the rolling london dancing thread

er, even i am thinking that tiefschwarz tomorrow might not happen. has anyone actually been to Issst yet?

charlton, you should come to the optimo our disco on the 18th and drink tequila with me.

Seeing RX that close to the big day is v. appealing.

"Us", lauren, "us". Gareth, be my chaperone.

ok, i think i'll come to that. if i get back into london in time, which shouldnt be a problem

plastic people was where charltonlido and i drank tequila together for the first time. his blink 182 appreciation can be traced back to that night.

i look forward, to the dancing

Lauren - turning alcoholics to Blink 182 since 2000.

I am officially going to knock Tiefschwarz on the head now and concentrate on next Friday, I think.

Next Friday sounds like a good plan for me, too.

Tiefschwarz new single will be renamed 'Disst' at this rate

An ILXor, yesterday:

http://innerrave.org/images/photos/photo13.jpg

Dude, my flatmate actually dances like that!

Yeah, and he's still paying off my therapy bills over it.

your flatmate, if you're talking about who i think you're talking about, does waaay more than that

Yeah, he'd make Reggie Yates-doing-'U Can't Touch This' look like he was standing still.

Gorblimey FIGHTSTAR are playing at the Academy tonight. I'm going to be DJing to Charlie!

In the unlikely event he wants to stick around listening to indie rub

To complicate this coming weekend, just seen there's a Bugged Out at The End Saturday 19th March with Miss Kitten, Erol Alkan, Mu, Ben Fat Trucker / Druzzi's, Nathan Gregory Wilkins, Serge Santiago, Alex Smoke, Chris Blue, RAF Daddy, Lil Lucy & Alice Fine.

No idea who the last 3 are, but the rest of the bill's ace. Dunno how I'm going to fit it in with Optimo, recovery and moving house all in 48 hours though...

friday is very important, for...us all

looking forward to it lots.

there is just too much going on in London tho - i miss so many things where i think 'well you could've gone to that and because you didn't U R A LOOZA'

i wish parties would be a bit more adventurous, though obviously i can't complain about the quality. but still, it's like there's an identikit: pick one from column a (miss kittin, tiefschwarz, ivan smagghe), one from column b (trevor jackson, erol alkan, jojo defreq, nathan wilkins), and one from column c (riton, pablo psychonaut, 2manydjs, maurice fulton).

I think they should have Drew Daniel in one of his old gogo-thongs in all 3 columns. Also, London defines identikit DJs!

Steve, I wore a t-shirt to Vitalic. Stay off the talking E's.

Erol, Nathan Gregory Wilkins & Chris Blue are all Bugged Out London residents though, so it's not a surprise they're on the bill really? Though I find it a bit odd that Miss Kitten is playing again, she was only in town like 2 weeks ago surely?

For those heading to Our Disco friday, it'd be a very very very good idea to be queueing by 11pm. Queue's for Optimo can be a wee bit hectic there, even though the doors won't open till 11ish, it'll sell out easy with the crowd who're there then.

lauren is probably otm but it's funny to read all the same. I guess I'd probably find it annoying too, in London.

In Dublin there are never nights with more than one act on. But then, tonight that act is Black Strobe, at our club, so not so bad.

queues.. pah.

Showoff.

What's upcoming?

apart from Poptimism/Annie tomorrow? and grime in Stratford on April 2? if anything's going on this weekend I'm going to try to avoid hearing about it as I might have to go home :(

(btw Barima - are you Housewiving chez Cis tonight?)

we should do a decent URBAN night around Apr 8/9?

Oh for god's sake no. That's the weekend of my birthday. I intend to have a River Lee or Lea walk on the 10th and I need people in good, un-ruined shape.

I'm going to the Lady Sovereign thing on Thursday.

i will wish i was there when 'I Wanna Sex You Up' is played at Poptimism

I do want to join you, Suzzzzzy, but Poptimism?

(btw Barima - are you Housewiving chez Cis tonight?)

I have a (rescheduled) job interview after work, so it'll depend on how knackered I am (I'm always tired, like in Fight Club).

lets talk about weekends in april.

Barima, unless your job interview finishes at 21.55, you have no excuse to come and enjoy the total rockingness that is our housewives partays.

Get Physical on the 16th, innit?

Lex, and other people: NANCY SINATRA LONDON MAY

Greg the Nancy Sinatra date is the DAY AFTER VITALIC. I am in distressed shock.

Maybe, if it has not sold out and we are feeling OK the next day, we can traipse over to Shepherds Bush and buy tickets on the door. But it's going to sell out, innit... and I'm not risking buying in advance :(

Ellen Allien is playing The Poke on the 22nd. I am considering it.

In other events, who's up for Get Physical on the 16th?

Oh crud, I've done nothing about the get Physical yet. I'm still up for it at the mo.

Meantime, I want cheapness all next week, in order to stretch my money further. And I want to be drunk and wake up in strange bedrooms with no idea how I got there.

Is anyone but me tempted to dance by this?

Get ready to worship the gods of shoegazing once again
as the SONIC CATHEDRAL opens its doors for worship for
the third time. Party like it’s 1991 to classic
shoegazing sounds from the Velvets to the Valentines
to Ulrich Schnauss – plus an electrifying live
appearance by AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE, an acoustic set
by former Ride singer/guitarist MARK GARDENER &
GOLDRUSH and surprise guest DJs.

SONIC CATHEDRAL
THE NIGHT THAT CELEBRATES ITSELF

THURSDAY APRIL 28
THE LEGION
348 OLD STREET
LONDON EC1

AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE (electric set)
MARK GARDENER & GOLDRUSH (acoustic set)
+ SURPRISE GUEST DJs

7pm-12midnight
£5

It's your last chance to catch Tiefschwarz at The Key in Kings X this Saturday. As far as I know anyway - they'd only booked 3 nights in the place last I heard.

Drama Society playing as well, plus some blokes from Phonica.

I think it might be sold out ALREADY :(

it is probably for the best. i won't have drunk since marianna's birthday => vitalic is gonna KILL ME DEAD, plus finals start two weeks after! eek

Oh fuck, I can't make this Saturday. I'd kind of presumed they'd be playing every month.

Ah well, they'll play again.

bump, for the 22nd/23rd, whats happening people?

Amyl makes a brief, unpopular comeback after I decide to end it all on the dancefloor with a flick of my lighter.

Think that'll cover the whole weekend?

Ellen Allien is playing The Poke on the 22nd. I have never even HEARD of this place let alone been! I can kind of take or leave the rest of the line-up though:

THE POKE
Friday 22nd April (10pm - 6am)
Jacks SE1

Main Room
ELLEN ALLIEN (bpitch control, Berlin)
CHRIS CLARK (warp) - Live
DMX KREW (breakin/rephlex)
CEEPHAX ACID CREW (breakin)
CYLOB (rephlex)
JOHN POWER (furthur)

Room 2
GLOBAL GOON (rephlex/ globalgoon.com ) - Live
LEKTROGIRL (rephlex/lektrolab)
DIGITONAL (seed dj)
LJ KRUZER (uncharted audio) - Live
OCTAVCAT - Live
SUN OV (f&s)
KONE-R (uncharted audio)

Haha, is that what you were looking for, Charlton?

perhaps, i think it looks alright!

you better grow a beard now or you won't get in

I don't know what to do with myself.

Except, turn into Gareth, hmm?