Never go home early.

For one week every year at the end of March, Miami gets even more crazy when the legendary Winter Music Conference hits town. Hundreds of Djs come in from around the world and mix literally everywhere. Clubs, stores, pools, rooftops, hotel lobbies... you name it. To me, the best parties are the ones that take a bit of work to seek out. I'll pass on anything going on or even near Mansion, Prive, Nikki Beach, Space, or any of the other big name spots. After being out a few nights in a row, I headed down to O.H.W.O.W. in the middle of nowhere Miami to check out the Mad Decent vs. Turntablelab party. Now, I went to their party last year and it was unreal... music by Spankrock, South Rakkas, Eli Escobar, Cosmo Baker, Blaqstarr, and Drop The Lime... and at one point I was dancing and looked around to see Juiceboxxx, Mark Ronson, Roxy Cottontail and Dj Sega all just there for the party. Anyway, I got there this year and checked out the photos in the gallery courtesy of Hamburger Eyes.

Over on the warehouse side, in addition to free Red Stripe, things were just getting going around midnight

The Trouble & Bass crew, who get my vote for mvp this year, absolutely destroyed the place as they took turns mixing records, jumping around stage, and fixing their pompadors.

It was a real lose-your-shit type crowd and things really got nuts when Dj Sega hopped out of the crowd and dropped a thouroughly gutter Baltimore club set. Gotta say that I was loving every minute of this one considering there were a bunch of tracks I haven't heard since back on Charles St

Alright, so the night has been ridiculous so far, but here is where things take a turn for the worst. It's not 3am and the other scheduled acts are Spankrock and Diplo. Now keep in mind that WMC parties are notorious for having names on flyers and then having no-shows... in fact, a lot of Djs will have their name on 3 or 4 different flyers on the same night, and just show up to whatever one they want. SO, having this in mind, in addition to the fact that I've seen Spankrock a bunch of times, AND that I just saw Diplo the night before and it was marred by sound problems and long run out instrumental records.... I figure I won't be missing much and I decide to take off. Turns out after I leave, Rusko hops on and almost brings the roof down with (get this) Cham MCing.... THEN, Diplo finally shows up and drops what I hear was an insane set with none other than Lil Jon on the mic. Huh?!?! For the record, I don't really like Lil Jon, but you've gotta respect the ridiculous fantasticness of it all. The cops shut it down at 5am, about an hour after I'd hit my pillow.

So with that, this years WMC and the Turntablelab/Mad Decent party both come to an end... leaving me to wait for next year, when you'd better believe I'm staying out until they turn the speakers off, just so I don't miss anything.