Melbourne Beats

kinda tru. well shit country in that department

i've tried doing that have a sleep bizness and then head out at midnight- failed x 3. just woke up grouchy and tired. need to be out already having drinks with mates to be in the headspace and then head to gig.
knowing it's all wrapped up by 1 or 2 is a major drawcard. i'm old!!

Yeah, I would probably prefer this to finish up at 1 or 2.

I dont understand why gigs have to go through to 5 or 6.

Yeah cool all the pingerz n shit but you could just get on them early.

you guys are the perfect demographic for cruise ships now.

just sayin.

seriously... you guys are failing to understand...

If a promoter put on a gig that starts at 8 and goes to 2 it would fail miserably.. :FACT:

there's no way that anyone is going to be able to cater for you guys without losing out and losing money.

We've struggled for 5 years to get people to come out before 12, and it still hardly ever happens tbh

Pfft. That's only because you pander to kiddies.

Over 30's night running from 9-3, ftw!

totally Dan.

and rob - so we would get, say 6 people from this forum to it?
12 max? WOW thats a PARTY!

sheesh.

bahahaha funny GK

wooohooo party time lol

quiet roar wrote:Pfft. That's only because you pander to kiddies.

I don't even know what this means tbh...

not sure if you are taking the piss, trying to get a rise, or genuinely think over 30s club nights are a good idea.

are you age-ist? seems like it tbh

hehe
you guys are old

I remember afternoon gigs in the early days of La Di Da - they were a fucken embarrassment. Apparently, no-one will dance during the daylight hours. Can't remember who was playing the one I'm thinking of, but it was a pretty big name and everyone was outside smoking . Bad for the venue, bad for the punters, baaaaaad for the city's reputation. I totally back the promoters on this one.

PS. My entire gig-going career has been stone cold sober, including putting in 7-10 hours dancing at the good 'uns. Harden the fuck up!

retzie wrote:Harden the fuck up!

I'll remind you all of your harden the fuck up evangelism when you're deep into the wrong side of 35. No need to proudly display your straight edge badge either Retzie, it just comes across as the worst kind of holier than thou posturing - even if it wasn't meant as such.

hey GM long time no see yo

Hey Liz, sneaking in some net time on a quiet Friday at work.... Only thread I'm really qualified to chat in these days!

great_magnet wrote:No need to proudly display your straight edge badge either Retzie, it just comes across as the worst kind of holier than thou posturing - even if it wasn't meant as such.

There is an almighty assumption that dance music requires getting totally fuckeyed and I've had enough conversations with reformed fuckeyed-ists to know that wanting to lay off it has meant their alienation from the scene. I think that's sad, so yeah, I'm going to mention that it's possible to enjoy gigs without teh rugs.

I don't give the slightest fuck what anyone chooses to do with themselves - I wish that worked both ways...

lol you qualify for other threads too. take em down GM, take em down town

anyone been reading how youngsters these days are being pressured to drink so bad that they are shunned if they choose not to? outcasts.

not just youngsters though, this country treats sober partygoers worse than those in wheelchairs or with limbs actually missing. i experience it too, so now i drink soda with lime & pretend its vodka if i have lots to do the next day.

just sayin.

retzie wrote:

great_magnet wrote:No need to proudly display your straight edge badge either Retzie, it just comes across as the worst kind of holier than thou posturing - even if it wasn't meant as such.

There is an almighty assumption that dance music requires getting totally fuckeyed and I've had enough conversations with reformed fuckeyed-ists to know that wanting to lay off it has meant their alienation from the scene. I think that's sad, so yeah, I'm going to mention that it's possible to enjoy gigs without teh rugs.

I don't give the slightest fuck what anyone chooses to do with themselves - I wish that worked both ways...

I ostracise myself when im sober, drunk/smashed people annoy the fuck out of me when im sober, tbh its probably mostly jealousy though...

retzie wrote:I remember afternoon gigs in the early days of La Di Da - they were a fucken embarrassment. Apparently, no-one will dance during the daylight hours. Can't remember who was playing the one I'm thinking of, but it was a pretty big name and everyone was outside smoking

Tayo
koma & Bones

2 afternoon gigs... two fails

ghetto kitty wrote:totally Dan.

and rob - so we would get, say 6 people from this forum to it?
12 max? WOW thats a PARTY!

sheesh.

And how many from this forum turn up to the other gigs?


I'm just advocating for the devil, and to be totally honest, I'm not sure about anything, let alone the chances of certain club nights working but there are a lot of people saying the same thing.

well i know quite a few people from this forum that actually do turn up to 3-4 gigs per week.....but they arent the one's complaining in this thread!

please quantify 'a lot of people' cos in my book
2-3 = a couple
5-7 = a few
10-20 = a bunch
20-50 = a crew
50-200 = a lot.

(im bored hehe)

200+ = a shitload

thankyou, yes, that equation works for me.

if someone here wants to put on an "over 30's" event in the afternoon, or even the morning, with a champagne/croissant breakfast & some quality tunes (as in, not just anthems from the things-were-better-when-we-were-ravers-in-the-90's only) and can guarantee said shitload of punters to support, i'll gladly remove the current indie night of 18-25's every friday and then we can all get some fuckin beauty sleep.

k?

I am over 30... but tbh, I can't think of anything worse than an over 30s party, or even a party aimed at over 30s

SAME.

hence - makes me think everyone here complaining should go on a contiki tour or a cruise.

perfect!

retzie wrote:

great_magnet wrote:No need to proudly display your straight edge badge either Retzie, it just comes across as the worst kind of holier than thou posturing - even if it wasn't meant as such.

There is an almighty assumption that dance music requires getting totally fuckeyed and I've had enough conversations with reformed fuckeyed-ists to know that wanting to lay off it has meant their alienation from the scene. I think that's sad, so yeah, I'm going to mention that it's possible to enjoy gigs without teh rugs.

I don't give the slightest fuck what anyone chooses to do with themselves - I wish that worked both ways...

I don't mind what you do with yourself either. Just don't think it needs to be mentioned. The fact that people feel that they need drugs to attend a gig is symptomatic of the fact that the large majority of the people have minimal interest in the music and maximum interest in the party.

why not mention? because GM might think you're holier than thou?

great_magnet wrote: The fact that people feel that they need drugs to attend a gig is symptomatic of the fact that the large majority of the people have minimal interest in the music and maximum interest in the party.

Well the drugs have been shit for ages, so honestly, I do not agree with that at all.
Most of the punters I know and see coming out here & other big gigs around town are actually here for the music/crew and not getting munted anymore.

the days of being the norm at electronic music events are pretty much over imho.

Not at all Dan. Just don't like it when people feel like they have to state their position - those that do and those that don't. Just do what you want and don't justify it or celebrate it.

I'm glad to hear it GK. As someone who was always there for the music that makes me happy.

I hardly think Retzie was celebrating it, just saying she still goes out & has fun & has for a long time without aids.

as in, without enebriations, not HIV.

k bye friday, its been fun!

great_magnet wrote:Just don't like it when people feel like they have to state their position - those that do and those that don't. Just do what you want and don't justify it or celebrate it.

I could have said something anodyne like "It is possible to go out and have fun without drugs," but what does that mean? As an abstract concept, it is easy to say, easy to ignore. I thought that maybe by putting my hand up (particularly given the prevailing attitude that GK mentioned), it might make it a concrete fact to think about.

It's not like I prance up to strangers and tell them this. However, if it's relevant to a conversation, I might mention it. Given people here actually know me a bit, I'd like to think it would be taken in context.



You'll be getting to the people celebrating drug taking in this thread next, I take it?

YAY DRUGS

ghetto kitty wrote: well i know quite a few people from this forum that actually do turn up to 3-4 gigs per week.....but they arent the one's complaining in this thread!

please quantify 'a lot of people' cos in my book
2-3 = a couple
5-7 = a few
10-20 = a bunch
20-50 = a crew
50-200 = a lot.

(im bored hehe)

NO!!
a couple is 2.
only 2.
no more, no less.
2.
also, what about 4.
that is just a couple of couples.
then is 8-9 people a few and a couple?
the others... well those are fine, i have no qualms with those.

In an untirely 'unrelated' turn of events, I just saw a poster for a gig/night in Ringwood with Boogs n Spacey playing. Possible Daisy's...regardless, it's Ringwood. Does this mean the Over 30's Rave has moved outer? If so, I can now walk down my hill to gigs n hang with punters my own age...when I'm not playin to the kiddies in the city who, btw, still rock it to James Brown.

ghetto kitty wrote: sober partygoers

oxymoron?

CoB wrote:

ghetto kitty wrote: well i know quite a few people from this forum that actually do turn up to 3-4 gigs per week.....but they arent the one's complaining in this thread!

please quantify 'a lot of people' cos in my book
2-3 = a couple
5-7 = a few
10-20 = a bunch
20-50 = a crew
50-200 = a lot.

(im bored hehe)

NO!!
a couple is 2.
only 2.
no more, no less.
2.
also, what about 4.
that is just a couple of couples.
then is 8-9 people a few and a couple?
the others... well those are fine, i have no qualms with those.

What if I had 2 wives - would the 3 of us constitute a couple?


And kitty, on that number scale there is definitley "a lot of people" complaining about late starts.

"What if I had 2 wives - would the 3 of us constitute a couple?"
no, you would not. you would be a marriage.

EDIT: also, in most places illegal.

given the current drought of quality rugs in this country I'm surprised anyone goes out to dance at all.

not sure about the over 30s crowd but tapping the under 18 market is where its at.

youthful_implants wrote:given the current drought of quality rugs in this country I'm surprised anyone goes out to dance at all.

not sure about the over 30s crowd but tapping the under 18 market is where its at.

Lol YI

This thread needs less vitriol & more PLUR

i like parties. i wanted to go to last nights makoto gig, those set times were great!

ghetto kitty wrote:this country treats sober partygoers worse than those in wheelchairs or with limbs actually missing

I wouldn't worry about them, they're pretty 'armless.

j

agree Cia.

i did another afternoon gig yesterday, there were quite a few over 30-35's in attendance, with children. did not see anyone from this thread.

:waste:

Retzie, thanks for the clarification. My original point was that this whole discussion is a hotbed of misunderstanding. Point proven by all (me included). Perhaps I didn't express myself as eloquently as I intended.

Bo & Dan - if either of you knew me more than just as a name you used to see on a message board, you'd understand that you're wide of the mark with you assessment of my position on this discussion and my attitude in general.

great_magnet wrote:if either of you knew me more than just as a name you used to see on a message board,

I thought I did?

You seem to be taking me a little too seriously.... :maximumteefage:

C.I.A. wrote:

youthful_implants wrote:given the current drought of quality rugs in this country I'm surprised anyone goes out to dance at all.

not sure about the over 30s crowd but tapping the under 18 market is where its at.

Lol YI

This thread needs less vitriol & more PLUR

totes!! brohugz are where its at.

obliveus wrote:In an untirely 'unrelated' turn of events, I just saw a poster for a gig/night in Ringwood with Boogs n Spacey playing. Possible Daisy's...regardless, it's Ringwood. Does this mean the Over 30's Rave has moved outer? If so, I can now walk down my hill to gigs n hang with punters my own age...when I'm not playin to the kiddies in the city who, btw, still rock it to James Brown.

Orange whip?

Daisy's rocks.

Best over 28's night on the east side!

ha!

obliveus wrote:In an untirely 'unrelated' turn of events, I just saw a poster for a gig/night in Ringwood with Boogs n Spacey playing. Possible Daisy's...regardless, it's Ringwood. Does this mean the Over 30's Rave has moved outer? If so, I can now walk down my hill to gigs n hang with punters my own age...when I'm not playin to the kiddies in the city who, btw, still rock it to James Brown.

Aw hell yeah! Time for me to move back to Mitcham methinks! Though it must be said, Ringwood will never be the same after the tragic loss of Jooce nightclub.

Hardy wrote:

obliveus wrote:In an untirely 'unrelated' turn of events, I just saw a poster for a gig/night in Ringwood with Boogs n Spacey playing. Possible Daisy's...regardless, it's Ringwood. Does this mean the Over 30's Rave has moved outer? If so, I can now walk down my hill to gigs n hang with punters my own age...when I'm not playin to the kiddies in the city who, btw, still rock it to James Brown.

Aw hell yeah! Time for me to move back to Mitcham methinks! Though it must be said, Ringwood will never be the same after the tragic loss of Jooce nightclub.

It all makes sense, the party people of the last decade spent their 20's partying, now have grown up and have mortgages, and 'cause they spent their money on partying instead of saving, they can only afford outer suburbs.

Hardy wrote:

obliveus wrote:In an untirely 'unrelated' turn of events, I just saw a poster for a gig/night in Ringwood with Boogs n Spacey playing. Possible Daisy's...regardless, it's Ringwood. Does this mean the Over 30's Rave has moved outer? If so, I can now walk down my hill to gigs n hang with punters my own age...when I'm not playin to the kiddies in the city who, btw, still rock it to James Brown.

Aw hell yeah! Time for me to move back to Mitcham methinks! Though it must be said, Ringwood will never be the same after the tragic loss of Jooce nightclub.

100% agree.

Many Many Many Saturday nights spent at Marty Moose.