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I’m WAY behind in Java right now and trying desperately to catch up. Something that’s really helping is listening to Armin Van Buuren’s A State of Trance 427 show on XM Radio Online Channel 80 (Area). I think I get more done with this playing, and I don’t get frustrated as often while bouncing as I code. More info on the weekly show, a tracklist, and where else you can hear or download it here. There are some really good tracks on this.

He actually just came on the mic and mentioned that he just finished up a tour in the U.S. where he had some “really good gigs” (certainly the best of which was the one I attended in Chicago ), and he said he played “Super8 & Tab – Irufushi (Original Mix)” at almost all of them. I’m listening to it now. I can’t recall whether this was played at the Aragon, but I like it!

I’ve been really busy for a couple weeks, then I got sick for a couple days this week, and then I’ve just been catching up and getting stuff done…so I apologize for the delinquency of this post.

Thanks to Emma, her boyfriend, online games that allow you to apply points to concert-ticket raffles, and KISS FM, I enjoyed one of five free tickets to see Armin van Buuren last Friday night, October 9th, at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. In a word, it was pure joy. I know, that might sound silly for a DJ concert, but it’s the truth. Remember, I was DJ Unia. I had the turntables all the big-time DJs had, at the time, and the headphones (but a cheaper mixer, because that stuff was expensive enough). So I would say that this concert was pretty amazing. I’m pissed because right now, I’m missing ATB at Vision (arrrrrgh!)…but I couldn’t afford to go up there again this weekend, so I’ll just have to miss this one. At least I know I can check out Vision, SoundBar, and the Aragon for future trance shows.

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You can’t argue that these aren’t some of the best resources for trance music on the net:

ETN.fm and
Discover Trance (formerly Liquid.fm).

Hi everyone,

I’ve obviously been doing things other than blogging here (I used the word “blog”–and as a VERB!!) for a few months now. I have a lot of ideas for my little jewelry business but haven’t had much time at all lately to work on jewelry. It will happen, though, I promise. I’m going to make a purchase soon of some more basic materials on a larger scale and start putting stuff together that I think others will like.

I plan to move this site to another host and update WordPress and things like that on the back end–that’s one reason I haven’t been updating it lately. Anyway, this post is meant to catch you up on what I’ve been up to recently.

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