This is probly a private story, but wtf.

This track (REZ) defined my adolescence. My older sister was a party kid (read: raver) and I thought she and her boyfriend were just about the coolest people on the planet when I was about 14. She had crazy colored hair and hosted all her crew's house parties at our house. He was an "agro-skater" as we called them in the mid-90s, and he taught me how to grind rails and do stairs backward. I used to hang around them like the classic cloying little brother, just trying to absorb all their coolness by proxmosis (that's a term for proximity osmosis I just made up).

Late one night, my sister came in to my room when I was in bed and she popped a disc into my stereo and cued up track nine on some nameless trance compilation and pressed the repeat button. REZ. I listened to that track over and over as I fell asleep that night, and for many nights after. I don't mean to be saccharine, but I think all your inner fourteen-year-olds will understand when I say that it gave me a sense of the universe, of all the sensory wonders this life and body had to offer, and even some beyond what I thought possible at the time. I can recite every note of that melody and every drum line in the track as if I were breathing. I danced by myself in the reflection of my bedroom window, making sure I could hit every beat and even started making up some silly shit I thought I would never show anyone. I spent about two years soaking up all the trance I could get (and thankfully my tastes grew more mature and eclectic as a result) and before too long, it was my turn to step out into the night.

My first party was a small affair at a tiny little club on 28th street, where I danced for an hour before falling fast asleep. As I came out of it, I thought I was still dreaming. It was about 3:30, and every single person in that club was sweating like a demon in an incredible symphony of movement. The first notes of the REZ melody were just coming in. I stood up, still a little unsure, or perhaps so excited I couldn't really believe it, and began to move. Before I knew it, I was writhing with the abandon I'd taught myself in the bedroom window and I truly had never felt so alive. A friend of mine had taught me how to figure-eight with sticks earlier in the night (we didn't have LEDs quite yet), and within seconds I was off. And people noticed. A lot of people noticed. By the apex of the track, I was at the center of a circle of party veterans, who seemed to see straight into the center of my transcendent bliss. I laughed like a madman. I cried like a baby. I danced like an animal. By the time the next track began to wind it's way in, I had made friends who followed me and whom I followed for years to come. I never heard REZ out at a party again, but I knew I didn't have to. It had given me an incredible gift, and I am still inspired and filled up whenever I hear it.

My sister broke up with that dude, and it turned out she wasn't really a party kid after all. But I was. Through and through I was a party kid. My friends and I, some of us wear suits now (@handmethekeysyou), some are still dancing (@youmakekittymad), some, well who knows...but I really do believe that what cemented my bond to that scene, and to the people I came to love, had a lot to do with REZ.

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I'd say it is a dupe (the original is a bit longer)
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dupe?



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Wow! Skaters have lovely taste, I must say.

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http://i.imgur.com/c2J8s.jpg They are popping up eveywhere!

Love some of the comments from the skaters

- "I think we should get some ice"
- "...For the baby?"
- "Yeaaah"

and

- "Why didn't they just unlock the fucking car?"

*isdupe>> ^Hybrid:

What's amazing @blankfist, is that it is a dupe........... of one of yours
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What's amazing @blankfist, is that it is a dupe........... of one of yours

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Since I'm not privileged someone should tag this 'Ankles of Steel.' As someone who has skated for the majority of my life (I played high school and college roller and ice hockey), I can assure you I have stronger ankles than most. This however, is hardcore. When you've skated most of you life, the blades (or the wheels) become like part of your feet allowing you to do things most can only do standing, but I could not pull that off. (S)He may not be a figure skater but still damn talented.

Seriously though, not as an insult or troll, I couldn't tell the gender of that person. Ponytail, but baggy clothes and hat conceal.

I've seen a lot of painful skater crashes in my day, long before youtube ever came along. I must say, this is first time I've seen one where a kid's board catches him in the crotch so hard the board breaks.

The bar has been raised.

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