Pictures from Tales of a Technogypsie
The Pretty Vacant The Pretty Vacant Club * Mertensgasse 8 * D-40213 Düsseldorf * Open 8 til late (5 am) * http://www.prettyvacant.de/Saturday nights: The Sound’s of Swingin’ London. A great little hole-in-the-wall club and bar in the heart of the old town district of Dusseldorf. Around 10 pm, this little bar becomes infested with the [...]
Thursday, 22 May 2008 Washington, D.C. 11th annual D.C. Goth Prom “Under a Milky Way” * Town Danceboutique * 2009 8th Strett NW | Washington, DC 20009 * http://www.gothpromdc.com/ 11th Annual Goth Prom, Washington, D.C. 5/22/08 After the National Geographic Live and private reception, I headed over to my ‘first’, while DC’s 11th, Goth Prom [...]
*Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * Chrome Goth Night * Transit Bar * http://www.gothclublist.com/details/chrome.html * 7 AKUNA ST * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * P 02 6162 0899 * http://transitbar.com.au/ * Eager for some darksome and divine music, I hunted out what could lie beneath the underground of Australia’s capital city … Canberra. [...]
Thunderdome / Death Guild * Burning Man * Black Rock City, Nevada * http://www.deathguildthunderdome.com/ * Every year many Burners look forward to the infamous “Thunderdome”, the interactive art project of San Francisco’s famed “Death Guild”. It is one of Burning Man’s most famous landmarks and one of its most exciting projects/theme camps. Operating for 6 [...]
NOTE: AS OF 2011 WE ARE UNAWARE OF THE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF THE LOTUS. PLEASE CONTAT ESTABLISHMENT BEFORE ATTENDING THESE EVENTS. IF EVENTS ARE NO LONGER IN OPERATION, THIS IS A NOSTALGIA REVIEW POST. Lotus Sound Lounge 455 Abbott Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1C8 604.685.7777 Vancouver, British Columbia Yahoo Maps! ClubVibes Details Rated **1/2 [...]
NOTE: THE PURPLE ONION NO LONGER EXISTS. THE CLUB CLOSED DOWN. THIS IS NOW JUST A NOSTALGIC REVIEW PIECE FROM THE PAST. the Purple Onion Cabaret * 15 Water Street * Gas town -Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1A1 * 604.602.9442 * www.purpleonion.com * Mondays Vancouver’s only underground Brit Night – radiohead, blur, suede, bowie, clash. [...]
Club 23 West 23 West Cordova, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1C8 Vancouver, British Columbia Yahoo Maps! ClubVibes Details Rated ***** EVENTS: SIN CITY: Clubvibes.com description: “Sin City is a monthly club night dedicated to the truly kinky club demons of Vancouver and takes place monthly on every second Saturday of the month at Club 23 [...]
Burning Man Festival Black Rock City, Nevada Burning Man is a week long arts and entertainment, sustainable and self-reliance festival that occurs every year embracing Labor Day. From 1986 until 1989 there was a Summer Solstice bonfire ritual held on Baker Beach in San Francisco by Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and their friends. Here they [...]
Dominion Resurrection* Cellar of Murrays Bar * 33-34 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland * Every Saturday from 9.30 pm – 2.30 am in the cellar of the sports bar called “Murrays” is Ireland’s premiere and only Goth night. Only €3 until 11, afterwards €6 to enter. Darksome and divine, this small little hole is comfortable [...]
Dublin City Pub Crawl * Meet at At The Porterhouse Central, 45-47 Nassau Street, at the end of Grafton Street near Trinity College * 47 Nassau St * Dublin 2, Co. Dublin, Ireland * 086 864 3270 * http://www.facebook.com/thedublincitypubcrawl/ * http://www.thedublincitypubcrawl.com/ * The first time I ever did a (paid)(business) pub crawl in Europe, it [...]
Vertigo * 15 St Marys Street, Truro, TR1 2AF * Cornwall, England * T: 01872 276555 • E: info@vertigotruro.com * http://www.vertigo-truro.co.uk/A great little hole-in-the-wall art-deco upmarket Cafe Bar in Truro, Cornwall. The place is very stylish and comfortable with couches, tables, and lounging environment. The bar offers delicious cocktails, tapas, teas, and coffess. Great food [...]
Third Zombie Outbreak in Colorado SpringsuWorld News Press: October 24, 2009: 0300 – Colorado Springs, Colorado photograph by Steve Carlin This has been the 3rd reported outbreak of zombie virus (feH1N1z) in Colorado Springs. This small city thought they were done with it. But each year, it seems to re-surface. First in 2007 with roughly [...]
Lipgloss Eight Year Anniversary w/ Guest DJ Thieves Like Us * La Rumba * 99 W. 9th Ave * Denver, Colorado * NO COVER! * 6/26/2009 *http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=94455353845&ref=mfEight Magical Years has Tyler and Michael brought us magic and frolick on the floors of La Rumba and Denver downtown. So tonight’s their birthday bash for a proud [...]
Volcano Burn at Apogaea 2009 Apogaea 2009http://www.apogaea.com Happy Ass Ranch, Lake George, Colorado * Annually each June * Colorado’s Regional Burn * Every year the local Colorado Burner community puts together a regional burn in central eastern Colorado called “Apogaea”. An amazing festival of arts, sustainability, and community with leave-no-trace green thumbs on a wild [...]
Saturday, 6th June 2009 Lake George, Colorado Travelogue: Apogaea, Day 3 [ Apogaea – Colorado’s Regional Burn, June 2009 Partying at the Crop Circle Cantina * Fawn and Kerri Anne dancing up a storm Another morning rising early … hanging in the hammock, enjoying the rising sun, and the multi-colored goats across the way. As [...]
DJ Gypsy 80′s Night on the Patio @ the Underground* 110 N. Nevada, Colorado Springs, Colorado * 719.578.7771 http://www.undergroundbars.com/ Running for a couple of months now, and growing in popularity, is a night full of dance and frolick upstairs at the Underground on fridays. Downstairs DJ’s TJR, LL Bishop, Tony G, Mike Devious, and Hauss [...]
Lipgloss: Pet Shop Boys Listening Party 4/24/09 http://www.denver3.com/show/detail/20909 Guest DJ Cyren: http://www.myspace.com/iamyoursiren Lipgloss: Every Friday – 99 W. 9th Ave, Denver, Colorado • 303 -572-8006 • One block west of Broadway • $6 Cover after 10 • 21+ Only • $2 G&Ts • $2 PBRs * www.denver3.com My all time favorite friday night in Denver [...]
Part C Ultimate Party Pub Crawl Thursday, 9 April 2009Amsterdam, The Netherlands After an afternoon’s rest, Sir Thomas Leaf and Princess Brea were ready to hit the bars and clubs – partying all night long. They hopped the bus to the meeting place at News Cafe on Korte Leidse dwarsstraat. With some time to spare, [...]
Pirates CafeKorte Leidsedwarsstraat 129 * 1017pz * Amsterdam * 020-6390522 * http://www.kroegenweb.nl/cafe/10115 I obviously like the theme of this club … how could one not love “Pirates” in a port city? Professional staff and fun club, decent music, and good drink specials for the Ultimate Party Pub Crawl. Lots of fun at this bar – [...]
Amsterdamned CafeKorte Leidsedwarsstraat 24a * 1017pp * Amsterdam * 020-4213353 * http://www.kroegenweb.nl/kroegpagina.php?kroegnummer=10141 A great spacious club with a decent sized dance floor, stage, and dance poles. The bar staff was friendly and professional, the rest rooms clean, and good times were had by all. We visited on Thursday April 9th with the Ultimate Party’s Pub [...]
The News CafeKorte Leidsedwarsstraat 77/B * Amsterdam * 020-6261838 * http://www.theagenda.nl/e6139_cafe-the-news.html?eID=35501 A nice little private club on the Korte Leidsedwarsstraat that is the first stop off of the daily Amsterdam Ultimate Party Pub Crawl. Its a cozy little bar with friendy and professional staff. Just like most of the clubs, when I ordered a Rum [...]
Ultimate Party – Amsterdam Pub Crawl Ultimate Party Pub Crawl – AmsterdamUltimate Party is every Sunday to Friday / 6 Nights a week * Starting : between 08:30 pm and 09:00 pm @ The News Cafe – 4 doors down from the Burger King Leidseplein ( Korte Leidse dwarsstraat 77) * Transportation: Tram 1,2,5,6,7,10 to [...]
Copy free photo of Redlight windows from amsterdam.info Sex Shows, Amsterdam Red Light District, Amsterdam, The Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Wallen One of the more notorious attractions to Amsterdam where sex can be shopped for in a variety like flavors of gelato in a gelateria. All puns aside, besides the museums and coffee shops, the district is one of [...]
Club MateWhile in Ansbach had the privelege to try a friend’s favorite beverage called “Club Mate”. I don’t think its available in my part of the United States yet, but I look forward to its arrival. Club-Mate is a caffeinated carbonated Mate-extract beverage made by the Loscher Brewery near Münchsteinach, Germany and is apparently extremely [...]
Part B Saturday, 4 April 2009Nürnberg, Germany From the Nibulengenmuseum, a brief hike back to Lady Vanessa’s motor-carriage, with a pit stop at at the fish stop and bakery for some travel munchies, the adventurers were on their way to Nürnberg to meet up with Lady Vanessa’s and Sir Christian’s gathering of friends who periodically [...]
FAUN * April 3, 2009 at the Lincoln Theater in Worms, Germanyhttp://www.faune.de/web/index.html I travelled long and wide to see “Faun” as they have become my most favorite band next to “Qnthal”. Timing was perfect as I was travelling to Germany in a adventure-packed modern-story-drama (a fantasical story tale concocted with some fantasy based on true [...]
WORMS, Germany The fabled city of Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. In 2004 its population was 85,829. The city was originally called Borbetomagus by the Celts who established it first (meaning “settlement in a watery area”), and it may very well be the “Oldest City in Germany” (of course [...]
Drink Cards (Verzehrkarte) When clubbing in Germany at dance clubs; you are issued a card usually maximum 26 or 50 Euro that has sections checked off for how much you spend on drinks and items in the bar. As you order a drink or food, the Euros are checked off. It is not customary to [...]
PULP* Wanheimer Strasse 231a, Duisburg-Hochfeld, Germany * +49 (0)203 363 7900 (Th-Sa from 6 PM) * http://pulp-duisburg.de/Each thursday is Goth/80s/Medieval/Industrial night at the Pulp Nightclub and Restaurant. Held in a large castle full with the ambiance of a medieval castle intact with decor and furnishings …mult-roomed normally with 3 club rooms. An 80′s/new wave court, [...]