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Re: Alternatives to Neo's dance club...

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From: smr
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:58
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ra_and_todd@yahoo.com (Ra & Todd) wrote in
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> Are you looking for strictly alternative 80's?  If so, good luck
> finding anyplace else.  Dave and Kristine do take requests on Thursday
> nights and try to accommodate everyone.  Dave does know how to DJ and
> has been doing it at NEO (and previously at 950) for at least 20
> years.  Sometimes it's just a matter of waiting to hear a good set of
> music.  We usually stay until close when we go so we can hear the 80's
> punk/ska set at the end of the night. 
> 
> A non-80's alternative you might want to try is Smart Bar.  Thursday
> nights have been new electronicy dance music (electroclash).  It's not
> house/techno music; it's more in the line with early Depeche Mode. 
> This upcoming Thursday, November 14, Add N to (X) and Soviet (both new
> electronic dance bands) are going to be playing at Empty Bottle.  One
> other place that I have not been to is Big Wig on Division and
> Ashland.  I hear they play decent non-rave dance music on Thursday
> (but this is second hand knowledge). 

Good buddy of mine is a promoter for Big Wig and vouches for their 
occasional lapses into non-fucked music. For straight up good DJs who play 
good 80's music regardless of genre, I like Club Foote. Depeche Mode to The 
Cure to Ozzy to The Smiths to Poison... I like that sort of fucked-up 
mixture.


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