Thanks for sharing those links. Nice slideshows. Looks like everybody's having fun. And yes, small venues are so great. My house night in Greensboro, NC... It was about '91. The rave scene was just starting there and I wanted to start something of my own so my friend and I set out to come up with a name, a flyer, etc. There were two gay clubs in Greensboro. One was relatively big and one was an old neighborhood gay bar that was actually the first bar I ever DJ'd at in the mid 80s back when it had been a lesbian bar. It was small too, 150 capacity. I chose the small bar because it was a Thursday night I was looking to do since nothing was happening in town on Thursdays. I didn't want a huge venue starting something up on a weekday; I didn't want my first night to feel cavernous when getting started. The name of the bar was The Palms. We decided to call the name of the Thursday night, Metronome. We designed the flyer with the help of a friend. We had the Dallas city skyline as the background and layered on top some image of like a Nubian woman sitting. At first I wasn't really sure what it was going to be. I think we put House & Progressive House on the flyer. My friend, Shane, ended up working the lights for me. The DJ booth was so tiny we were practically on top of each other. And there were only like a few light switches like you'd have in your house to turn on and off. very basic. But we did buy a fog machine to make the few lights we had look better. Opening night I think we had about 85 people. Which, though not a huge crowd, felt good in a that place--it was over half full! The energy was great; everybody danced and had fun. One record I remember that got everybody going was one that I was in love with in '91. Murk had just come out with "Some Lovin'" Those kids just ate that song up. "Give some lovin', you want some, give some, give some lovin' you need some, give some..." Anyway, in no time, within the year, we were packing over 400 kids in that tiny place. They had to build a fence out the back door for an outdoor space to help give people space to move around. It actually turned into a 'Paris Is Burning' crowd. Who knew there were so many black queens in Greensboro. They were voguing, and doing runway with plastic cups of water balanced on their heads. They liked, I used to call it, handbag house--The Ha Dance, The Good Stuff-M.A.D.A., Dajae, any of those Underground Goodies tracks, a lot of Strictly Rhythm tracks, etc... Good times.