|
Nyc Clubs Suck (pg. 5)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| NYGblue |
g-hey! only Avalon sounds semi-interesting... have fun with the hipsters...
SUPERCLUB COMEBACK
By MIKE GWERTZMAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
August 7, 2003 -- IF you like your nights out big and loud, we've got some good news for you: The giant, anything-goes mega-clubs that once defined the city are coming back.
As of this fall, no longer will you have to schlep off to Miami, Ibiza or Los Angeles to party with a massive sound system and world-class DJs.
Three new superclubs are entering the fray, all of them at the hands of out-of-towners who are betting New Yorkers are hungry for that big club experience.
Buying the legendary Limelight space represents a homecoming for Steve Adelman - who used to run the club with Peter Gatien in the mid-'90s.
Along with partner John Lyons, Adelman is transforming the former church into AVALON (6 W. 20th St.), opening in September.
"People come to New York to experience things," says Adelman, one of the kings of Boston night life. "They want something they can't do anywhere else. The Limelight is a building where you can get that."
Designer David Ashen (XL and Capitale) is sprucing up the club, which was reopened briefly as Estate last year, and the entire building is being outfitted with a new custom-designed sound rig and state-of-the-art lights system. The club's multiroom layout will also house a more exclusive Spider Room, for the celebrity set.
Few openings are more hotly anticipated than CROBAR, which finally will open its doors in October after more than two years of work.
There's already a documentary being filmed and a possible "The Restaurant"- style reality TV show in the works, but Crobar owners Cal Fortis and Ken Smith believe their massive West 28th Street space will speak for itself - with three separate dance spaces and three smaller rooms, including a main room with 60-foot high ceilings.
"We want to take you on a ride," he says.
Recalling his days of partying at Danceteria, Palladium and Area, Fortis hopes to revive that era's clubland mix of downtown hipsters, models and art types.
Are New Yorkers ready for a nightclub that offers vegetarian food, tarot readings and chakra balancing? Robbie Wootton, the force behind SPIRIT, thinks so.
The New Age club is certainly on sacred ground: It's opening in the West 27th Street building that held Twilo and the Sound Factory.
"The days of going to a dark room listening to the DJ on his own are changing," Wooten declares. Spirit will merge dancing and DJ-ing with live musicians and theatrical performances (think Cirque de Soleil and De La Guarda).
The club itself will be divided into three separate areas: Body will be the main dance floor, Soul is the restaurant upstairs overlooking the floor, and Mind is the "spiritual wellness" center with tarot readers.
Succeed or fail, these three clubs will at least provide welcome new club options for New Yorkers.
But can the city accommodate all three? Says Adelman, "New York can handle it."
:rolleyes: |
|
|
| skytrancegirl |
| this is why i drive 4 hours to party, come to clubglow in washington dc for the best trance and the best vibe. |
|
|
| NYGblue |
| quote: | Originally posted by skytrancegirl
this is why i drive 4 hours to party, come to clubglow in washington dc for the best trance and the best vibe. |
I am desperately holding back from commenting on the best vibe thing... for the sake of being nice I will hold back.... However I suggest you check out Buzz when it reopens in DC... and Arc, Filter14, and other places in NYC... you may be pleasantly surprised... :D |
|
|
| galdamez |
| quote: | Originally posted by skytrancegirl
this is why i drive 4 hours to party, come to clubglow in washington dc for the best trance and the best vibe. |
As far as Trance is concerned, Glow is the best option in DC. You gotta give it up to Moutso and the gang for consistently being able to book top Trance talent. |
|
|
| skytrancegirl |
| the vibe in buzz was awesome, and i can't wait until it reopens! iv'e heard alot of good things about ARC i just haven't checked it out yet, i am hoping to soon though. but as of now most of my partying in nyc has been ty. |
|
|
| NYGblue |
| quote: | Originally posted by skytrancegirl
the vibe in buzz was awesome, and i can't wait until it reopens! iv'e heard alot of good things about ARC i just haven't checked it out yet, i am hoping to soon though. but as of now most of my partying in nyc has been ty. |
If its Trance you seek... check out Tsunami@Arc 8/16, Nu NRG@Arc 8/23, John 00 Fleming and Marco V 9/13... also they bring excellent progressive house acts like Sander Kleinenberg... :) |
|
|
| zizack |
| quote: | Originally posted by NYGblue
Oh and don't worry about me not bein' there, I wouldn't waste my hard-earned money on ... |
nice! That'll be one less wannabe elitist to deal with come the fall. |
|
|
| NYGblue |
| quote: | Originally posted by zizack
nice! That'll be one less wannabe elitist to deal with come the fall. |
ummm ok... or you'll have to deal with juice-heads, wanna-be yuppies, scenesters, hipsters, and all that other bull... seriously have fun... NEXT! DId you even bother to read the article... I am not a wanna-be elitist, I am a person about the music and a good vibe.. obviously something you know nothing about... so have fun at those bull clubs... And don't forget to wear plenty of A/X and D&G... loser... |
|
|
| zizack |
| quote: | Originally posted by NYGblue
ummm ok... or you'll have to deal with juice-heads, wanna-be yuppies, scenesters, hipsters, and all that other bull... seriously have fun... NEXT! DId you even bother to read the article... I am not a wanna-be elitist, I am a person about the music and a good vibe.. obviously something you know nothing about... so have fun at those bull clubs... And don't forget to wear plenty of A/X and D&G... loser... |
hahahhahhahahha, you must be a joke. That or you are starting to get pissed. lol, I love it.
Like I said, you don't have a damn clue how these places are going to turn out. But I am glad you are writing them all off based on on your 'secret' online articals that everyone has read before. But thatnks for your assurance that you won't be showing up at any of these places when they open up. Beause if there is anything as bad as as a juicer in A/X clothes, it's a skinny little computer geek who pretends to know everything, and thinks he is better than other people. :haha: |
|
|
| NYGblue |
| quote: | Originally posted by zizack
hahahhahhahahha, you must be a joke. That or you are starting to get pissed. lol, I love it.
Like I said, you don't have a damn clue how these places are going to turn out. But I am glad you are writing them all off based on on your 'secret' online articals that everyone has read before. But thatnks for your assurance that you won't be showing up at any of these places when they open up. Beause if there is anything as bad as as a juicer in A/X clothes, it's a skinny little computer geek who pretends to know everything, and thinks he is better than other people. :haha: |
Wow way to make assumptions about me... At least my argument has some basis of truth to them. The article I posted is no secret it was in The Sun, so you can dump that theory.
I am hardly getting upset, I don't get upset at morons who try to argue without anything to back up what they are saying. At least what I say has substance. You think I go around criticizing things without having done my homework? I was really excited when I heard about these new places. I hoped for a return to a diversified scene in NYC. But what I have found are a bunch of ppl. opening up clubs for the same stupid reasons Exit and Sound Factory existed. Your only comeback is to make personal insults and assumptions. I would be willing to bet that the skinny computer geek theory you have for me apply's to you.
Do me a favor, go find out what is going on, come back and make a decent argument and stop personally flaming me. You don't know me, you don't really know how I think except for my thoughts on this subject, and you obviously don't know anything about these new venues. I know people deeply involved in the NY scene and I get A LOT of my info. from them as well. So stop with the ignorant bull. :tongue3 |
|
|
| zizack |
| quote: | Originally posted by NYGblue
Wow way to make assumptions about me... At least my argument has some basis of truth to them. The article I posted is no secret it was in The Sun, so you can dump that theory.
|
um, 'secret' was sarcastic, because you apparently think that you're the only one who has read up on these new clubs.
Ignorant? Um, that would be you. My original post was very open-minded about these new clubs opening up, and your original reply was basically saying how these new clubs (which haven't even opened lol :rolleyes: ) were already not up to par with YOUR standards. haha, again, you must be a joke. My original point is, and still is that you have no idea how these clubs are goign to turnout, in the slightest. But hey, keep on pretending you do. I am so very impressed with your vast knowledge of the future! It's truly amazing! :rolleyes: |
|
|
| zizack |
and in regards to making a better argument...THERE IS NO ARGUMENT TO MAKE! You're trying to make an argument about the future. I simply have an open-minded outlook, and you're the one so staunchy defending your retarded notion about how these places are goign to be .
hey, here's an idea....why don't you just wait until they OPEN, and then make a decision about the place. |
|
|
|
|
