Rabbit in the Moon Roll Call

Anybody going? i havent made up my mind yet. Most of my friends are out of town, and my girlfriend is definitely not going out to a show tonight with the doors opening at 11.

I keep hearing of how their shows are such a not miss experiance, and i have yet to see them. I have seen Monk DJ a couple of times and loved that, and love RITM's recorded output. But the question is, is this worth 25 bucks and going alone?

Originally posted by killsaly:
Anybody going? i havent made up my mind yet. Most of my friends are out of town, and my girlfriend is definitely not going out to a show tonight with the doors opening at 11.

I keep hearing of how their shows are such a not miss experiance, and i have yet to see them. I have seen Monk DJ a couple of times and loved that, and love RITM's recorded output. But the question is, is this worth 25 bucks and going alone?

I can guarantee you won't be alone :eek:

I'm going; don't know what to expect but I'm hoping there's room to move around.

If anyone has clue on start/stop times, kindly post

I'm going; don't know what to expect but I'm hoping there's room to move around.

If anyone has clue on start/stop times, kindly post

ok, maybe not alone, but not with anybody.

Originally posted by bnyced0:
I can guarantee you won't be alone :eek:

reports, anyone? were you alone?!? what was the show like? two djs behind decks? a band? dancers on stage? cool lights?

wish i could have been there… i'm about to shove off in the moving truck. DC, i'll miss you!

yeah, how was it? i skipped it and stayed home. too late, too expensive and i was too tired.

Eh— it wasn't all-that!
Cool costumes, cool effects, somewhat-decent images on screens. The music wasn't stellar – not bad, just not awfully inspiring.

The concept is nice; I'd think it'd go over really well like in a tent at a big festival. But for a 930 setup – certainly not a must-see.

Nice-looking crowd, cool scene.

i was there and it fukkin rocked ! crowd was going crazy and it was just damn good ! every bit as trancy as a regular dj and then some

I have to agree with byronesque. Unbelievable show, I'd never even heard of them until like a week before, it was the wifes idea. I tried to get her up onstage for the grinder thing against the mask that makes the sparks fly, but he picked the girl right in front of us. I'd definetely see that show again. The decade CD is great. Was hoping to see Sonick there but I'm sure he's been there, done that.

thanks for all the reports… but by my reading, no one has actually described the show. "every bit as trancy as a regular dj and then some" - does this mean there wasn't a "regular DJ" on stage? who was wearing costumes - dancers on stage?

sorry if i'm pestering for details… i've been a low-grade fan of RitM for years, and i have no idea what their live show is like - but i'm told that it is indeed a sight to behold. based on several folks' reactions here, i wasn't misled :)

edit: some pix available on their website, but the website doesn't look to be very updated ("upcoming live shows" all in 2006) - are the pix representative of this week's show?

I dont know much about them except what I've listened to for the last week and the DVD that came with the Decade CD. My wife says he's the same DJ thats been with Rabbit since the Miami days. There was only one fire dancer that came out for two songs and the costumes were endless. From the green one where he had the long arms to the pointy yellow one. He came out with the Big eye that looks at the crowd and shows the crowd when the eye is looking at you, and of course he had the big ball that he gets in and comes out into the crowd while they bounce him into the air, thats when he wears the custom with all the glow sticks. He of course throws all the glow sticks into the crowd after. He wore that strange beast costume when he did the sparks to the helmet routine.

Hope that helped a little.

Originally posted by Buck Satan:
Was hoping to see Sonick there but I'm sure he's been there, done that.

they are playing in Bmore the night before Thanksgiving, at Sonar. I'll definitely be there that night, so come up and see, though it may be the same show…i'd like to see you and your lady again!

Originally posted by le sonick:
I'll definitely be there that night, so come up and see, though it may be the same show…i'd like to see you and your lady again!

well, he's already stated that he'd see that show again (see his first post above) so y'all can get the interstellar buck-sonick lovefest going again (don't forget yer glowsticks, pacifiers and fuzzy clothes optional but appreciated).

i've seen RITM many many times, mostly at large rave parties in the 90s. Ultra Festival, DC Armory, the Whistle Parties in Philly.

its a DJ, used to have another guy or two playing sequencers and keyboards, and then "bunny" who's the crazy guy who dresses in costumes and such. since electronic music isnt always cool to "watch" he was/is a novelty to see.

it was always really cool at the big parties cause the light show was amazing and since DJs rarely brought anyones attention to a certain place in the venue, RITM was cool cause they did that. and , of course, being fucked up out of your mind and 19 years old probably adds to the excitement.

cant speak for what style of music they play anymore since i "retired"!!!

here's a (probably) old pic of bunny.

<img src="http://www.jivemagazine.com/2000/04-01-2000-LiquifiedUniverse-NATC/DJs/Rabbit_in_the_Moon/big/100-rabbitinthemoon.JPG" alt=" - " />

Originally posted by le sonick:
the Whistle Parties

a large dark room full of teenage glow-stick-weaving candy-ravers, high on chemicals… all with whistles. blowing them whenever they please, occasionally even to the beat.

my personal definition of hell.

He definetely wore that costume Friday night. As for the whistle blowers, there were none, but plenty of glow sticks. I'll talk to the lady about Baltimore. Hopefully, she doesnt have to start Thanksgiving dinner that night.

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by le sonick:
the Whistle Parties

a large dark room full of teenage glow-stick-weaving candy-ravers, high on chemicals… all with whistles. blowing them whenever they please, occasionally even to the beat.

my personal definition of hell.

i'm assuming youre kidding, the parties were called "Whistle" (and then whistle 2, whistle 3 etc) people werent blowing whistles.

i'm guessing you never actually went to a "rave".

Originally posted by le sonick:
i'm assuming youre kidding, the parties were called "Whistle" (and then whistle 2, whistle 3 etc) people werent blowing whistles.

i'm guessing you never actually went to a "rave".

actually, i wasn't kidding. back in the day they had "whistle raves" where everyone was encouraged to bring a whistle. preferred musical genre was happy hardcore. never went to one but heard the stories… ugh. glad to hear the philly "whistle" parties weren't of this genre.

i've been to a few straight-up raves in my early partying days (96-97) in the toronto area, but transitioned over to psytrance soon after. i went to WEMF'98 and spent the entire weekend in the psytrance tent, don't think i spent more than 15 minutes at any other stage/tent. i'll spare this board the etymological debate on the differences between "raves" and "psytrance parties", to the casual observer i suspect they're the same anyways (biggest difference being the smell ;) ).

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by le sonick:
i'm assuming youre kidding, the parties were called "Whistle" (and then whistle 2, whistle 3 etc) people werent blowing whistles.

i'm guessing you never actually went to a "rave".

actually, i wasn't kidding. back in the day they had "whistle raves" where everyone was encouraged to bring a whistle. preferred musical genre was happy hardcore. never went to one but heard the stories…

i think those whistle raves you heard of were either really sparsely attended or somewhat of a one time thing cause i never heard of one happening and i used to trapse from Toronto to Miami , but it DOES sound annoying.

i wont get into discussing raves/psytrance either cause yeah, most ppl would be bored…but this IS the rabbit in the moon thread.

can i just say that between 1993 and 2000 when i was going to parties/raves/clubs every weekend, there was MAYBE 5% of the people who wore fuzzy clothes and had pacifiers and maybe 10% used glowsticks. those numbers dropped in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago but doubled in New York, North Carolina, Detroit and Florida.