john eden
male pale and stale
This cropped up in the funky house thread - some of our fresher faced posters were outraged at there being age restrictions on some nights.
Some of us recently went to an "over 25s" reggae night which had a load of stuff on the flyer about no hoods, no jeans, no trainers, etc. In fact it was full of all sorts, nice mixed crowd many of whom were under 25 and in hoods, but were well behaved. Also present were people like Bunny Lee (b. 1941) and the original crews for Coxsone Outernational, Unity and Fatman.
I've been thinking about this a little bit. I was at a free reggae bash in Dalston on Saturday with a bunch of people. The crowd was probably mainly in their 20s and 30s, but this guy I know in his 50s/60s turned up and got hassled by the bouncer for "loitering". Admittedly he stuck out a bit, but he's been into reggae since the sixties and grew up in the area, so it was basically out of order. The bouncer was ok when I explained.
One time at Dirty Canvas I had a teenage girl taking the piss out of me for being an old pervert when I was trying to get past her (which was ok, we were both laughing about it...)
I think on the one hand there is something pretty good about having a whole bunch of people of all ages under one roof, having a good time.
On the other hand, sometimes I can't be arsed going somewhere if I think it's going to be full of people half my age. Doubtless the yoofs of today don't always want to go clubbing and have the place half full of people the same age as their parents.
Are you the oldest raver in town? Still feeling that PLUR?
Do you enjoy blokes in their forties leering at your girlfriend on the dancefloor?
Is it inspiring to see elders in the dance?
Will there come a point when a weekend is pipe and slippers and Jools Holland on the telly for you?
Some of us recently went to an "over 25s" reggae night which had a load of stuff on the flyer about no hoods, no jeans, no trainers, etc. In fact it was full of all sorts, nice mixed crowd many of whom were under 25 and in hoods, but were well behaved. Also present were people like Bunny Lee (b. 1941) and the original crews for Coxsone Outernational, Unity and Fatman.
I've been thinking about this a little bit. I was at a free reggae bash in Dalston on Saturday with a bunch of people. The crowd was probably mainly in their 20s and 30s, but this guy I know in his 50s/60s turned up and got hassled by the bouncer for "loitering". Admittedly he stuck out a bit, but he's been into reggae since the sixties and grew up in the area, so it was basically out of order. The bouncer was ok when I explained.
One time at Dirty Canvas I had a teenage girl taking the piss out of me for being an old pervert when I was trying to get past her (which was ok, we were both laughing about it...)
I think on the one hand there is something pretty good about having a whole bunch of people of all ages under one roof, having a good time.
On the other hand, sometimes I can't be arsed going somewhere if I think it's going to be full of people half my age. Doubtless the yoofs of today don't always want to go clubbing and have the place half full of people the same age as their parents.
Are you the oldest raver in town? Still feeling that PLUR?
Do you enjoy blokes in their forties leering at your girlfriend on the dancefloor?
Is it inspiring to see elders in the dance?
Will there come a point when a weekend is pipe and slippers and Jools Holland on the telly for you?
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