{"id":22813,"date":"2023-07-02T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=22813"},"modified":"2023-07-03T18:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T22:58:50","slug":"concert-report-rabbit-in-the-moon-vanguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=22813","title":{"rendered":"Concert Report: Rabbit In The Moon (The Vanguard)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You might remember it as The Club at Firestone<\/em> or Firestone Live<\/em> or you might remember it as Venue 578<\/em>. But this thoroughly renovated venue is now The Vanguard<\/em> and it’s home to some of the greatest DJ acts coming through Orlando.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Rob-E (USA) was the opener for last night’s spectacular!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He played mostly a Breaks set. He’ll be playing as part of DJ duo Audiotrap (USA) this November at EDC- Orlando<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Arriving shortly after the club’s doors opened, the dance floor was already populating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After getting a drink, we were able to still grab a spot at the barrier because long lines outside meant the floor was filling fast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around 11:45PM and in the haze, it was shift-change time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Scott Kirkland (USA) is The Crystal Method (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As is typical with Scott, he was quite animated for his set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dance floor was packed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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His set ranged from Electro to Breaks to DnB, House and even a Deep House number.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coming over to say hello!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Take DJ David Christophere (USA)…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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…..and mix him with Bunny and you get duo Rabbit In The Moon (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The show began with what we call “Bubble Boy” with Bunny inside this transparent plastic bubble and being rolled-out into the audience!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A better view of the spectacle as seen in this file photo from their August, 2017 show at House of Blues<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back outside the bubble.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Many of those glow wands would end-up out in the crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After the DJ played a few songs for costume change, Bunny was back out for what we call “Mr. Freeze”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was hard to get a decent picture because he kept shooting a frozen mist out over the stage and into the crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They say you can never go wrong with Go Go girls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They <\/em>were right!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The next segment was “The Eye”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We’ve seen it before but it never gets old!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He was screaming for this part of the show!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whether you were seeing it for the first time or the tenth time, this show is always amazing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Vanguard<\/em> was packed to the rafters!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Starfish”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What a spectacle!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We ran into so many peeps we know from Orlando’s dance scene!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the pit: Hollywood film maker Louis Iacoviello<\/a> who is producing a full length film about Orlando\u2019s famed dance music history to be titled \u201cThe City BEATiful\u201d. Clubs such as The Edge, AAHZ <\/em>and Firestone<\/em> will all figure into the movie and he tells OEN <\/em>that he’s been making great progress interviewing many of the DJ’s that were a part of Orlando’s original dance scene back in the day. Can’t wait to see this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We call the next vignette “Raincoat”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The music very Industrial for this segment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Never mind Bunny! The Go Go girls were back!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They were creeping up on us!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My favorite!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Their coach nearby was cheering them on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We call the 6th segment “Lite Brite”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There’s just no way to properly describe the euphoria in the room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bunny and David Christophere would both leave the stage at this point but of course an encore was warranted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Under the shiny disco ball, they returned to the stage with Bunny in his mirror outfit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He was in all his glory!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Arguably the most-famous of the RITM acts, “The Grinder”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He applies the grinder to a metal mask he is wearing to create a shower of sparks. Who the hell does this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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During a typical show a hapless female is dragged out of the audience to wear the mask.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A well-deserved championship pose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bunny and David Christophere are “Rabbit In The Moon”. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Final cheers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After the show ended, we wandered inside and outside the club and ran into more peeps!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great to see everybody and what a night!! A good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2013],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSCN0656-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-5VX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22813"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22887,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22813\/revisions\/22887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}