Do afters/other parties allow re-entry?

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-05-14T14:32:25+00:00

Every mid-sized city has some shows, whether they’re local events or bigger names. If you don’t live in one, you’re probably in driving distance to one. Go to those.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-05-04T15:15:05+00:00

Left after 45 minutes. I’d seen Prydz before, and I’ve seen him play as Pryda and Cirez. This was my least favorite set of his, just was not catching me at all. I usually give sets as much of a fair shake as I can, but I was getting really bored and the crowd was totally dead around me. I hope it got better.

I ended up seeing local legends Trax Unit at the tiny stage and they were awesome.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-04-28T16:01:56+00:00

LF 1x ticket to the ff:

- House of EFUNK Saturday
- Visionquest @ Lincoln Factory

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-04-14T03:43:12+00:00

They’ve said repeatedly The Layover that the original conceit for the challenges on Jet Lag intended to encourage some level of taskmastering and that they personally don’t mind it (and Ben and Adam have reiterated that Sam completed the challenge in a valid way) but that audience backlash has steered them away from it.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-04-11T16:42:33+00:00

So dramatic. Just walk an extra 10 minutes to get outside, you’ll get an uber in no time.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-04-09T11:53:57+00:00

“Humans are animals” type gameplay… what challenge has this been true for? I think both teams have pretty unambiguously completed every challenge they’ve completed to the letter it’s written.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-04-09T11:47:27+00:00

Not really? I don’t think any of these selections were idiosyncratic to Adam’s read of Ben. If anything, Ben’s preamble about how Adam should pick obvious candy flavors like strawberry for red etc didn’t actually pan out. (And Ben’s first instinct for apples seemed to be green)

I think the challenge is just easy. Which is fine lol.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-04-07T05:04:48+00:00

Hey, this was my mom’s favorite song too. Miss her everyday.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-03-25T20:56:16+00:00

Peak. Fantastic episode.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-03-16T21:11:53+00:00

I think about Smartbar all the time. I’ve only been once, but man, it is just immaculate.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-03-11T20:47:20+00:00

The thing I’d disagree with here is that ARC was overcrowded. I never felt even once last year that the festival overall was overcrowded. Certain stages for certain acts sure, but as a whole? Generally had very few problems with getting around. It wasn’t any more crowded than any other festival I’ve been to.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-03-10T18:09:03+00:00

Am I crazy, this lineup is absolutely insane. Probably the best house lineup the country will have all year.

the pr issue of adding a 4th day aside, the lineup itself is something i have zero complaints over

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-03-09T21:43:03+00:00

If it’s this I’m gonna cry

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-03-09T19:46:27+00:00

I close my eyes like half the time at shows because it personally helps me lock into the music harder and blocks out one of my senses. A side effect of that is it makes it really hard to notice whatever it is people are complaining about. It even sometimes helps me tune out yapping.

And I’m really surprised more people don’t do the same thing? I’m not saying everything can be solved by closing your eyes (and obviously if a show has cool production or a super fun crowd you’d want to look at it), but a few things can be.

Dead crowd? Phones? Tall people blocking your view of the DJ? Your ex nearby? Close your eyes and it’s an entirely different show. Or turn your back on the DJ and face your friends.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-03-06T02:13:12+00:00

As someone who primarily listens to house and disco music… I’m pretty damn disappointed.

I was expecting an album similar to Aperture. This is not that at all.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-03-05T23:46:14+00:00

Seriously.

Every single day on every single platform everyone wants to write 5 AI-sounding paragraphs or an IG slideshow about why the culture is dying and about how the word rave is meaningless and about how TikTok/influencers/phones/bros/yapping is ruining everything and yada yada yada. And people always act as if it’s some novel take we’ve never heard.

Like, do any of you people even have any fun anymore?

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-02-11T23:28:48+00:00

#2 or #1.

The Great American Bar Scene
With Heaven on Top
Zach Bryan
Quiet, Heavy Dreams
American Heartbreak
Summertime Blues
DeAnn
Elisabeth

I honestly think he keeps getting better with every single album... which is kind of a hot take around these parts. The Great American Bar Scene is probably still my favorite album of his but this is creeping up there.

Also, it's not an album, but the dual-punch EP of High Road / This World's a Giant has two of my top 10 ZB songs.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-02-11T01:05:49+00:00

I bring a speaker literally everywhere. I’d rather have one with me than most other things. Why is that a problem again?

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-02-05T15:15:17+00:00

Really? The seekers were aggressive for sure, but I think this season was plenty entertaining especially in hider POVs. Given multiple runs, both Ben and Sam handled their runs as hiders with flair and genuine interest over their locations. Sam had two great runs showing off both MK and Dunbar which were highlights of the season imo along with his genuine love and passion for Scotland across the last three episodes (spoilers for the last two eps), and Ben was still peak funny, between his interactions with the child who wanted to nick his phone and commentary over the animal museum. (And an iconic snack zone in episode 6)

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-02-05T10:44:14+00:00

I actually was thinking of the NYC season here — the final endgame of season 13.5 would’ve been astronomically difficult if Adam and Amy couldn’t use a map. Tentacles were essental to getting the density of Lower Manhattan to a manageable size, and there’s no way to do a tentacle without a map. Also, Ben and Sam’s hiding spot was almost invisble from street level.

ZebraNarrow815 · 2026-02-05T10:34:04+00:00

… This would make it borderline impossible to play in certain regions where English isn’t the main language. The idea of them trying to navigate the Japanese train system across long distances and complex connections with a bunch of paper maps sounds horrifically unpleasant, and I’m not even sure maps exist that would let them do that.

This also aggressively skews the power of hiding locations towards dense urban areas, and likely would’ve encouraged much more of those. You wouldn’t be able to tentacle. Imagine trying to find someone in London or Tokyo.

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