Spencer Chow FAP NYC 10/23-10/27?

I hope so, bnw.

Spencer, I agree with your point of view but didn't want to hammer the point around like a FAP Nazi. So do we pick Botanica? Or do you think it is too small? And by "you" I mean the NYC crew who has been there, not specifically Mr. Chow. Suggestions are welcome at this crucial juncture.

I hope Jess comes out too!

Also, if Botanica is central and cool then that should be that. The drinkers can be sure to be there from 11 to 1? and then those that were out at shows can swing by.

Botanica can get pretty crowded. But so can everywhere. Whatever you guys want to do is fine by me. ;-)

Hahahaha "central". It's not difficult to get to IIRC. I'm sure all of these shows everyone is going to are downtown.

I'm sure no one would object to hanging and drinking til everyone shows up, we're a bunch of drunks. I'm just concerned about space though, it can get crowded on weekends. OK so. SATURDAY @ BOTANICA @ around 10 or 11PM to start until whenever everyone shows up??

Hahaha we should just fucking go to Barcode and get it over with!!!

HAHAHAHA OR THE MAGICIAN!!!

Where are we going Friday? I have non-NYC plans on Saturday night, and do not want to miss Spencer and Matos.

Saturday night seems pretty wide open to me. I anticipate the afternoon (haha "morning") will be taken up w/non-ILx activity, and Friday night I am going to LOTS of shows. So basically I am happy to piggyback on whatever Spencer-related activities are planned.

Au contraire! I am piggybacking on your activities, Matos!

You guys are making this thread all gay.

Dude, this conversation is putting some really interesting images in my mind. Please stop using the words "I", "am", and "piggybacking" in conjunction with each other if you want me to keep a straight face at this FAP.

(xpost with bnw)

my plans -> thursday dfa/output nite w/ lauren & aaron
friday -> ghostly party w/ aaron
saturday afternoon -> hella @ pianos, saturday night -> maybe rapture, maybe another show, girlfriend's having a party -> i.e. could be down for hanging depending on how everything else works out

my job, mary, is as an editor at flavorpill (flavorpill.net). thanx for asking!

I know Botanica can get crowded (as everyplace in the city Sat.) so a few other suggestions on the table are The Hole and The Coral Room. Another option would be for some people to get there early and reserve seats, though I cannot in good faith suggest this as I pretty much know I wouldn't be able to get there early.

Cool job, Y. Ms. Redwell turned me onto flavorpill. (Did you already start? There was something in it last week that sounded very ILM.)

i started last week. i have stuff in the issue going out today. i get to work with our hero p. sherburne!

yay yanc3y!

i'm gonna hit the dfa party after the cmj showcase at bowery, most likely

what showcase is that? rough trade? i'm sposed to go to that too. (awww... let's be pals!)

So Yanc3y, are you planning on sticking your cock into Aaron when you're done with Vick? WTF dude? You see Aaron more than you see the rest of us for serious, is that necessary to point out every chance you get? WHY DON'T YOU MARRY HIM? (j/k etc etc...MAYBE)

Matos, which shows you going to Fri? Still going to AWK/JJ?

yes, first Broken Social Scene (a friend wants to go), then probably AWK/JJ, then Chemical Bros. at Centrofly, then Hopper PR afterparty most likely.

originally planned to go to the Magician Sat nite for a friend from Seattle's b-day party but she had to cancel her trip. so you are all spared the indignity of going to that place again (even thought it ahem RULES).

SCENESTERS!

Chem. Bros.??? I think I am way more down for that than AWK/JJ, shit. I'm making Fri plans too back track back track back track--Matos I might "piggyback" you to Centrofly. but I have to figure out something else first. Arrrgh 9pm I wish it was a tiny bit later.

PS the Magician roxor, we still go there all the time you damn fool.

oh yeah. i'll prolly be at the hopper party if i get out of ghostly early enough (why you skipping dear, dude? andy'll be there).

broken social scene kinda suXoRs live and are blah but stars are playing with 'em and they are nice!

yeah the rough trade one -- see ya there!

where are the chem bros.?

I'm not "skipping" anything, I've got a full fucking dance card that night and it's ridiculous to expect me to make five events.

Oooh STARS! I love Stars. I don't have a badge and need to go to some of the day panels. Someone want to loan me a badge for the early afternoons plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz?

I LOVE Stars too! But they're playing in LA next month...

i have two copies of their new album. whoever wants em, they're yrs. (i HATE stars!)

I want one!!!

I have decided I hate music. So I think we should just all go to that diner and get disco fries.

We'll do that on Friday?

Haha this entire thread:

Hey Spencer! Do you want to come do piles of things you could easily do in LA, in fact probably the very next week, that involve none of us really being able to hold much of a conversation with each other? Yay!

Sorry. It's just funny.

Coral Room looks awesome the more I think about it but will it make it difficult for the people going to gigs to show? DO WE EVEN CARE SINCE THEY ARE IGNORING OUR PLEAS FOR SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT MIGHT FACILITATE THEIR ARRIVAL AT OUR PARTY?

the disc is yrs, spencer. re what to do -- it's totally up to you folks! i really hope i can stop by. plan whatever and i'll adjust my plans (hopefully) accordingly.

(i was so happy at the first fap i went to cuz NOBODY (that i was talking to anyway) talked about music. is there a duller thing to talk about???)

Yes and the answer is Momus

Shecky's on Coral: "If you're overweight, underpaid, modestly dressed, or unwilling to beg hard enough to gain entrance (and pay a $15 cover), these door dudes will let you know."

It sounds fun as hell otherwise but bad news for a big group of people. Has anyone been there? Is the door really that rough?

I'm not going to any shows, though I would be into dancing.

espcecially if it's like THIS!
http://bitchcakes.topcities.com/garethfap/tomgareth.jpg

I want to meet ilxorz and have drinks and discussions with them, preferably in a festive atmosphere!

Tom, I think you simply must teach Mr. Chow the kahuka.

Oh and I didn't read that part of Coral, I didn't know about all what you just said, bnw, so now I've decided it is out. Not that our crew couldn't totally slay the doorman on looks, come to think of it?

What about The Hole? I have never actually been there? Will there be DANCING or will we have to eventually end up at Lit and/or Potion?

If we wind up downstairs at Lit again can I actually murder someone this time?

No.

We probably shouldn't go back there then.

Hole according to trendcentral:
"Sometimes this bar is gay, sometimes it’s polysexual, and sometimes (particularly on Saturday nights) it’s overflowing with the hipster cognoscenti (the other week we spied actors Chloe Sevigny and Leo Fitzpatrick, designer Benjamin Cho, and the fashion collective As Four). The music is heavy on electro, hip-hop, and dancehall, and the scene here is pretty much the scene documented by photographer Ryan McGinley: lots of graffiti, lots of heavy drinking, and plenty of elicit behavior going on in bathrooms and dark corners. This cool kid clubhouse, which truly is a dive, feels and looks like a dungeon of sin but it’s probably one of the best spots in town for checking out the latest fashion trends."

Another site mentioned a dj mixing Prince and Gang of Four.

GOD ok fine, do you want to go dancing or not? We'll find somewhere! We won't go to Lit. I didn't realize you had such a huge issue last time we were there! Anyway are you going to teach Spencer the kahuka or not?

The Hole sounds both awesome and like the most horrible thing I could possibly imagine ever all at once. Spencer, do you want a blow job from Chloe Sevigny??? That will decide whether or not we go to The Hole.

"elicit behavior"

"cool kids"

Cooler Kids!

I want to go dancing but last time Lit had that awful dumbass mix going on downstairs and all those fucking twerps, I was feeling serious crowd hate. The best part was Raj: "What are you doing? What are you doing? Stop that!"

ALL THE HATAS WHO ALWAYS DISS MY SUGGESTIONS MAKE SOME OF YOUR OWN FOR ONCE IT'S EASY TO BE NEGATIVE SO HARD TO BE POSITIVE THANKS

Hole sounds super duper fun. Phil, which do you think is less crowded on a Sat. night, Hole or Botanica? Omigod we are going to end up at the Magician I just know it.

(Can I have the other Stars CD, Y?)

If I had my say in these things, we would all end up here at this dive bar in Chinatown, but it would merely be one another of my "interesting choices" that would be left immediately for some hang in Carroll Fucking Gardens grr.

PS, Dear out of towners: Dancing should take place in a club and only in a club, that is what God built them for. This means a club that you go to specifically for dancing, not a bar in which you enact a pas de deux. Thank you for your appreciation.

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