Well I had a very busy July and August is going to be pretty busy as well. I wanted to write about the Electronic Love Festival that I attended in Agassiz but unfortunately that festival wasn't a good one. Ben Watkins from Juno Reactor was supposed to do a DJ set there but he never came. I was really excited at first since it was another opportunity to see Ben perform. I went to Electronic Love Festival on July 27th (Friday) right after work at around 10am. It took me about an hour drive to get there. When I got to the festival, I set up my tent, not knowing if I was going to need it or not. There wasn't much to do when I first arrived, I walked around the festival. There were a couple of stages that had music performances, there were some small shops around and some food trucks as well. The place in Agassiz was near the Fraser River so there were many people swimming in the river. I wanted to go into the river as well but I didn't have any swim shorts. I tried relaxing a bit in my tent but it was pretty hot (about 30 degrees C). I wish I was more prepared because I didn't have any sun screen as well. I also wished I brought along a book. I had my dinner at around 6pm and by 7:30pm, I wanted to see what music they were playing. I mostly stayed around the Zen Den stage because that is where the music was listenable. The other stages were playing some crappy music so I stayed away from those stages. I did manage to see some good performances like the Dream Tree, which played some cool sitar music. Ben was supposed to play at 11:30pm but I didn't see him when it was time. I was hoping that he was delayed or something so I stayed until 1:30am and by that point, I knew that something had happened. It turned out that Ben couldn't enter Canada because of some Visa problem. I went to sleep shortly after that and woke up around 8am. I was wondering what to do for Saturday since it was going to be another long day so I decided to leave the festival at around 11am. I was hoping to catch the Crystal Method later that day but I was feeling pretty pissed that Ben didn't perform on Friday. I feel fortunate that I did because I was able to catch the Overwatch League Finals, where the London Spitfire were crowned season 1 champions.
Another Juno Reactor live show that is happening is at Def Con in Las Vegas on August 11. I also wanted to attend this show because the whole Juno Reactor band was going to play. Several members of the ReactorLeak forum are going too (people like unseung, Mikey, Isaiah, and Jeremiah). I hope everyone there has a great time watching that Juno show. To celebrate the Def Con show, Juno released the Dakota EP, which has the original Dakota song, a radio edit, an extended mix as well as a GMS remix. The GMS remix is so well done, it is definitely one of my favorites from the Mutant Theater album. I hope there is another chance next year to catch a Juno Reactor show because I really felt like this year could have been it.
In other news, Diablo announced that there were going to be several projects that will be announced later this year. I am hoping that the new Diablo game will be announced at BlizzCon this year. On August 12th, I am going to Grand Forks, BC to visit my best friend. This is another reason why I couldn't attend the Def Con show in Las Vegas. I don't know how long I will stay in Grand Forks but it will be a good opportunity to see my best friend again. My next blog post will probably be in September and hopefully it will be about Season 14.
