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Last Trip To Israel - disaster dj stories from around the world
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 04:23
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Sad story, good to know you're safe and in better health conditions.
Thank you for taking the time to post it here, I took the time to read it all (and believe me, I'm very busy), and you acted bravely.
If I were in your place, right after the hotel room invasion I would probably take a cab to another hotel somewhere safe and never return any of their phone calls. I don't mind paying it from my pocket, clearly it is not safe to stay around these guys.
On a second thought, they would probably kill me in the airport before I leave... 
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 07:07
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After being threatened I would have runned to the embassy of my country XD
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Pelinpala
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 07:49
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hi carl,
saintcarl wrote:
I think you may have misunderstood what said.
Elaborating:
It appears much of your suffering revolved around the fact that you arrived sick and tired which I take it was no fault of the said organizers.
yes being sick made it all like x 10 worse.
-whore hotel
- not feeding the artist
- death threats (and additional mystery threat)
those are points that are very serious.
saintcarl wrote:
The PA guy was probably also acting on his own accord.
yep, that was his very own personal psycho flip-out of the PA (sound system) guy. He was part of the crew though, and his sister was one of the organizers of the event.
saintcarl wrote:
So I take it you are not blaming anyone? Just a bad luck DJ travel story.
blame money and stupidity.
i blame me for not asking everything 100% in advance and going to play for such young and ignorant organizers without soul.
but yes this was a steady stream of unfortunate coincidences.
saintcarl wrote:
Also a question?
Did they pay you nothing at all for either gig? Hotel? Airfare? It is not clear.
- 1 out of 2 gigs left unpayed.
- friends lost (downgraded to the status of: people i know)
its hard enough to go through something like this, but to loose all your friends because of lack of trust in the process is even harder.
i asked for help from my friends, and received none. That is the sickest part of it all.
I seriously hope nothing like this would ever happen to you. ever.
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On 2011-01-24 21:56, saintcarl wrote:
It appears your situation may have been more tolerable had you not arrived sick and tired.
Hard to blame that on Israel.
just saying
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yeah ok i see. so if im sick then its ok to threaten to kill me, not feeding the artists, grabing my ass and spit-shouting sick thoughts in my face, putting me to sleep in a whore hotel and leave my gig fee unpayed? you dont make much sense.
just take whatever you can get out of the story.
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Dreamkeeper
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 08:48
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thanx for taking out time to write about it-u r very brave my friend.been living in the middle east as an expat for sometime i can somehow get the pic. i thgt onli wher i stay its so dangerous to even talk abt it.. thgt alot of times to go to the holyland(which is a bit difficult but possible), but if an artist s treated this way; i dont think so i will make a trip soon.
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Pelinpala
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 09:45
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On 2011-01-25 08:48, Dreamkeeper wrote:
thanx for taking out time to write about it-u r very brave my friend.been living in the middle east as an expat for sometime i can somehow get the pic. i thgt onli wher i stay its so dangerous to even talk abt it.. thgt alot of times to go to the holyland(which is a bit difficult but possible), but if an artist s treated this way; i dont think so i will make a trip soon.
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i hear you dude.
Dont let my story bring you down. still think its a good idea to go almost anywhere if invited. its good reference material for life in general.
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Dreamkeeper
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 10:10
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good to see so much positivity in u;after all this. cheers bro! 
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Mike A
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 10:49
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This story makes me feel really lucky to have an Israeli passport - entering the country at the airport becomes so much easier. 
Sorry to hear about your story. Shit happens.
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Zoolog
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 12:37
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Sad to hear, glad your ok!
I think you acted in a intelligent way, from what i read.
Thanks for sharing.
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goaren
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 14:16
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more than intelligent, he took it with a humoristic point of view, which i think is what got him through it... i doubt 90% of the people i know would have taken it like this with a pinch of humor...
btw, that gig in the airport is so surreal... i'd love to hack the airport secuirty cameras to see that performance - both to show how security can step so low as to humiliate someone and from another point, how funny that situation was |
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Pelinpala
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 14:46
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On 2011-01-25 14:16, goaren wrote:
more than intelligent, he took it with a humoristic point of view, which i think is what got him through it... i doubt 90% of the people i know would have taken it like this with a pinch of humor...
btw, that gig in the airport is so surreal... i'd love to hack the airport secuirty cameras to see that performance - both to show how security can step so low as to humiliate someone and from another point, how funny that situation was
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yeah, i wonder if they ask for example a barber to cut their hair to make sure he knows what he is doing. quite interesting way to get services for free:) |
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Outolintu
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 15:22
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On 2011-01-24 21:44, Pelinpala wrote:
we should make a haltya video of the security gig. i can already imagine the security dancing with a disco ball village people style, x ray blinking, george michael like dancing with macho mustache liking their rubberbats, asking me to mount my gear and pres play ...
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...mos def, especially if i can play a security guy. mmm, rubberbat! 
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kabbalisticvillage
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 17:23
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Posted : Jan 25, 2011 19:06
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ahaha funny ass story, anyway man its ur hair, at the airport, its ur hair man.hehe,hehe i want the tape of the security room gig,ay security man, i pay u 20 bucks for it hehe
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Jan 26, 2011 18:59
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kriz
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Posted : Jan 26, 2011 21:16
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Glad you made it safe home!