http://www.grooveboston.com The latest news from GrooveBoston Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:39:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2008 has been an amazing year in the magical world of the Mobile Club.  As we settle in for a little holiday down time (and the fabled GB Holiday Crew Party), I want to thank everyone with whom we've crossed paths with over the past twelve months.  In our craziest year yet, ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/12/22/257/ ...just add GrooveBoston. When we got the call that it was once again time for the legendary MCPHS Harvest Ball, we broke out our huge Mythbusters-style design paper and some silver sharpies. The task was to turn the Boston Park Plaza's Imperial Ballroom into an INTENSE club experience for 1,000 students ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/11/26/instant-dance-club/ As the Providence College volunteers know all too well, there's a lot of intense case pushing, stage building, and other prep work that goes into the perfect dance party.  I'd consider myself a connoisseur of production gadgetry, and I love the design and build process.  But come on... the party ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/11/14/talib-kweli/ Whew!  It's been busy lately in GB land.  When we sat down to brainstorm for our presence at this year's NACA conference, we couldn't help but notice how nice it is to SIT and relax every once in a while.   While a far cry from the normal up-all-night sweaty dance ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/11/13/skip-the-inflatable-couch/ Every college has one. We're not talking a Google Maps, get-right-where-you're-going, detailed-and-to-scale version... oh no. These bad boys look like an oil painting where Bob Ross (RIP my curly friend) went a little overboard with the happy trees. Here at GrooveBoston, we appreciate the beauty of these works of art. However, they ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/10/29/campus-maps/ It had been cloudy all day, with a little rain here and there.  No big deal, though; we got the generator in, built the truss, flew a bunch of speakers, and put amber gel in the lights to give the bar tent that warm, inviting feel (sounds pleasant, doesn't it?).  ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/10/29/club-typhoon/ Last Thursday morning, we headed out on a long day of leaf peeping, stopping occasionally to pick up sound and lighting gear.  The ride would leave us in Amherst, poised for an early start to our Friday build at UMass. [caption id="attachment_197" align="alignright" width="251" caption="BobbyD and Springer check out some hoops ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/10/22/mines-only-45/ We heard through the grapevine that RWU's Chameleon Club theme was going to be "The 60s," and while we've heard that it was a crazy decade... well come on... dance music has come a long way since then.  So we were relieved to hear that the theme would be only ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/09/22/oh-no-not-the-hop/ [flv:fb08.flv 450 333] At 6pm last Friday, the GB crew sat down to a tasty, outdoor Italian dinner.  Not bad, right?  It had been a long day, with gear coming in by the truckload from far and wide, but we were on-schedule, and a BEAST of a system was standing by ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/09/10/gonna-make-you-sweat/ It's been a beautiful summer.  In addition to some much-needed down time after the spring craziness, the team has been working hard to perfect and enhance the machine that is GrooveBoston. After the GB Team Summit and the International DJ Expo, we've got new gear, new crew, and new ideas to ... http://www.grooveboston.com/2008/09/02/back-to-school/