Like many others, I found myself suffering from Zouk withdrawal last weekend. I hadn't been to Zouk much other than for the Heineken Green Room session for Tortured Soul (a soulful house band my 60+ year old US-based uncle had heard of, astoundingly enough), having had a multitude of things hit me, ranging from conjuntivitis to an injured back to something far more serious (in an emotional way and I was really beginning to miss it.

But, being the clubbing whore that I am, I bounced off to DXO to catch Amped brought to you by the lads at Frontal, and had a not-too-bad time, given that I dragged my brother along as well... and as everyone knows, clubbing with your sibling kind of curtails you a little, moderating your drinking and definitely making sure you don't get too cosy with your boyfriend.

So, after introducing the brother to the boyfriend, my over-protective brother leans over to me and says, "if he so much as looks at you wrong, I'll kill him." "How would he look at me wrong?" I asked. "If he makes eye contact," was his reply.

Fair enough.

Anyway, music wasn't too bad. Any time they play a bootleg of White Stripes - Seven Nation Army, some Nirvana, Underworld (Cowgirl!! and Born Slippy!!! I love those synths.) and throw in a bit of The Killers and The Bravery is fine with me. Adrian (wee.like.me from Poptart) and Sue-Shan (from HSEkeeping) were pretty good, though Sue-Shan's mixing could have been a little smoother because I definitely heard some missed beats.

But for now, I'm eagerly awaiting for John Digweed on 12 November (which I might miss because of my CFA exam) and best of all, ZoukOut on 10 December!