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i've been a lifetime on deposit..
Nov. 8th, 2012 08:56 am.
After reading p_cat's nostalgic post on '90s gothclub music, i found myself scratching my head yesterday, trying to work out what my own Olde Days soundtrack would be. I couldn't even put a finger on an Olde Days that i could feel nostalgic about. When i think about it, it seems that for most of my clubbing years, i actually loathed the bulk of the music that was played at the clubs i went to. There were exceptions, and i did have many good times and met some great people, but musically it was always Russian roulette and too many times a good night out was one in which i *hated* less than half of what i heard. When i look back now, it's the disappointment i remember, and a sense of settling for less and wishing for something different.
Ironically, it's only been in recent years, since the deathrock revival has caught on, that the sort of scene i spent most of my 20s and 30s longing for finally exists. Of course i'm now in my mid-40s, with different interests and priorities, and that sort of thing doesn't seem to matter as much any more. This weekend there's a big deathrock night on at DV8, with live bands and "my kind of music" all night, but i've been in two minds as to whether i could even be arsed going. It's not that i wouldn't enjoy it (i always do) but the question is whether it's worth feeling wiped out not just for the weekend but for the rest of the week. I think i will end up going, even if it's partly out of nostalgia for a Good Old Days that never actually happened.
Do you think i if asked nicely they'd reschedule it to maybe 15 years ago?
After reading p_cat's nostalgic post on '90s gothclub music, i found myself scratching my head yesterday, trying to work out what my own Olde Days soundtrack would be. I couldn't even put a finger on an Olde Days that i could feel nostalgic about. When i think about it, it seems that for most of my clubbing years, i actually loathed the bulk of the music that was played at the clubs i went to. There were exceptions, and i did have many good times and met some great people, but musically it was always Russian roulette and too many times a good night out was one in which i *hated* less than half of what i heard. When i look back now, it's the disappointment i remember, and a sense of settling for less and wishing for something different.
Ironically, it's only been in recent years, since the deathrock revival has caught on, that the sort of scene i spent most of my 20s and 30s longing for finally exists. Of course i'm now in my mid-40s, with different interests and priorities, and that sort of thing doesn't seem to matter as much any more. This weekend there's a big deathrock night on at DV8, with live bands and "my kind of music" all night, but i've been in two minds as to whether i could even be arsed going. It's not that i wouldn't enjoy it (i always do) but the question is whether it's worth feeling wiped out not just for the weekend but for the rest of the week. I think i will end up going, even if it's partly out of nostalgia for a Good Old Days that never actually happened.
Do you think i if asked nicely they'd reschedule it to maybe 15 years ago?
