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Nightclubs are hell. What's cool or fun about a thumping, sweaty dungeon full of posing idiots?
The Guardian ^ | August 13th, 2007 | Charlie Brooker

Posted on 10/11/2008 10:45:45 AM PDT by wastedyears

I went to a fashionable London nightclub on Saturday. Not the sort of sentence I get to write very often, because I enjoy nightclubs less than I enjoy eating wool. But a glamorous friend of mine was there to "do a PA", and she'd invited me and some curious friends along because we wanted to see precisely what "doing a PA" consists of. Turns out doing a public appearance largely entails sitting around drinking free champagne and generally just "being there".

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I thought this was actually pretty funny. Being a fan of many things rock, technoheads are like my natural enemy, bumping into each other high on cocktails of drugs, listening to music produced by computers.
1 posted on 10/11/2008 10:45:45 AM PDT by wastedyears
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To: wastedyears

City people and their wannabes do all kinds of weird things. One reason I can’t stand cities.


2 posted on 10/11/2008 10:57:18 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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“Nightclubs are hell. What’s cool or fun about a thumping, sweaty dungeon full of posing idiots?”

The outside chance that even a Trekky can get laid


3 posted on 10/11/2008 10:59:35 AM PDT by freeplancer
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And this must have been a high-end dive, considering how purty he was describing everyone.

I could never stand the incredible noise myself.


4 posted on 10/11/2008 11:00:06 AM PDT by sinanju
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And this must have been a high-end dive, considering how purty he was describing everyone.

I could never stand the incredible noise levels myself.


5 posted on 10/11/2008 11:00:18 AM PDT by sinanju
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To: wastedyears

Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many
in too small a pen.
Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily
does this to himself.

LAZARUS LONG


6 posted on 10/11/2008 11:01:15 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Obama and ITS thugs are made paranoid by Sarahnoia. (stole from molly_jack2007))
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People grow up and lose interest in things, quite natural.


7 posted on 10/11/2008 11:01:34 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: wastedyears

I’ve always felt exactly the same wqay about clubs...even 30 years ago when I was of a ‘clubable’ age. I hated the.


8 posted on 10/11/2008 11:01:44 AM PDT by pgkdan
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Funny! Strangely, I was reminded of the “Urban Cowboy” era here in the States. I never enjoyed gigging at the clubs that catered to that fad.


9 posted on 10/11/2008 11:03:56 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: wastedyears

I like both types of music, and both have their own types like he is describing. I honestly fear for some of them if they didn’t have some band telling them how to dress and act. They would probably just sit in their rooms afraid to go out because they might not look cool. Of course they don’t realize how much cooler it is to actually be your own person.


10 posted on 10/11/2008 11:06:11 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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The trick is to keep drinking until you’re too smashed to care about the music, but not to the extent were you are drifting in and out of consciousness vomiting into the gutter. It’s a delicate balance...


11 posted on 10/11/2008 11:07:33 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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Much rather go for a long run and read a good book. I was a bouncer at a club back in college. Imagine spending hours in that environment without having a single beer while many around you are chemically dulling their inhibitions and best judgment.
12 posted on 10/11/2008 11:08:02 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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Only the British can write like this. Describing clubs as “sickbuckets” or “ponceholes”—!


13 posted on 10/11/2008 11:08:17 AM PDT by ottbmare
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Most socially awkward people despise clubs, as do those that aesthetically displeasing to the opposite sex. I wonder which one this writer is?


14 posted on 10/11/2008 11:13:18 AM PDT by buckeye12
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It’s an hilarious piece of writing. He must have been trying to emulate Steyn.


15 posted on 10/11/2008 11:13:20 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The Word of God is powerful. That's why so many people are afraid to read it.)
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And you post this in news?????? Now I have more doubts about you than the PA’s.
16 posted on 10/11/2008 11:13:54 AM PDT by org.whodat ( "the Whipped Dog Party" , what was formally the republicans.)
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To each his own. I've found my enjoyment of a club depends on the clientele and the DJs.

There's some I'd never go back to and a few I've had a blast in.

You could write this same type of article about professional sports events (and people have): when you're at a good football game or something, there's an energy you can tap into - and it can take you over. I personally dislike sports but have been at Seahawks or Mariners games where even I can see that something really cool happened on the field and find myself standing and yelling with everyone else.

But if the game is crappy, or you're surrounded by morons or if you're just not in the mood, you're going to be bored. Clubs are the same.

17 posted on 10/11/2008 11:14:16 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (By Obama's own reckoning, isn't Lyndon LaRouche more qualified? He's run since the 70's)
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I had to translate the comments by replacing "pull" with "score" before I could understand any of it.

Anyway, this is just such typical Generation X tripe. Hate on everything you won't be successful doing. I'm not a fan of the club life either, but I don't make the mistake of going to one and standing around with a sourpuss look on my face and criticizing everyone else who seems to be having fun. Why not just go someplace else?

Although, I do have to agree with him on the cell phone photography thing. I've been noticing that a lot lately. What is up with that?

18 posted on 10/11/2008 11:18:12 AM PDT by ponygirl
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Gen Yers and Millenials are EVIL! ;-)

I no longer go to clubs because I feel like an old man (I'm 32) whenever I am there. Nevertheless, you don't see me hating on them. I just don't pay the $30 cover and do something else on a Saturday night.

BTW: If you are wondering why so many of us Xers are bitter, its because we had to put up with our boomer parents running everything, and now we are outnumbered seemingly 3 to 1 by the Yers/Millenials who, like the Xers boomer parents, feel entitled to run everything base on their sheer size.

19 posted on 10/11/2008 11:21:05 AM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: sinanju

You think that’s bad, go see Motorhead.


20 posted on 10/11/2008 11:23:26 AM PDT by wastedyears (Now sadly living in the DPRNYC [Brooklyn])
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