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5 November 2010

#309 Do a club tour

You do not have to have a band to do a club tour. That’s a common misconception. But no. You can do this yourself or with your friends. It all boils down to not letting moss grow on your dancing shoes.

1. Prepare carefully by making a club schedule with dance clubs in your town. Determine a scheme. A kind of dramaturgy. Check out how many free tickets and guest list places can be arranged in advance.

2. Sync outfits and mood. A good weekend for doing this is after payday and when people generally feel good in the friend circle. It’s tough dancing on a techno floor if one of your ninjas is heartbroken after a breakup.

3. Pre-party at home with appropriate music. Drink plenty of water. Go out into the night.

Text: Navid Modiri

Required time: 
1 day or less
Cost: 
Less than €50
Cons: 
There may be some standing in line which can affect the mood. Bring music to dance to in the queue. And something to drink.
Pros: 
It never gets boring. You meet a lot of different people during the course of the evening and get to try different music styles to dance to.
1 August 2010

#213 Organize a one-man show

There are things that you just don’t do by yourself. Things that you do in a group. You rarely hear someone saying that they’ll sit home alone and get wasted, make out with themselves and then hit the sack. Most activities are more fun when you do them in a group. Conversations, sex, party, building huts and dancing.

However, what if you could dance by yourself? It's like having sex with a stranger when you are sober. It is real, it's here and now and it is incredibly frightening. So why not do it?

Start by making up a playlist of songs that you love. Songs you would have played if you had been hired as a DJ at a hip club in Barcelona, Hässleholm or New York. Put on a nice outfit. Clothes that would have gotten you laid. Clothes that would have gotten looks in every state. Then make yourself a drink, pull down the blinds and dim the lights. Press play.

Required time: 
1 day or less
Cost: 
Free.
Cons: 
Your friends might feel left out. Explain the importance to them of daring to do things by themselves.
Pros: 
You don’t need to think about how you dance. You do not think about when the club closes. You don’t need to think of anything other than dancing.