Club Sussed III

I assume lots of Club Sussed flyering was done at the big Radiohead gig.

Re: Flyering at Radiohead. Can you believe that Radiohead asked the Rock of Travolta *NOT* to flyer at the show, on the grounds that flyering was environmentally unsound. So, like all those W.A.S.T.E. cups littered all over the floor *WERE* environmentally sound, then?

Rock Of Travolta = not very high on priority list Being (or being seen to be) environmentally sound = pretty high of Radiohead priority list Beer - Highest.

Can you - in all conscience blame them for this. (To be fair though that hiughest on their priority list might be "Getting punters drunk so that they have the verisimilitude of enjoying themselves").

Wher do you work? Nowhere I've ever worked got buzzed by the red arrows.

WEEP!

I've got my hands full with meetings, interview and deadline, Idler party and picnic preps so won't be Sussed on Thurs. Have fun and see you on Saturday...

But SUSSED is better. Going is still debatable. Hmmm. It might depend on how frightening the Fighting Fantasy thread gets.

(My friends read those. In primary school. I didn't. No really. NO! Any primary school age girls here, my hint is, DON'T be friends with the boys. It leads to bad ways).

a) everyone starts putting a bit more effort into their appearance
b) there's cool lighting and/or other proper club tricks
c) the DJs start to be a bit more discerning about the discs they play, rather than playing any old tat that they think might get people dancing
d) there is no possibility whatsoever of the House of Pain's 'Jump Around' being played
e) everyone is on speed

The all out on speed thing has been DONE, will probably be done AGANE, but honestly, if the £1.50 sangria is there, I'm sorted.

better?

Oh Nick oh Nick. How that indie person who despises indie thing GETS VERY BORING.

Boring answer: I don't despise indie. I just despise indie clubs.

Possibly even more boring answer: I've been through the " 'indie is boring' is boring" phase and now consider it quite boring. You've gotta keep up!

Honest answer: I was mainly joking (esp. about the speed thing) , and I'm sure Carsmile Steve runs an excellent ship.

It's not all just a 'I wouldn't want to be a member of any club that would have me' contrarian thing. I do think there's room for a non-pissed up student disco style indie club somewhere. Where they concentrate on a particular kind of sound, like other specialist clubs do. And where there's a bit of effort spent on creating some kind of atmosphere better than that 'hired hall' feel you usually get. Maybe it needs a dedicated (small) venue, if such thing is possible. Such places might exist. I wouldn't know - I just stay in and listen to Smiths records.

All doubters should come along because I am going to do some once in a lifetime special mixing. AND because I have the last DJ slot for once.

[* So don't mock me too much if I fall over at the first mouthful of vodka. Oh, and I apologise in advance if three months without going to an indie club means that I have no intermediate stages between "too timid to dance" and "really embarrassing".]

Special guest local dj: if he's reading this (saw him on ILM) and remembers who I am then I owe him many thanks and apologies and most importantly DRINKS, and I've been meaning to email him since ATP to convey the first two. If I am there this evening then I will belatedly offer all three.