A weekend in NYC is not enough time. Period. Still, I had a great time soaking in the city (literally with the huge lakes of muddy slush) and catching up with friends. After breezing into town I hooked up with my gracious hosts for the evening, Michael Doyle from Burnlab and fellow Burnlab conspirator Karl Zeiss for a fun evening on the town. We met at Plant Bar where I was immediately impressed with the tunes being spun by the DJ. I asked Michael, "so who's that spinning?", to which he replied, "oh, that's John Selway". Welcome to New York! After that we headed over to 59 Canal St. - a nondescript upstairs karaoke bar turned nightclub to hear Magda spin an awesome set and catch up with Brian and 'Nix from Memory Systems who are getting ready to head overseas and introduce Europe to their unique brand of synthetic meta pop.



Although I was having a great time, by the time 5 a.m. rolled around I was feeling the jetlag in a pretty bad way, so I had no choice but to turn in (despite the fact that the party was still going strong). Sunday was basically a chill out and recover day. I lucked out and landed a fabulous pair of Yohji Yamamoto Y-3 Adidas kicks, picked up a few new CDs and ended up having dinner with Sarah at Rice on Mott St. where we dined right next to Melissa from WIT - again, welcome to NY! We ended the evening with a stop by the brilliantly gimmicky Remote Lounge, where every table and barstool has a remote controlled video camera installed - the cameras are controllable via joystick by the bar patrons who can view the output of the different cameras at custom-designed consoles, therefore allowing you to "spy" on other patrons and to be "spied" on in return. It's frighteningly addictive and could easily turn into a guilty pleasure - it would be an instant hit in San Francisco. All in all I had a fantastic weekend - I can't wait to go back when the weather is a bit more temperate. A big thanks to Michael, Dan, Brian and Phoenix for making a fun trip even more enjoyable with their hospitality!