Oakenfold at Crobar NYC July3
Went to see Paul Oakenfold and Liquid Todd the night of Sunday July 3 at Crobar NYC. got there around 11:30 and stayed till almost 4am. ate a Veggie Samosa on the way back to the subway and then took the A train back to 72nd st. the train was more crowded than i thought for 4am on a Sunday. eventually got to sleep around 5am. ah, good times!
Crobar NYC phyiscal layout: a lot different from Crobar Chicago. Much more like a cross between Fur in Washington D.C. and ICE in Las Vegas. The club has the main room with the DJ and dance floor and an separate staging bar area. They roped off the main dance floor area until there was critical mass in the staging area, which was around midnight. The main dance area reminded me a lot of ICE Las Vegas in appearance. A large, almost square-ish dance area with VIP tables on an upper level on 3 sides. Plus they did the blast of cool air (nitrogen?) similar to ICE and Vision (chicago).
Prices: advance tickets were $43.75 ($3.75 handling charge). Amstel Light $8. Bottled Water $6. didn't try for a GG&T (grey goose and tonic), probably would've been like $15.
Club Scene: nothing extraordinary. Extremely packed from like 1:30 to 3. got slightly worried about getting trampled in case of an emergency. about 3/4rds dudes, and most girls there were with dates. but i wouldnt expect to see a lot of single women there unless they were really big fans of the music. $40 is a lot of dough. Some people were smoking, but it was significantly less than in other clubs i've been too. that was nice. Didnt see a lot of people who were visibly high on Ecstasy (unlike Tiesto in Seattle last December). only a few whiffs of pot smoking.
music: liquid todd was on first. was ok, had some really good music that got the crowd going and then played some not so good stuff. didnt really feel the momentum throughout his set. Oakenfold started playing around 1:45am. Energetic set early on, not exclusively trance, but a good mix of different genres. Highlight of the night was when he played a remix of Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall Part 2. was very energetic until about 3:30ish, and by then i was tired and ready to leave.
overall: definitely a good one-time thing (maybe just to say I saw Oakenfold in NYC), but probably not worth the $$$ to do this on a regular basis. Portland is lucky to have a place like Level where a better experience can be had for significantly fewer $$$.
a few pics:
Oakenfold on stage
People having a good time at the show
Crobar NYC phyiscal layout: a lot different from Crobar Chicago. Much more like a cross between Fur in Washington D.C. and ICE in Las Vegas. The club has the main room with the DJ and dance floor and an separate staging bar area. They roped off the main dance floor area until there was critical mass in the staging area, which was around midnight. The main dance area reminded me a lot of ICE Las Vegas in appearance. A large, almost square-ish dance area with VIP tables on an upper level on 3 sides. Plus they did the blast of cool air (nitrogen?) similar to ICE and Vision (chicago).
Prices: advance tickets were $43.75 ($3.75 handling charge). Amstel Light $8. Bottled Water $6. didn't try for a GG&T (grey goose and tonic), probably would've been like $15.
Club Scene: nothing extraordinary. Extremely packed from like 1:30 to 3. got slightly worried about getting trampled in case of an emergency. about 3/4rds dudes, and most girls there were with dates. but i wouldnt expect to see a lot of single women there unless they were really big fans of the music. $40 is a lot of dough. Some people were smoking, but it was significantly less than in other clubs i've been too. that was nice. Didnt see a lot of people who were visibly high on Ecstasy (unlike Tiesto in Seattle last December). only a few whiffs of pot smoking.
music: liquid todd was on first. was ok, had some really good music that got the crowd going and then played some not so good stuff. didnt really feel the momentum throughout his set. Oakenfold started playing around 1:45am. Energetic set early on, not exclusively trance, but a good mix of different genres. Highlight of the night was when he played a remix of Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall Part 2. was very energetic until about 3:30ish, and by then i was tired and ready to leave.
overall: definitely a good one-time thing (maybe just to say I saw Oakenfold in NYC), but probably not worth the $$$ to do this on a regular basis. Portland is lucky to have a place like Level where a better experience can be had for significantly fewer $$$.
a few pics:
Oakenfold on stage
People having a good time at the show
posted by Monish at 10:38 AM
3 Comments:
dood, update your blog or something
I think he might be DNB (Do Not Blog). Oh wait, that's me...
i've been busy (and lazy), but i've updated the blog. jerks.
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