Shrine @ Rising Sun, Saturday 5th February 2005

Why oh why do events in Auckland start so darn late? (Or perhaps I should be asking why punters in this town only turn up after midnight...) Anyhow, a respectable reporting time of 10.45pm saw just myself, three others and several DJs rattling around in Rising Sun. Had everyone gone to Raglan for the weekend? Uncle Barney and Selecta Sam gamely filled the void on decks until the place started filling up just before 12. Team Natural Disasters were the first jockeys to actually get some punters onto the dancefloor. (DJ Shagpile steps in as usual with his signature tune, Deee-Lite's Groove is in the Heart, Godzilla trundles out his old standby, a 7-inch ska reggae version of Ring of Fire). Boogie woogie indeed.

Fine Shrine

Despite the low turnout, most of the town's funk intelligentsia seemed to be in attendance (several fellow Dollars, at least three Piping Hot Grits and their pimped-out white suited gogo girls, representing like extras from a Cyndi Lauper music video). Unfortunately my committment to actually getting some things done in daylight hours this weekend meant I bugged out at just after 1am, leaving the gathering crowd to dance the night away... hope it was fun.