So, last night there was going to be a huge take-over of a building in the Wall Street area, with the theme: "Beautiful things come out of desperate times." True enough, but not in the Financial District, apparently.
We arrived around 1 a.m. and the
Danger party had already been shut down by the cops, who were blocking off the entire street from entry, unless you seemed to clearly live there. "It's a fire hazard," they said.
And were the people at the Danger party hoping it would open up again?? -- because despite the ability to send mass e-mails via even a regular cell phone these days, there as yet *hasn't* been any mass e-mail to the would-be party-goers of the party's shut-down. Not impressive.
I have to say, though, their party did sound well worth it; but next time, I won't try to attend underground debacles in such havens of convention, but rather try to stay in Brooklyn and seek out the abandoned warehouse parties closer to home, where they will be less likely to be shut down!!!
The Danger's original post follows... :sigh:, I wish it had really been able to live up to all of the hyped-up glory!
TheDanger, Lady Circus, Space Haus, UnderandAbove & DjProAudio present a
late night adventure enveloping five floors and a roof deck with saucy
antics, grace, music, beauty, humor, fanfare and scandal.
This Saturday, May 9th you are invited to explore...
Multiple floors of hip-hop to tech house to gypsy funk featuring: Alex
Dirttt of Halcyon, Adultnapper, dj Grimace, Zemi17, Jesse Mann, Vintage DJ
and the notorious Joro Boro.
The half-constructed space will be alive with roving bands, live acts,
strong drinks and dark corners infused by: The Lady Circus bringing
beautifully explicit acts accompanied by the gritty, whiskey-soaked songs
of the Stumblebum Brass Band and That Handsome Devil's infectious
rockabilly funk.
Plus the artistry of Jessi Klien and Zev Deans in the Bordello lounge, the
rooftop fire-arts of Pyrophorus Pixxie and video projections by Sebastian
Patane Masuelli.
$15 with RSVP at: http://www.thedanger.com/
(RSVPs close at midnight tonight.)
$20 for the uninitiated.
Doors open at 10pm : 21+ exclusively : Arrive early.
17 Rector St. between Trinity Place and the West Side Highway
Way-Down-Town Manhattan.
Take the: 1 or R train to Rector St, the 4 or 5 train to Wall St., The JMZ
train to Broad St or the A,C,2 or 3 to Fulton St and walk a bit.
This event has no official name and very few boundaries. Our goal here is
simple; to reinvigorate a forgotten corner of Manhattan with the passion
and promise it was built from. The space will be dark, a little decrepit
and exquisitely out-of-control.But it wasn't as out out of control as planned!
