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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.
6 October 2010

#279 Skinny dip

Guys, it is much nicer without swimwear. Photo: Pavel Jedlicka

Guys, it is much nicer without swimwear. Photo: Pavel Jedlicka

You don’t have to go to Barcelona, Berlin, or Bombay, to have fun. You can stay at home in your own town. You can also do it cheaply. To help you along the way, we give you "Seven free things you can do in your city".

I have a friend who loves to be naked. When we went to college every party ended with him taking off his clothes. It didn’t matter where we were or who was nearby. It did not matter if it was spring, summer, autumn or winter, or how much clothing he had on. All of the sudden they were off. We could be standing and talking, I turn away for a few seconds and when I looked back his way again he stood there with his bottom in the air and the biggest smile on his face.

One day we sat at home with some friends and played video games, and when we looked out into the hallway he was standing there butt-naked, laughing.

Another day we were at a party talking to some people who were visiting the college and when we turned to bring him into the conversation and ask something about music, all we saw were a couple of naked buttocks.

I’ve grown up with the idea that it is ugly to be naked. When Swedish children ran around the beach in the nude I wore swimwear. Culture shock or moral overload. I don’t know. I was four and didn’t have long philosophical discussions with my parents. What I know is that it stuck with me for years. Until I went skinny dipping. A night with a thin layer of ice over the water and a thicker layer of beer in my body. My nipples could’ve cut through glass. I began to understand the beauty of it. And I appreciated the moonlight on my skin.

Text: Navid Modiri

Required time: 
1 hour or less
Cost: 
Free.
Cons: 
Shrinkage. And there are those who hate nudists.
Pros: 
It is nicer to swim naked. It may not sound like an argument but it is the only and most important argument especially if you haven’t tried it.