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Grex Ing Item 69: The clubING Item
Entered by lee on Wed Nov 19 01:41:15 UTC 1997:

The other day a bunch of us were wandering the student union and found this
list of clubs in the nearby area.  It's of course very difficult to tell the
atmosphere of a club by its name, address and phone number on a piece of
paper.  However none of us have ever done the clubbing scene and we wouldn't
know what to ask if we were to call up those clubs to find out more of what
they are like.  So a question to the masses, is there anyone reading this
conference who has done the clubING scene and if so, what differentiates one
club from the rest and how do you decide which club to go to?

8 responses total.

#1 of 8 by kami on Thu Nov 20 14:49:24 1997:

Club as in dance club, not as in chess club, right?...

#2 of 8 by lee on Sat Nov 22 00:35:15 1997:

Yes, dance club, like the stuff you see on t.v. with lots of people and music
and dancing.  Anyone explored that path in real life?

#3 of 8 by scott on Sat Nov 22 20:10:39 1997:

Closest I get is karate, but my dojo has occasional potlucks.  It's a nice
bunch of people.

I used to be a sound tech, so I worked in bars a lot.  I don't like going to
clubs because of the smoke, though.

#4 of 8 by lee on Sun Nov 23 02:49:13 1997:

Is there such a thing as a smoke-free bar/club?

#5 of 8 by scott on Mon Nov 24 00:29:51 1997:

Heh.  Depends on where you are, and I think you aren't in Ann Arbor where I
could make suggestions.  :)

In Ann Arbor is the Gypsy Cafe, which does acoustic rock and folk and so on,
coffeehouse atmosphere but with good music.  No smoking, but no alchohol
either.  There is also some org that does a monthly substance-free dance
somewhere, but I've never gone to that.

#6 of 8 by birdlady on Tue Nov 25 16:23:48 1997:

In this area (Kalamazoo), I like to go to the Zoo on Sunday nights because
they play good music, and the people are college-age or older.  Also, the
Orbit Room in Grand Rapids does an Alternative/Industrial night on Wednesdays,
Rap/Dance/Techno on Fridays, and Retro/Disco/Eighties on Saturdays.  Kegger's
in Kalamazoo is good on Saturday's if you love cheesy 80's music, but the
crowd is around 18-23, with a heavy concentration of drunk frat and sorority
people...not bad, but my tolerance is thin for ditzy people in general,
whether or not they're in a Greek club doesn't matter.  =)

#7 of 8 by lee on Wed Nov 26 02:32:55 1997:

No, I'm not in A^2 and I realize it's hard for people to recommend clubs
elsewheres :) I guess I was just looking for some sort of general
atmosphere qualities... i.e. if I see "X" I should run away fast or
such... any suggetions that way or is it too difficult to tell from
appearances?

#8 of 8 by mcnally on Tue Dec 2 06:44:44 1997:

  Well, cannibalism is a bad sign..  Really, though, there are all
  kinds of clubs and it's going to be pretty hard to make a blanket
  recommendation when nobody knows much about your tastes..  Some
  people's "out of control" is too tame for others and it's hard to
  guess what other people think of as a good time..

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