of all that, I heard Bring the Noise got shut down around 3am,
> > and I left around 2:30, so I missed the bust.
> > 
> > ..Last night (Sunday)...I heard Jamie Taylor and Xjn doing a live PA at
> > Soho.  GODDAMN!!!!  They need to get pressed!!!  I loved everything they
> > played, and if they had those songs on vinyl, I would play the hell out
> > of them.
> > 
> > ---Cylert
> > 
> > 
> 
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so thats pretty much it... St Louis is lame... TWA sucks... dont trust 
people... people who are bigger than you will demand more money than they 
agreed upon... ect... we learned alot.  

Thanks to everyone who helped with the party in all its stages of 
development... especially those individuals who made the second room a 
reality... the DJ's, sound people, decorators, and people who brought 
equipment together into a whole and put that finishing touch on a great 
evening... thanks again guys.  

shit, the lab is closing...

ok, well gotta go... thanks to everyone who came out, hope you had a good 
time.  thats what counts.  talk to you later...

Xjn.


ps... does anyone know anything about StepWise records?  any contact info?
thanks...