I really know what you mean. My worst experience in this regards was back
in 1989 or so, when Acid House was still hot and new to Mexico. There was
a short-lived radio show on one of the city's rock stations (100.9 fm)
which played an odd mix of house, acid house and hip-hop. The station also
owned a very popular and trendy (at that time) rock club close to downtown
(Rock Stock). So, the show organized a special house/hip-hop/acid-house
night at the club with the show's producers as DJs. I was very excited to
go, for it was still very rare to hear that kind of music in the city.
Since I was then a teenager, I got ready by putting on my bright colored
clothes and smiling faces. When I got there, it was easy to recognize
other acid house enthusiasts in their bright colored uniforms. Also,
because they were all to one side of the door. The guys at the door were
not letting anyone of us in, instead allowing a huge crowd of black
leather clad rockersin (A larger crowd that most nights, I noticed). After
a long while, I realized they were NEVER foing to let us in, so I left
pissed off. Later I ran into the show producer and asked him what went on.
He told me that the club organizers scheduled a live performance by a
popular rock singer (Cecilia Toussaint) THAT SAME NIGHT. She was supposed
to play half an hour or so in the middle of the night. So, all this
rockers showed up, not knowing that there was upposed to be an electronic
music night and booed the DJs off the booth. After just a few minutes
after the beginning of the night, the regular DJ had to be called in to
play the regular routine of classic rock.
I still hate Rock Stock for that . . .
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Kennedy, Liam wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Last week, I was supposed to be going to see Snowboy (Friday) and David
> Holmes (Saturday). It looked like I was up for a damn good weekend of groovy
> tunes, was I ever wrong! A friend and myself were going to both gigs, but,
> we decided to get our tickets for DH on the Saturday, as we wanted to make
> sure we were up for it (not as young and energetic as we used to be;-). Come
> Friday night we were in an expectant mood, looking forward to 5 hours of
> jazzy sounds, but low and behold, the gig was canceled, something we only
> found out about at the venue.
>
> We were a little crest fallen, having been anticipating it for the last a
> couple of weeks, but these things happen, no biggy. So, its 11.30pm, we're
> in the city centre, what to do? I know, I'd read about a soul and funk night
> advertised as a Soul Clinic, in a club I'd been to before when they used to
> have a Latin night, that was all right, good tunes, but the place was always
> empty (they stopped the Latin night earlier this year, and became just
> another chart, dance music club, I was there the first night of the change
> over, and guess what, it was packed! Shame, people can't get down with good
> tunes). So down we go, ask the girl on the door if the Soul night was on
> upstairs, to which she answered, yes. We paid our poke and headed on up. As
> soon as I entered the place I knew something was amiss, it was 11.45 (venue
> opened at 11.30) and already they were playing house music, which wasn't
> even advertised, and the people there were the usual trendy crowd that were
> either drunk or on pills. My mate comes from a more commercial dance
> background than me, so it didn't bother him too much, and as it was my idea
> to go there, I put an a brave face and hoped things would get groovy before
> long.
>
> By 1.00am my worst fears were confirmed, house, hadn't left the turntable,
> and, the crowd were a seething, drunken, bug eyed, animal. I was fit to
> flee, at this stage, but, my mate seemed to be into it, so I camped down,
> and it wasn't until 1.30 hours, and two soakings with my own beer later,
> that we finally left. I can safely say that it was the worst nights I have
> had in a while, even though something similar happened two weeks earlier, at
> a jazz groove club, which played mediocre tunes until 1.00am, and then 'till
> 3.00, when we left, it played house, again not as advertised. It didn't
> overly bother me then, as I was with a lot more friends, and we just got
> toasted;-). I got home about 4.00am a bit the worse for wear, and decided
> the next day to knock the David Holmes gig on the head, regrettably, but I
> wasn't in the mood after Friday nights fiasco.
>
> Come Saturday night, a couple of friends called around, and we headed off
> late, to a venue that one of my other friends has described as "kindergarten
> for piss heads" (booze hounds), as you can watch a movie, or check out
> several different acts, rock band, blues band, chart DJ. The smallest room
> usually plays disco, so I tend to stay clear, but on Saturday, they played
> 60's and 70's soul, a smidgen of Indian and 60's psychedelica, which kept me
> and my mates chuffed 'till closing. A good night was had be all, and went
> some way towards making up for the previous night.
>
> As you can see, I've had problems with clubs advertising one thing and then
> playing something else (anyone else come across this). I'm sure there must
> be decent clubs in Dublin (as a supposed, party capital of Europe, there
> damn well ought to be), and going to the dodgy ones just crosses them off my
> list (so, some good), it just seems they will be harder to find then I
> thought.
>
> Willy
> Still looking for the heart of the scene in Dublin
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