went to watch culture shock san diego's third annual bust-a-groove competition this weekend. tightness. that's all i can say. there can be no better dancing than californian hip hop. although some of it gets tired and repetitive, the few innovative acts are more than enough to make up for the boring parts. and for this particular competition, 80% of the acts were clean as hell so it was tough to be bored.



dope stuff on stage: uc riverside showed up dressed as nerds. nerds! with big glasses and hiked up pants. dope ass. this one group, devious, should have won the whole thing. they busted out a light saber segment where they used the *wherng* sound as a beat. coolness. and then they closed it with "september," one of the all time greatest songs ever. kaba was of course incredibly good. they are too clean. too good. too everything. they probably suffer from everyone imitating them. they used nirvana for a part. and it worked. go kaba. culture shock san diego closed it all out with a super -insert exciting adjective here- act. they had themes and props and all sorts of cool stuff. i think we need to buy the tape. this was definitely a good year. formality won it with a little kid. total undeserved. but they had a little kid. who was half the size of the trophy. they were good but they rolled on the gimmick.



i can't really say that i miss dancing after watching the show. because i never danced like this. and to say that bust-a-groove triggered my feelings about "dancing" would be an injustice. but hell. i miss dancing.