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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Dancing to the Beats! GreenMonkeyNYC's Jungle Bungle!!
It is so awesome to see fresh party throwers rising up! You have the already known and established organizations like NYCR and Caffeine producing these amazingly huge events... and then you have the "little guy" working tirelessly to basically compete with what the other is offering. In this case you had an amazing party, with many great vibes, an awesome addition done in a new way, all with being the first production by this team ever! Big-Ole-Shout-Out to GreenmonkeyNYC's Murrmaidd and J Monster for pulling this one off!
Lets start with the Lab. It's a great spot! Power Ravers proved that to me back in December when the Megazord was put up. I mean, even before that when I watched Sam's (EpicLink) slide show video of Tight Crew's Super Mario Party 3 (!!), the decorations made for this place have been pretty epic! For Jungle Bungle the decor was sick with tiki men, roots and leaves strewn across the ceiling, cut and painted cloth, faux plants all over, and awesome lights bouncing all over! That was all thanks to the set up crew of Kevin Sarcastic, Sue Sarcastic, Sid Sprouts, Tara Tiger, and Michelle with Tomato at point! Place looked awesome, and even more so with the GreenMonkeyGogo girls! They were all decked out with the jungle look, Tara actually sported the craziest mask I've ever seen! It was her shaman headpiece that was the skull of what looked like a Cubone (pokemon [duh]) or something! It was great seeing people get into the mood of the theme!
The music was kicking ass all night, from sexy drum and bass tracks, to dubstep, to some moombahton, the bass was always kicking! I thoroughly enjoyed Jake Dukes and W@x's set together, that brought me back to a couple months ago when you always saw them spinning together. Even people that have never heard them before were telling me how much they loved it. For most of the hour set, Jake was sporting a scoodie made by Electrik Graffiti, which brings us to the "awesome addition in a new way"...
Jake Dukes Sporting an Electrik Graffiti Scoodie By: Paus3
...The Electrik Graffiti vendor table. I'm not a rave veteran, I've only seen so many within the past few months, but this was totally new. They had three tables set up under a white tent. Around the sides opposite the table they put up awesome backdrops, included one that had UV reactive paint on it. The whole place was glowing, which was quite appropriate with their wares... party toys (glove sets, glow sticks, light balls, LED pacifiers), and custom-furry-hand-made scoodies! Their scoodies are so warm and soft, and so many people were wearing them! The also served as a relaxation spot where people got light shows, massages, and just sat and chilled for a second. Electrik Graffiti will be around for more events, be sure to stop by and say hi!
The vibes were overall positive throughout the night. People were dancing, getting light shows going over to Pixel for UV body painting, or climbing over the beloved Kevin Carpet to grab a smoke or some fresh air outside. I actually hung out around Kevin for a little bit to see how people were reacting with him. Some people walked, scuttled, shuffled or danced across him, while a handful of people jumped over him. I even heard someone deny that there was anyone actually rolled up inside. He's one hell of a good carpet! Whether upstairs or downstairs, it felt great to be around so many smiling faces.
Bam Bam ad Cloud Melting Face in a Double By: Paus3
One thing that was a little disappointing was a fellow glover and [OWL] lost her glove that night. She was so upset about it. While there were many people on the hunt for the glove, it never turned up. Until pictures were released the next day and the photographer Teaz actually snapped a shot of the glove on the ground and a young lady bending over to pick it up. Anyone would hate to loose their stuff, so if you know this person, let's all reach out and find out if she has the glove, and to return it to it's rightful owner. If anyone was seen Yoyo glove, you know how talented she is, and she really misses her glove. A large portion of the gloving community is reaching out to help the glove find it's way back to Yoyo.
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