Starfire this month was the 12th anniversary event.  Congratulations on 12 years, Starfire!  I remember going to the 7 year anniversary at Club Code.  It’s been five years since then, wow.

Even though it was the anniversary special, they didn’t do anything special other than give out anniversary keitai straps like they do every year.   No prize raffle, no performance, no drinking game.  There were so few people at Starfire this month too, even less than on a normal month.  Bancho said they’ll do something big for the 15th anniversary.  I wonder where I will be during the 15th anniversary.  Age 32, still going to Starfire?  Hopefully

It was sad when Many, the Canadian exchange student, went back home a few weeks ago, but now we have yet another new gaijin paralist joining us in Tokyo for a few months – Felipe from Brazil.  I was surprised that he knows a lot of dances and he speaks Japanese really well, so I’m sure he’ll fit right in.

The euro lesson this month was ALIX / MAXMISIN’ from SEB 215.   Techno was a techno remix of the SEF euro In My Arms.  Both were average in my opinion.

After the lesson DJ Teru announced that he’s taking a leave of absence from Starfire.

Bancho also announced that in May they’re doing a Nagoya tour.  I really want to go!

Then they brought out the tequila and made the Tequila 5 get on stage and drink.  They were using the tequila instead of champagne for people’s birthdays last night too, yuck.  It wasn’t nice tequila either.  I was afraid I wasn’t going to be able to drink at Starfire because I came down with tonsillitis a few days earlier, but I was back to normal by the weekend so I decided to be bad and skip the antibiotics for a few days so I could drink, haha.  Drinks at Pasela are really strong now, almost as bad as at a-life.

In Ginza in the morning as we were leaving Starfire they were setting up for the Tokyo marathon. But I went home and slept.

Happy 12th Anniversary, Starfire!

Last night was the first SEF of the new year and the first SEF at its new venue at Maharaja.  If I had to describe it in one word it would be “small”….   Everyone I talked to was saying the same thing. “It’s too small”  “It’s so crowded” “I knew it would be small but this is too small.”  They made three small circles on the dance floor during the euro sets and even then everyone didn’t fit on the dance floor.  The second most popular comment of the night was “There are too many events at Maharaja and they all feel the same now.  I can’t tell if this is SEF or Magical Rave or Tenkaichi.”  I felt that way too.  In your head you associate an event with the venue.  A-life was a good match for SEF but I guess it was too expensive.  But all that aside it was still a fun night.  All the regulars were there so even though I was there by myself I had fun mingling and dancing all night.  And I do like how I’m friendly with a few of the bartenders at Maharaja now so it’s nice to have them greet you by name and come talk to you, etc.

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