Clubs Of Dallas
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Common Ground
Easy Street Theatre
All pretty much the same club, through three locations. They were all
very cool. None of them had more than 10 chairs, and there were a few
giant wirespools for tables. It was like someone's garage, only they
charged you $5 to get in and didn't really serve alcohol. Most
of the bands that played there (Today's Forecast! Hagfish?!) were
somehow punk-influenced, but there was still a lot of variety.
It was fun, and the people there actually knew how to slam dance. It was
a very friendly experience considering that most of the people there
hated at least half the people there.
Varioustadia
A lot of bands play in a local stadium when they come through town. This
used to be a lot more common when Thicketmaster was mostly handling the
stadium tickets, so if they were handling a schedule, they'd put concerts
in stadia. Lately, they tend to be putting them in other places.
Especially now that people are hip to the alternative scene and have all
these different bands to like.
Trees
I've actually been to Trees, but I've never been to me. Trees is where
most of the big alternative bands seem to be going to play when they
come through, lately. Trees is just that cool. Trees is where Alanis
Morissette played when she came through. She's cool. And short.
Arcadia
I've been to Arcadia. They serve alcohol, and if you look 25, they don't
card you. They also have a pretty amazing light show, and some of the
people who go there are attractive. It used to be a movie theatre. Now
it is a vapid club that plays a lot of techno music, except on Sundays
when they do Retrocadia and play a lot of bad music from before most of
the people going there had outgrown Menudo.
Fish Dance
Fish Dance has a very dumb name and hasn't been around all that long.
Tijuana Yacht Club
Lost in the '80s, they are. But that's ok, because people were still
getting laid in the '80s, and that's why people go to TYC.
Durruti Column
A few of the people who used to hang out at Common Ground opened this
place up. They have mildly cool bands, do piercings and tattoos, have a
small subversive bookstore, and bagels. It's kind of an attempt to bring
a 60's commune into Dallas and hopefully make a profit off it. I think.
(incidentally, they won't get pissed if you call it the Dorito Commune,
as long as they can't hear you.)
Eden 2000
Smart Drinks.
Borrowed Money
This was just a testament to the wasteful excess that is Dallas. It was a
giant building with a lot of c&w types hanging out in it. I thought.
Cafe Brazil
The first major beat-style coffee-house in Dallas that anyone could
afford. They served good food, but then they stopped being able to cook
their rosemary potatoes right, but now they can cook them right again,
and all of a sudden their waitstaff is extraordinarily cool some of the
time, so go there even if you must not have a latte with kiwi
flavouring. And especially go there if there are lots of people there
who might moon you, or wear really bad jackets and chant "Drew!".
Insomnia
Open all night in Deep Ellum. It's like spending time at a boring party -
they've got some board games, some blacklight, and some music, but you
don't get to dance, and there's no Twister. This only applies if all
your party-hosting friends make good, pricey coffee drinks, tho'.
Others
This list was created for no reason after a burst of energy at 9:23 EST,
Feb 11, 1995. Chris probably won't add another thing to it unless
someone writes him telling him about a club he missed. So. Write
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