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Great show. I wasn't going in with much expectations. I heard NYPC's debut "Fantastic Playroom" and I've been feeling the singles off of it for about a year now, but I guess it's true what they say about some acts: Sometimes it's better onstage than on wax. The first half was the warm-up, but by the time "The Get Go" kicked in, I had my hands in the air the rest of the night. Their style is very coercive. Even if you went in not expecting to have a good time, by the end your silly ass is hooting along.

My highlights were the former along with "Grey" and "Get Lucky." Overall, the song that wowed me and made me a believer in the live-ness that is NYPC was when Tahita and crew kicked in with a no-holds-barred rendition of Technotronic's warhorse "Pump Up The Jam." It was like someone swtiched on a power generator in the venue because as soon as Tahita sang the opening lines everybody was chanting along, jumping and KILLING IT. KILLING THE SHIT. HA!



The energy in that place was too much by that point. Sweaty bodies banging against each other and neon lights channelling through the intermitted blackouts. It was a scene in there. During the blackouts, I will admit, I did start a nocturnal kind-of cooing noise that echoed in near the front of the stage and had a chain effect before they reemerged during the encore with "The Bomb."

Labelmate Muscles preceeded their set with tunes from his current debut; and it was the after-show spot for the duo known as Simian Mobile Disco, who came in afterwards and did a cool little DJ set.

Sidenote: I had a great time, but it was stinging because a day after I became mildly sick as a result of dehydration.

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[Edited 10/26/07 10:05am]

Cool pics Mara!