Gas the way 'Stars On 45' did Beethoven's Fifth with a disco beat back in the day.
These days heavy metal/death metal occupies the current cheesy higher ground when it comes to twee remixes.
ON another Irish note, last night 'over one hundred' people gathered outside the new Hoxton Hotel to let the (British) owners know that Dublin's not about give up and give up in relation to noise levels emanating from the Yamamori venue in the basement, which has been there for more years than the current hotel owners have. Word from the inner circle is that the hotel is currently renovating the older interior of what used to be Rí-Rá (we played the dance floor (two sets) on Thursday and Sunday nights) and the upstairs bar (The Globe) on Saturday nights (three sets) and Sunday early evenings. We never had a complaint, and we were fucking loud.
The Globe and Rí-Rá were Dublin's heartbeat for many years throughout the 1990's - which was its peak period. The club night on Thursdays was called 'Funk Off' and originated in the old Waterfront venue down along the quays from the very early 1990's and it really took off, which raised the capital required for the move to Rí-Rá as a dedicated 7-nighter dance venue. We played Funk Off from its opening night through to the closure and relocation back up into the city center along Sth Gt George's Street. It was a huge success, a money-spinner, and it employed lots of staff from the arts and cultural quarters of the day. For me it paid the rent and much more besides.
If the Hoxton group are successful in their chicanery, then they'll be looking to (a) shut down the competition (based on noise level complaints from their residents) and soon after, open their own venue in the old Rí-Rá location - striking yet another blow to Dublin's nightlife.
The numbers being bandied about ('more than one hundred people') was actually around two and a half thousand more than one hundred people, as per The Churnal's reportage. It's bollocks like this that's destroying Dublin's nightlife. Money is far more important than culture to these wankers. The more hotel rooms you create, the less fun there is to be found in the city as one venue after another topples like dominoes. I'm glad I no longer depend on that kind of work but I have nothing but excellent memories of the times we had. We were in the right place at the right time and managed to nail slots in a variety of the most popular joints in town including The POD, the Kitchen, The Chocolate Bar, The Globe, The DA Club (house band) Temple Bar Music Center, (house band) and many other nightclubs. Pub dates were a secondary route to extra cash but we never pursued them, instead letting them come to us as the new licensing laws tightened the screws on every venue in town. As a percussion duo/trio playing alongside many big-name DJ's, we were drafted in to perform a few sets at various club nights (including the mental Ormond Multi Media Center raves) to ensure the promoters got their license (no booze license without a live performance of some kind).
All in all, Dublin's fucked.
The current busiest nightclub in town is Copperfaced Jacks - a venue for coppers and nurses looking for 'de shift' and nineteen pints of yellow piss.
Ireland always manages to shoot herself in the foot these days - I'm glad I'm the fuck out of there and no longer dependent on her.
It's a damned shame but sure what can you do with the millennials of today?
They haven't a fucking clue how to arrange a start-up and see it through to profits.
But then again, the current musical offerings are as shite as their lame attitude.
If the Hoxton hotel manage to win out in the courts, then that's another of the final nails in Dublin's nightlife coffin.
