I don't know about you, but I find this very sad now...
 

Now that Hulla has been gone for a few months (for the first time in 8 years there was no Hulla in September and there's nothing on the radar of course), go read the text on the front of the All Good Things flyer. The finality of it all is really sinking in now that it is indeed gone forever.

one last hands in the air moment....

i couldn't be happier that i am on the front of that flier... with MY HANDS IN THE AIR... (wearing a sombrero) hahaha...

it really is over... i was talking with my boy the other day... and without thinking, ( i was checking a future date for something) i said to him, well.. wait... we need to figure out when the next hulla is... and then we started laughing at me... cuz alas...

there is no next hulla...

its starting to set in for me a lot more now too. i came up to the last goodfellaz and was like this doesn't feel right. i mean i had a good time but i was soo used to my excitement for hulla and then i went to a different party in toronto. i was not disappointed in gf, but i was missing hulla the whole time. like the first 20 mins i was there i was wondering okay so what am i missing? then i finally found the people i knew in the 19 plus area. i was definitely feelin devoid of a welcoming vibe...i miss hulla and im sad its done but i guess alls well that ends well right?

word..

I feel empty too.


so maybe it shouldn't be over... maybe a mistake was made.. meh only you can know that Cris!

the music gets me every time :(
i miss you hulla

while I'm sad that hullas are over, it hasn't really hit me yet. I was without hulla for most of last year after my move west, during which time I missed them a lot...this time around though, it's a little easier, i'm kinda used to not going, and I'm getting more involved in the goings on out here (which are not anything compared to hulla, but better than nothing).

I know it'll really get me come early july when i won't be flying to NY to drive up and do the annual birthday bash that has been our tradition for 3 years going...Mayhaps we'll have to have a reunion of sorts at mick e. fynn's :)

I miss hulla. :( but i guess everyone is going through the withdrawl symtoms, cant find a replacement yet, dont think i will ever find one as good, but I would like something at least close.

if you find something tell me, i could really use a good hulla

the hulla recordings got me crying again on the way home from school today....ugh

Last week me and a friend as we were waiting to get into a party, and I was like randomly, "hey, you know what? I kinda missed that whole happy hulla thing people always screamed at the Opera House" lol...

It's gone because of you.
How can you say that it's so sad there are no more when you threw in the towel? I don't respect that.
The last time I even thought i could see you, at bang, you didnt even show up.
And i dont get the whole customs thing but i never thought getting from canada to us was that big a deal. more like you didnt feel like it.
So it's so so so sad. right? you decided not to have anymore parties, dont cry about it now.

Nothing lasts forever. It's better to go out with a Bang. I'm so glad it ended this way. The reason why the energy was so good at the last party was simply because it was the last party.

I didn't just "not show up" at bang, I was detained and turned away at the US border that night. I also had to cancel all my future US bookings because of it. You make it sound like I was getting my nails done, I posted all about it here at the time.

Nothing can last forever, it's hardly throwing in the towel. You can be the former heavyweight boxing champ of the world and miss being on top, even if you retired with the belt. Would you be saying different had you gotten tickets to the last one (I see from your prevoius posts you missed the tickets)?

^^^ frolic nailed that one down...

for anyone that knows chris and robin you know that ending hulla was one of the hardest things they knowingly had to do. There is no doubt we would all love for hulla to go one forever... but sadly it cannot... nothing can...
the end of hulla was as appropriate as it could be... STRONG, SOLID, nothing short of amazing... as hullabaloo always has been...

and as for chris not making it to BANG... as he's already said.. the only reason is because of his issues surrouding border crossing... which have plagued him LONG before BANG was ever around.... chris has had many issues with the border patrol... and immigration in general... it's not easy... and if u know what was really going on you would NEVER say anything like that. Chris Loves to play for people... and him not being able to play in the US is NOT his choice... trust me on that...

Sorry you had to miss all good things... as it was surely the most amazing event in history... with out a doubt... but please keep your ignorant and ill-informed comments to yourself =)

thanks

the hulla ravers... and lovers of frolic everywhere

^^^ word :)

yah i can vouche that frolic intended on being at bang cuz he gave me his comp to the party and i still got it even tho he had issues getting there. i hate misinformed rude people....
it takes a lot for me to use the word hate but when you go on line spouting off rude comments that have no weight in them, prepare for people to get a bit defensive.
frolic is a great person who did a lot for hhc and for the hhc scene.
you wanna talk shit on someone, look in the mirror, it takes one to know one right?

getting into canada ISNT an issue, canada isnt the problem...america is...have you read a newspaper lately.....

or directdrive's PR journal...

exactly....sad...sad..

Haaaaaaaapy Hullllllaaaaaaaaabaloooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i've been feeling the same thing lately.

i FINALLY managed to listen to the first several CDs from AGT, last weekend. before that i just couldn't do it. i got to frisky's set and started crying (a bad thing since i was driving). but it was such an amazing set that i had to go nuts, and that made me miss hulla even more.

yeah, there are other parties, but there was something different about hulla. i miss the anticipation, the weeks of planning and preparation, the routine of it all, because so many things were always the same. and some people might say that would be boring, but it wasn't. it made it better. it was very comforting in some ways, to go through the cycle of hullabaloo. the crazy crazy weekend, then the posting of pictures and memories and connecting with people you met, then waiting impatiently for the box sets and lineup for the next one to be released, then buying the box set and tickets to the next one, then the excited countdown, and track requests, and planning outfits, and getting the box set in the mail, and then it was time to do it all over again!!

i miss the long drive up from minneapolis, finally getting to our hotel, all the last-minute preparations on saturday, running around town all dressed up in the afternoon, pre-drinking at the real jerk, finally hopping in line, waiting through the tedious security searches, getting a whistle from the friendship crew, and then FINALLY being there! inside the opera house! at hulla! running to the front of the stage and dancing and jumping up and down with excitement and yelling "HAPPY HULLABALOO!!" and hugging all my friends, cause EVERYONE was there, always. and it was always the same in some ways, but every hulla was also special in its own way.

other parties are lots of fun, and i support the scene 100%, but it's just not the same somehow. there's still a great happy vibe at other parties (nocturnal commissions comes to mind), but it's not the same.

meh.. i've rambled long enough. those of you who were there probably already know what i mean, and those of you who weren't there can never know.

i miss hulla. :(

Agreed, I've been on a hulla kick lately. Listened to all of the agt box set today at work, and all of the pac. sun box yesterday.
It gets me sad. But the memories are just intense. I mean hulla somehow really made you feel the party, hulla included you, you were part of the party. Its almost like hulla went out of its way to make sure that you knew that you were there and it wanted you there. The shoutouts, the handouts, meeting yer favorite dj's, hanging out with yer favorite dj's. It really was crazy.

Anabolic, do you think flying to the states would be any easier? Or have ya already tried that?
I know we'd all love to have you stateside once again.
Or we can boat you across lake erie.
hmmm....
worth a try I suppose

I met a nice girl at a bar this past weekend who, due to my charms and wit decided to come home with me...she saw the box set in my car and thought it was a porno at first...haha...with a couple drinks in me I got that need to listen to a CD from it, and I felt the need to share Eyeopener and Shooting Star with this nearly complete stranger...and it still blows me away every time now...there I was rawking out, and trying to explain how amazing it was...but I couldn't explain it, and I just got frustrated with myself. I know she thought it was cool, hearing the crowd so much at all....but it still annoys me that more people just can't understand...

I'm patiently waiting for the Hulla:Reunion :)

We'll hold a reunion in 20 years with all the DJs sporting MPB and middle aged guts. We'll have cougers in the crowd dressed in candy and clothes that are too tight. it'll be awesome.