After about a year I got a chance to finally go to a rave. This was a quiet party at a new location (to me). Thrasher Land is a dirt bike race track West of Phoenix. Although there weren't that many people out there I wasn't that disappointed. Maybe because I wasn't expecting much to begin with.

I saw only a handful of familiar faces and caught up a little on the news and gossip. Can't believe how many people went to jail or got into trouble since last I had seen them. Everyone agrees the scene is not what it used to be. I remember the last Easter moon I went to. What a buzz! What a great vibe that had.

This party had a very different vibe to it. There were two stages. The first one had heavy metal rock blasting when I arrived. Then followed by a live hip-hop band and finally a funky break set attended by about five people. The main stage where the Moon tribe spun had a much better vibe. Daniel, Trevor and Brad spun great sets each and some people even began to dance. I danced quite a bit myself. But after an entire year, I was a bit rusty. Besides it was cold and the ground was very uneven and uncomfortable so I didn't dance as much as I would have liked to.

There wasn't much to photograph at this party and my so called state of the art all new digital camera was acting up again in the cold. Basically, I photographed a few fire dances in a half hearted way and that's about it. I left at around 4 am. Like I said, I didn't feel the old vibe there, but the whole point was to take a piece of the old magic and carry it with you for the rest of your life. Which I always will. See you in another year or so... unless you can let me know of a good party with the old vibe and I'll see if I can sneak away from work again;)

Ramy