while the trance scene here in america does kinda suck these days, even the party scene in general seems to have gone downhill, i will say that kids in the mid-west know how to get it done....they might not have paties with all of the top dj's but the locals there bump it! especially in iowa?!?! of all places but I'd have to say that my fav. event of the summer was Freakfest in Illinois Dj Micro, George Acosta playing a sunrise set...and a few other well known american dj's probably not known to most of you but well known here...it was the best venue ever a natural rock cave ampitheater in the middle in the middle of the woods, and to top it off it was a three day camping extravaganza....the music didn't stop from noon friday till noon sunday, with around 3000 people (large for the mid-west)....absolutely amazing!!!! I also went to my first psy-trance party called Geologic this summer that was also a three day at the same place as freakfest and it just so happened to be my birthday weekend, wOOt! Although there were only around 700 people there it was great because everyone seemed to know everyone and it was very intimate, lots of new-age hippies, firedancing, glow toys and lights and blinkies everywhere!!! I can't wait till I get the chance to come to a big event from ID&T or the like sometime.....but where are you all at on the three day camp-out raving madness??? I know that GG was a two day this year (wow!) how did that turn out?...did people actually hang out and camp, or was it just a bunch of club kids who showed up at night left for their hotels and came back the next day?.....part of the fun is gettin' all rava-phunk-a-fied! Thats the one thing i'm glad we have here, nothing better than getting together with a few hundred of your closest friends for a three-day rave-out!.....sure spending one awesome night in a club is great but why not keep the party going all weekend????......here's a few pics from geologic and freakfest

group shot of me and some of my pals


OMG it's the PLURBOT watch out he might randomly hump you to spread his PLUR...

this is the ubersonic.org Free-dome!!! gotta love it great place to sit, chill, and catch your breath....

shot of the crowd @geologic...what's better than a rave in a cave?

krazy kandi-kids @ freakfest!

here's the cave in the daylight...during freakfest....both from when the party was just getting started...

firedancing @ geologic

the cave at night @geologic

crowd at night during superstars of love @ freakfest

what a great time...
i'm sad the summer is almost over no more three days left :-( but i did manage to make it to a record 6 of 'em during the course of this summer....what a blast!