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 From: tj@nospam.com 
  
 LOL, sad T shirts were definitely less evident this year! 
  
 On the whole though technology wise though I found it a great improvement on 
 previous years as i missed the last couple of events for pretty much exactly 
 the reasons mentioned. 
  
 Technics effort with the benefit of their additional development time was 
 awesome, did you get to play with them ? 
  
 Ally the Tech's with a Traktor system (already possible) and I think we'll 
 all be using something very similar 10 years from now whether we like it or 
 not. 
  
 TJ 
  
  
 "Stig Bronson"  wrote in message 
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 >  
 > 
 > Sadly going down the toilet. Having attended since the days of olympia I 
 > have to say what a piss poor effort it has become. 
 > 
 > The days of the great impressive lightshows from Clay Paky, NJD, Martin & 
 > Abstract have gone. 
 > 
 > Here are my PLASA awards: 
 > 
 > Most Stupid Entry System 
 > €12 for a piece of paper - move to that desk to fill it in, then to that 
 one 
 > for a badge, then to that one for a wallet and entry. Thank god I had a 
 > badge. 
 > 
 > Most mad concept - Having to pay to view gear that people want to sell. 
 > Ummmm 
 > 
 > Worst Event of the day 
 > Carl 'bore the fuck out of us all' tuff-enough Brown - for managing to 
 play 
 > nearly every choon ever made with his name in it (nearly got the golden 
 > goose egg thrown at him - wanka) 
 > 
 > Abstract Award of Build Quality 
 > 101 things to do with an old fire exit sign and some small lamps 
 > 
 > Denon + Pioneer & Technics joint stupidity award for assuming all club 
 > owners and DJ's want cd decks that can be scrathed with 
 > 
 > Native Instruments for simular stupidity but replace CD with PC 
 > 
 > Emission for there complete screw up attempt to market PCDJ in the UK. 
 > Displaying the wonderful PCDJ FX with karaoke plugin and unable to 
 > demonstrate it working on 2 screen - That wins the Kermit The Frog aware 
 of 
 > stand planning. 
 > 
 > The how much money have you got award going to all stand holders for 
 staring 
 > at every badge to see how much money it was worth. 
 > 
 > Still on the plus side - many less sad mobile DJ's wearing crap made Tee 
 > Shirts & jackets bearing things like 'Moonlight Disco DJ Pastit" -  a 
 light 
 > relief. And not too many muppets lining up to have a go on the Gemini DJ 
 > stand for that prestigious 5 minute slot playing to the 'nobody cares' 
 > crowd. 
 > 
 > All in all - going downhill 
 > Look out for Plasa 2004 - with even less effort from the exhibitors, more 
 > products nobody wants and can afford, Sausage rolls at only €4 and a 
 > reshuffle of the entry stupidity to include no less than 5 stops to get 
 in. 
 > 
 > 
 > Errr - so basically I was not as delighted with it as you............ 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
  
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