I, Sheena Beaston, vow to never go to a dancetastically 'drum destructing dj set again, without the usage of earplugs. Holy smokes, kids...Calvin Harris brought the bass and the beat on Thursday night at Music Hall of Williamsburg, and the continual ear ringing was a reminder to both take care of my precious buds, and also that Harris is unforgivingly smashing behind the tables.
Being that the show was a 16+ event, doubts raged as to how sincere and honest the fandom status might be in the audience. Perched high atop the balcony (yes, for once, I strayed from a sweatfilled dancefloor...imagine that!), one could spy a mixed crowd of young bucks and bustles, spiky haired Jersekyins, the kid who wouldn't stop texting, a handful of hipsters...yet everyone was dancing to the tunes provided by the lanky London lad.
In case you needed to know: Harris started his set with Learn to Recycle, a track by equally tall dude, Phonat. Most rad!
mp3: Jamiroquai - Canned Heat (Calvin Harris remix)
2 Responses to Calvin Harris DJ Set - Music Hall of Williamsburg - September 10, 2009
[doh! posted this first under the Sweet Machine post - sorry.]
Sheena,
Calvin Harris doesn't come from London! He's from Dumfries in Scotland. Granted, it's a small, pedantic point but it's like calling a Canadian an American!
However, I do love your blog!
Yours, in nitpicking form,
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For the first 90 minutes of this set, I was standing directly to the right of whomever took this photo (sorry to the girl whose nose I accidentally smacked with the back of my head). I flew all the way from San Francisco to hear his set, as I was in NYC on business.
I felt that Calvin was going through the motions; he played only two of his own tracks, and only the refrain of a third, while I was there. Disappointing set.
When I’d had enough of Calvin’s tripe, I walked up to the girl at the very front who’d been eyeballing me all night, told her “this is b——-,” and stumbled home in the rain.
C’mon, Calvin, you can do better than that.
Something to say?