NERO and the Super Bowl

Friday night a friend and I went to a club in Shoreditch, the East Village Club (www.eastvillageclub.co.uk), to see DJ/Producer duo NERO.  A big up-and-comer in the dubstep/drum and bass/EDM scene.  The bar/club was actually really cool, the coolest one I have been to thus far, but also the most expensive.  Their set was out of control. Bangers from beginning to end.  They opened with their remix of Justice's "Stress" and didn't slow down from there.  They started with a massive dubstep section that included, but was not limited to, Dr. P's "Big Boss",  Flux Pavilion's "Cracks" remix, a few remixes of their own and some HUGE tracks I had never heard.  From there, they moved into a hard hitting electro house section that started with Steve Aoki and the Bloody Beetroots "Warp 1.9" (one of the biggest electro house tunes of the past 2 years) and MSTRKRFT's remix of "D.A.N.C.E".  I finally heard a Wolfgang Gartner track the way they are meant to be heard (LOUD) when they played "Undertaker".  For the end, they went back into a dubstep section and ended with their recent single "Me & You."  Overall, I was quite pleased with the set, and very happy I went.  


On Saturday, Arsenal became the first time in Premier League history (since 1992) to lose a 4-0 lead.  They tied newcastle 4-4 after going up 4-0 in the first 30 minutes.  Saturday was not a good day.

Sunday night I met up with some friends where they live (not that close to me) to get ready for the superbowl.  We were heading to a bar in Covent Garden (http://www.roadhouse.co.uk/) to watch in a few hours and needed some time to prepare.  Thus beginning a very long night.  We introduced some locals to beer pong, and played a few games before the 20 minute walk to CG.  The bar was already packed (mostly with americans) and drinks were still kind of expensive, but the game did not dissapoint.  Former U of I running back Rashard Mendenhall was having a great game (until he fumbled...) and he was really the only person I was "cheering" for.  I just wanted to see a good game, and I did.  Aaron Rodgers was unbelievable and fully deserved the MVP. As you know, in the States, the Super Bowl kicks off at 530 CST.  In the UK, that's 1130.  the game didn't end til 315, and I was still in Covent Garden, with no idea what bus to take. Long story short, buses in the early early morning hours come REALLY infrequently, and I got home at 415. HOLLERRRRRRRR.

longest.night.ever.

On Friday, I go to Italia and on Saturday I go to Roma. I'm very excited. I speak ZERO italian.

kbye

These are the notes I made after the show on the songs I remembered (for those who might be more interested):

warp 1.9, undertaker, cracks (flux), the streets blinded by the lights nero remix, me and you, crush on you, stress remix, dr p. big boss, innocence, mstrkrft d.a.n.c.e., hypnotize you