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[David Meadows]

Put me in the club hating category. Overly loud music, I don't dance and I don't drink. They're crushingly tedious.

That's exactly what I was going to post!

[garjones]

That's exactly what I was going to post!

...but you'll go to gigs where the music is louder and pople dance and get drunk. Why do you hate vinyl David?

[Marc Diamond]

I used to love Clubbing too. Now, I suspect I look like the sad older fella trying to recapture the funky moves of his youth. Like Sanjay - it also hurts a lot more these days too.
That said, I still really enjoy going out to places that are playing great music and have interesting artsy folk hanging around.

The trick to 'pulling' in these places is to look for interest. You can save yourself a lot of time and heartache by only pursuing people who are actually interested in you.
They either fancy you or don't - you have to be VERY slick and confident to convince them otherwise.

(Sounds like common sense...but that's not very common, is it?)

[Steve Sensible]

Though I've found I can't go cubbing two nights in a row like I used to be able to

Heh, I can barely manage one night these days. There was a time when I'd go out on a Thursday night, dance until 3am, then be in the office at 8am.

Now on the rare occasions I'm out that late, I can pretty much write off the whole of the following day. (And probably the next one too...)

[David Meadows]

...but you'll go to gigs where the music is louder and pople dance and get drunk. Why do you hate vinyl David?

Last two... no, three... gigs I went to were acoustic (I mean properly acoustic, no amps or speakers) and nobody danced, we all sat quietly in pews. Maybe some people were drunk, I didn't pay attention

In a club it's the quality of the noise, not the volume, that's actually the problem. A club is a small room where acoustic quality is way down the list of priorities. It's badly shaped, badly designed, and has a sound density that is too high for its size. You get reverberations and the wrong frequencies being boosted and all sorts of things like that. A concert hall has been designed primarily to sound good, and a good band has an experienced sound engineer who will tailor the sound specifically to sound good in that venue. My ears were in much poorer shape the morning after a night of clubbing (yes, I went to a few in my student days) than they ever have been after even the loudest rock concerts I have been too.

And people who dance at gigs annoy me immensely, unless they're doing it far away from me

[garjones]

Don't tell me you nod and appreciate the music instead of dance. Those people should be banned from concerts of any kind. Stay at home and listen to the CD.

[stephanie familiar]

it amuses me greatly to hear you guys speak of "pulling" in clubs. "pulling" here means to masturbate.

[Mike]

Put me in the club hating category. Overly loud music, I don't dance and I don't drink. They're crushingly tedious.

That's exactly what I was going to post!

You are kindred spirits at Millarworld.

I wonder who everyone else's nearest match is personality wise?

[garjones]

it amuses me greatly to hear you guys speak of "pulling" in clubs. "pulling" here means to masturbate.

I've been somewhat more successful than that. Not hugely but never had to resort to that (or at least I waited until I got home).

[Robert B]

It stands to reason that if you don't like clubbing you shouldn't go there to meet women because the odds are you'll meet a woman who loves clubbing.

In my younger days I didn't go clubbing very often but I had fun when I did. In retrospect I wish I had gone a little more. Now that I'm tied down somewhat with work and a kid, it's not like I think, "back in my early and mid 20s, I wish I had rented more movies."

[Marc Diamond]

it amuses me greatly to hear you guys speak of "pulling" in clubs. "pulling" here means to masturbate.

When I moved to Ireland, it amused me that the word for it is 'shifting'. It always makes me imagine people being picked up and moved a couple of inches left or right.

[Martin Smith]

Stay at home and listen to the CD.

That's exactly what I do. Tis much cheaper.

[Christian U]

It stands to reason that if you don't like clubbing you shouldn't go there to meet women because the odds are you'll meet a woman who loves clubbing.

In my younger days I didn't go clubbing very often but I had fun when I did. In retrospect I wish I had gone a little more. Now that I'm tied down somewhat with work and a kid, it's not like I think, "back in my early and mid 20s, I wish I had rented more movies."

I do worry a bit that I'm getting too old to go to clubs at all. I mean... there's those parties for people over thirty, but they all stink.

[Marc Diamond]

I do worry a bit that I'm getting too old to go to clubs at all. I mean... there's those parties for people over thirty, but they all stink.

We were out last weekend and decided that as long as there is at least ONE person there who looks older than you...then it might be ok.

[Todd Gross]

When I moved to Ireland, it amused me that the word for it is 'shifting'. It always makes me imagine people being picked up and moved a couple of inches left or right.

When I think of "shifting", I think of gear-shifting in cars. Though it does give a whole new meaning to the term "manual transmission"!

[Christian U]

We were out last weekend and decided that as long as there is at least ONE person there who looks older than you...then it might be ok.

I'm a bit afraid that I won't make the cut if I go by that rule...

[al-x]

Hello:

"Pull" here always meant appeal or atttactiveness, like a Brad Pitt has
a lot of pull and can get girls.

I always preferred "happening" and "he got game" as in he has his act
together and got game to get the girls.


Al...

[Robert B]

I do worry a bit that I'm getting too old to go to clubs at all. I mean... there's those parties for people over thirty, but they all stink.

There are parties for people over 30?

My wife and I have a holiday party every year. It's fun. But the 20-somethings come and then leave at 11 to go to a more exciting parties, and the 30-somethings say they're going to come and then can't make it because they're busy. I really like some of my 35-year-old parent friends but I never see them because, well, they're 35 and parents.

That said I do have a bunch of tickets to upcoming concerts, so that'll be fun. They're all mostly age appropriate to me (newish acts, but not ones geared at teens or college kids). I tried to go see Skrillex and I'm still emotionally damaged by the experience.

We were out last weekend and decided that as long as there is at least ONE person there who looks older than you...then it might be ok.

The other night I went to two bars. The first bouncer laughed in my face when I asked if he needed to see ID. The second one thought I was underage and that my ID was fake, and even tested me and then gave me the stinkeye before letting me in.

I suppose this means if I were an actor I could play roles from ages 18 to 48.

[David Meadows]

Don't tell me you nod and appreciate the music instead of dance. Those people should be banned from concerts of any kind. Stay at home and listen to the CD.

[Marc Diamond]

35 and Parents...sigh. It's the tightening around their eyes and slight twist in the mouth when you mention 'Party'.

They're thinking 'Babysitter, getting there, getting back, hangover, much rather stay in and watch one of those boxed sets on the sofa'.

I know. I'm one of them.
Still, when we get to go to Glasgow, the Grandparents get the babies and we kick the arse out of the weekend. I'm SURE there was someone older than us in that club last week! They were certainly a bit more haggard looking anyways!
(Christian - youth is a state of mind. Until you can't quite remember it.)