Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to tell you guys a story that happened to me yesterday. After having a killer day spinning records with Loic and Ernie I was looking forward to checking out a club in Honolulu called the Pipeline. I had never been before and had never seen Paul Brandon play. So because I am so damn adventures I decided to go despite the bad reviews I had heard from friends. So just like any other night on my way to a party I put on my nice wide dancing pants and my brand new dark blue hoodie. There is something about putting on a pair of phat pants that tuns on a switch in myself and turns me into a boogie machine. Just like the bell bottoms in the disco era and the cowboy hat in a country line dance the phat pants and hoodie will always be a part of the dance music culture no matter what modern-day society wants it to be.

Any ways back to the story. So the line was around the building but I was meeting friends there and still looked forward to at least going in for a bit and hopefully after checking out a beach party. So after waiting in line for an hour with my friends we finally get to the front of the line. As we are being let in the door man stops the line right with me in front so I get separated from my friends. No big deal but then he makes me wait in line at the front for 10 minuets more. Finally he decides to open the gate and takes another look at me after he has been looking at me for the past 10 minuets and says you are not getting in with that shirt and immediately makes me get out of line and wont let me back in after I have already paid 15 dollars for a pre-sale ticket. I know this might sound stupid to the average person but this meant a lot to me as I have made dance music and the culture my life. It is to me my vehicle to express myself not only as a dj but also as a dancer. Yes I might dress like the typical raver but isn't that a slice of the culture. Since when was wearing phat pants and a hoodie a crime. All it is is a fun way to dress that accentuates the movements and style of dancing I do when I hear dance music. To me I live for the party and I always set forth a positive energy to every event. I go to be apart of the experience and to show the dj and audience how much I love and appreciate the moments on the dance floor.

So as I left the line I walked to the car and just laughed but deep inside I felt a bit hurt because for all the years I have put into the dance music scene I never thought I would not be let in because of my cloths or what type of person I may represent. I know it is under the discretion of the club to let in who he wants but when they have a rave with a 100,000 dollar light show and two rooms with 10 djs and not expect some one to show up with phat pants and a free loving attitude thats bullshit. The pipeline is not that nice of a club. I come from Chicago and I know a fancy club when I see one and I know when to dress up and when I shouldn't. I was not the only one looking like I did but yet I was the only one I saw to not be let in.

For a second I thought of taking off my shirt and trying it again but I thought to myself that for everything I have ever stood up for in life would of not have mattered if I went back to that club. Damn it, there are places for people like me to go and that night it was the beach. Thanks to who ever is up there that Hawaii has some of the best beaches in the world and some of the coolest and most real people. Because for all the asshole doormen that are out there there are those dedicated souls that work very hard to put on the events that let people of all types and colors to experience freely and enjoy the true essence of what a party really is.

So in conclusion Paul Brandon if you get a chance to read this and if you don't want people like me to come to your shows then why are you playing at all? I know you had no control but damn brotha what happened to respecting the music and the culture that made dance music what it is today. Stand up to free self expression no matter what it is because if we don't then nothing would be worth it.

I wrote this rant to just give people a look into a slice of the night life that should always be know for what it truly is and that is a waist of time and money because money and control is all they want.

Stand up for what you believe in my sisters and brothers!

Peace, love, and disco
Spacelotus