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8 April 2010

#99 Go clubbing with your own music

Who ever said someone was right just because they can print posters? Anyone can print posters nowadays. Question everything from peoples political convictions, choice of food, the way they treat children to the kind of music they like. Maybe it’s as easy as you wanting to go dancing at a club but you don’t like the music they play. The place is nice but the DJ grew up with a penchant for both techno and Iron Maiden and lacks the skill of telling them apart. It’s no bigger deal than you bringing your own music.

Who ever said someone was right because they can afford a pair of headphones and stand there rocking and headbanging over their turntables? Question everything but in a constructive way. Still go to the club and smile at the people you’re dancing with. But stuff your earphones deep in your ear canals and turn your music way up. Dance to the rhythm of your own playlist on the dance floor. Don’t care whether your movements are in sync with the others dancing. Smile anyway. And try to get them to smile too.

Required time: 
15 minutes to get a playlist on your MP3-player. A minute to tie your shoes, and say half an hour to find the club. Add the time it takes to stand in line and getting your stuff hung in the wardrobe and sum it all up to let’s say 3 hours, but remember you can spend that whole time listening to your playlist dancing to yourself.
Cost: 
If you have an MP3-player then the music is free. But for the love of god don’t forget to charge it or to buy batteries for it. The club’s cover charge is the only other cost.
Cons: 
The club owner, your fellow dancers and the DJ might get annoyed and see your behavior as dismissive of their taste in music.
Pros: 
You get the exact songs you want. You can practice dance moves at home so that you’re sure of your flow. You know which is the last song and when it’s time to go. It’s also an exercise in not paying attention to how people around you move and act. Or think of it like this: it’s an exercise in not caring that you’re not in sync with the group you’re in. Or it’s like this: an exercise in how it doesn’t matter.
Taggar: mp3, dyi, clubbing
1 April 2010

#86 Get a club on its feet

 

Today’s guest blogger is named Jon Demred who currently resides just outside Sydney. Right now he’s backpacking around Australia and follows the 365 things you can do wherever he is. You can read about his life and see pictures of his beard-growth here. 

The other night I went out with some friends, we got to the club area early and quickly realized that it was pretty dead everywhere. There was a lot of people there but hardly any dancing, the people mostly just sat at their tables or hung along the walls and looked down and out. A very sad sight really. My friends and I decided to take the bull by the horns and with firm steps we got on the dance floor with a goal and started to shake our furry behinds. The goal was to get the club going, to get all the people there on the dance floor. To get people to let off some steam!

We, me and my three friends that is, danced and danced. We laughed and jumped around like mad, we were the dancing bug, we did the twist and one of us ventured to breakdance. After just ten minutes, more and more nervous souls made their way on to the dance floor. When the floor began to get crowded, my friends and I took a much-needed break from dancing. We wiped the sweat from our foreheads, grabbed a cold beer and had a look at what we had started.

Then we laughed some more.

How to do this: Go to a club early, drink two beers, get at least one friend with you in the middle of the dance floor and go crazy for a little while.

Laugh a lot and you’re all set.

Bonus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MniRndBkCU&feature=related

 

Required time: 
15 minutes to 3 hours, it depends on how fun your crowd is.
Cost: 
The potential entrance fee and one or two drinks to get you on track.
Cons: 
You'll be sweaty and, without deodorant, may destroy your chances of getting laid. Some people may think that you are on ecstasy.
Pros: 
You get attention and inspire other people to unleash. You get a really fun evening and you can bet your ass there’ll be a lot of laughter. And who knows, maybe someone is getting excited by your sensual dance?
Taggar: dancing, clubbing
13 February 2010

#45 Go clubbing sober

Provoke your friends and see what happens.

Provoke your friends and see what happens.

For a full autumn, I was on medication that didn’t mix well with alcohol. Since I'm in a band and my friends went pubbing a lot; I didn’t stop going out, however, I was completely sober. The most common scenario was the following:

22:00 - We get there. A and B ask if I’ll have a drink and I say that I’d like an non-alcoholic alternative. No one reacts. Nobody thinks it’s weird.

23:30 - B wonder if I can’t just have one beer. I say no. He’s a little annoyed and goes dancing to a song I’ve never heard. I'm a bit tired.

00:15 - A arrives and asks if I'm ashamed of her for drinking. I say no, get a bit annoyed, then I go urinate. I buy another non-alcoholic drink with orange juice in. I feel rejuvenated.

01:30 - B comes and pushes me and stares me in the eye and says with a slurred voice that I have no right to think that I’m better than someone else just because I don’t drink and he’s sure as hell not out every night but when he is maybe he likes to have a few beers and I’m not to fucking stand in a corner taunting him the entire evening, just because I'm fucking stuck-up.

01:32 - I go home.

Required time: 
A full evening / night. About 4 - 6 hours depending on how long you can keep up.
Cost: 
Ten euro for drinks, tops. Maybe an entry fee if you go to a club.
Cons: 
Your friends might get annoyed and you may start hating people.
Pros: 
It is a study in human social structures. You won’t get hung over. You won’t have to spend tens of euros to become dizzy. You train your ability to pick up people even when not drinking, being social even if you haven’t been drinking and having fun even when you’re not drunk which could you come to use at celebrations and places that doesn’t serve alcohol.
Taggar: swimming against the stream, provoke, doing your thing, clubbing