Comments on: Sleepless in Toronto (or No Sleep ‘Till North York): Nuit Blanche 2007 http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:07:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Wesley http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-12619 Wesley Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:40:25 +0000 http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/#comment-12619 Yeah, Nuit Blanche in general was pretty much a gong show until the crowds began to thin out after midnight. Our experience at Ghost Station was much more sedate, though it did have all the atmosphere of a dingy club's chillout room. With a furry. Yeah, Nuit Blanche in general was pretty much a gong show until the crowds began to thin out after midnight. Our experience at Ghost Station was much more sedate, though it did have all the atmosphere of a dingy club’s chillout room. With a furry.

]]> By: jordan http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-12617 jordan Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:37:14 +0000 http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/#comment-12617 Ah, the old police station is also used as a Metro Works garage! I was driven home by the crowds at a packed Bay station, with two Special Constables yelling "THIS ENTRANCE IS NOW CLOSED. YOU MUST GO AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE AND ENTER THERE." (of course, as soon as we got to the door). We go to the other side, marked by EXIT ONLY signs, with a steady stream of people coming out... so I streamed right onto a westbound train. My friend's experience at Ghost Station was analogous to your "look at the fucking art" guy – a dude playing an accordion obnoxiously traipsed through the station, providing a not-so-appropriate counterpoint to the sublime vibrations! I'm all for accordions all over the city, but wtf, not in someone's sound piece!!! (actually, not in most art-viewing circumstances) Ah, the old police station is also used as a Metro Works garage!

I was driven home by the crowds at a packed Bay station, with two Special Constables yelling “THIS ENTRANCE IS NOW CLOSED. YOU MUST GO AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE AND ENTER THERE.” (of course, as soon as we got to the door). We go to the other side, marked by EXIT ONLY signs, with a steady stream of people coming out… so I streamed right onto a westbound train.

My friend’s experience at Ghost Station was analogous to your “look at the fucking art” guy – a dude playing an accordion obnoxiously traipsed through the station, providing a not-so-appropriate counterpoint to the sublime vibrations! I’m all for accordions all over the city, but wtf, not in someone’s sound piece!!! (actually, not in most art-viewing circumstances)

]]> By: Wesley http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-12616 Wesley Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:22:58 +0000 http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/#comment-12616 Not White Line Light (though I heard that was interesting); just across the street from Lamport, a couple of bands were playing the vehicle maintenance garage until 5am or so. Basically I wanted to go just for the experience of seeing a concert in a warehouse-type setting (just like in the movies, yo!) but it turns out it wasn't that great anyways, as all the lights were on for the performances anyways. Not White Line Light (though I heard that was interesting); just across the street from Lamport, a couple of bands were playing the vehicle maintenance garage until 5am or so. Basically I wanted to go just for the experience of seeing a concert in a warehouse-type setting (just like in the movies, yo!) but it turns out it wasn’t that great anyways, as all the lights were on for the performances anyways.

]]> By: jordan http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-12615 jordan Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:31:14 +0000 http://www.chrominance.net/2007/10/sleepless-in-toronto-or-no-sleep-till-north-york-nuit-blanche-2007/#comment-12615 "we never got to see anyone play the Metro Works maintenance garage (we’d arrived between shows and didn’t think we had enough time to see Ghost Station)" White Line Light? It was my favourite installation of the evening (yeah, of the TWO I visited before I got pissed off and went home). Don't worry, no music went down – the listing was deliberately vague as even the day of they weren't sure if a set was going to happen (we were hoping for a Carsten Nicolai set but were relieved when we left and it didn't happen). The ol' police station was pretty awesome though. “we never got to see anyone play the Metro Works maintenance garage (we’d arrived between shows and didn’t think we had enough time to see Ghost Station)”

White Line Light? It was my favourite installation of the evening (yeah, of the TWO I visited before I got pissed off and went home). Don’t worry, no music went down – the listing was deliberately vague as even the day of they weren’t sure if a set was going to happen (we were hoping for a Carsten Nicolai set but were relieved when we left and it didn’t happen).

The ol’ police station was pretty awesome though.

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