Studio B: Carl Craig

So with the fog machine going, it was hard to take a decent photo, but the crowd was packed on the dance floor for Carl Craig last night at Studio B. When I heard he was playing somewhere besides APT, a lovely venue but one whose small size does not properly account for everyone who would like to hear him spin, I was ecstatic. The music was fun, mostly classic tunes you'd expect him to play and love to hear. In short: fun, dancey music, and a good time would have been had for all, except ... for the HOUR AND TEN MINUTE wait for our coats. Mind you, we started standing in line a little after 3 a.m., so this was not a crush to nab a coat once the music ended. While waiting in line with hundred or so other people, my friends and I tried to remember the last time we had waited in line that long for anything. I can not remember such a time. (One discovery: Williamsburg hipster and hipsterettes are quite patient and polite--I kept waiting for the riot to break out, and it never did. I think PLUR may really be making a comeback--negative on crazy nu raver fashions, though.) Of course by the time we finally got our coats around 4:15 a.m., we emerged onto a world of streets covered with snow and  ice, which seem to have discouraged car services and taxi cabs from wanting to pick anyone up and drive them across the BQE (which turned out to be closed for a section). We finally got lucky and nabbed a car and got home a bit after 5 a.m. I somehow remember staying up until 5 a.m. as waaay more fun ... I think I'm getting old!