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Deep Dish @ This is London
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poker face
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I showed up and the line was huge so I went home. Glad to hear it went over so well.
Dr Funk MD
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Racist!
Stormshadow
TRIBE Member
heh...seriously.
Michlerish
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I had a pretty good time considering I got there around 2am after 8 hours of working and was really tired and wearing heels. 
Very nice to meet the Tribers that I did! Sorry if I seemed a little quiet or rude... I was just exhausted.
Very nice to meet the Tribers that I did! Sorry if I seemed a little quiet or rude... I was just exhausted.
Michlerish
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Originally posted by ev
ya you were being a total douche bag
oh, DON'T EVEN!!! I need to have a talk with you mister
because entrance is based on appearance it seems, so I felt it appropriate to state what he looks like.
ev - yes he did go change and went back and had a great time. but not everyone who listens to you post on tribe about how clean runners are okay but then gets turned away at the door has the opportunity or the desire to go change and come back. most people would just go home.
everyone I know that wore runners had no problems at all... and that's a good 30 people at least.
it is still a style code... runners are okay, but you still need to look fashionable... as i said in all my posts. I even saw two people there with red and white addidas shell tops...
anyways, I'm not the door guy, so I couldn't tell you why your freind was singled out. Maybe it had to do with the chaos at the door due to opening night kinks that aren't worked out... eithrway, tell him to email me, and I will do something for him to make up for his inconveniece.
T'was a very interesting night. I had a bad feeling about the club because some of the staff told me that the place was still being fixed up as people were entering the club. That sounded kinda shady to me, but in the end it didn't really matter.
Copeland play a great opening set, and then the Dish came on. I wasn't really feeling the first two hours of the set, but after 3:30 or so that's when they really hit the spot for me. I can't believe I closed out the place, but it was such a great night, so it was worth it.
Nice meeting everyone, and I'll be there on the 10th for Dimitri von Paris...
Copeland play a great opening set, and then the Dish came on. I wasn't really feeling the first two hours of the set, but after 3:30 or so that's when they really hit the spot for me. I can't believe I closed out the place, but it was such a great night, so it was worth it.
Nice meeting everyone, and I'll be there on the 10th for Dimitri von Paris...
Fillmore
TRIBE Member
Originally posted by joinT
and if my hazy memory is correct, i believe i met Michael Drury courtesy of Toby.. cheers gentlemen
Yes I also remeber bumping into these guys. Drury it has been to long man we should be partying more often
Toby lovvvved your hair man. Spacebabe and agent smith both looking good to.
Great night all aroundYes, you did! Nice to meet you.
We arrived at "This is London" around 5 or 10 minutes before 10PM. We thought that time would be sufficiently early to get a reasonable spot in the guest list lineup. When we arrived, we initially got in the general admission lineup and the bouncer near the entrance to that line told us he had no idea if there were other lines to get into the club (
) . A bit strange, so we explored the back of the club and discovered the chaos that was supposed to be the guest list line. We were maybe 80 to 100 people back in the guest list line and waited two hours to get in. We refused -- unlike so many others -- to "sneak" our way into the front. The main criticism I had about the entire experience was the management of those lines. The flow of traffic was not contained *at all* and the lineups were *barely* moving. It's cold out, and the club is only half full. There's no reason to hold us out in the cold for that long.The club, once we were inside, was really quite nice. The decor in the main room is great, although a bit more lighting along the perimeter would be nice...with such beautiful accents, wood panelling, etc, it would be nice to show it off a bit more.
The upper floor was also a bit on the dark side and the bathrooms were somewhat difficult to access.Incidentally, I would say 70% of the guys were wearing jeans and runners. I never saw a single person get turned down at the door for their dress.
I actually felt a pretty positive vibe throughout the entire night despite the number of princes and princesses scattered in the mixed crowd. I think I actually appreciated the crowd because it was fascinating to watch the different groups of people interact, and the variety of people in their dress and behaviour made things interesting.So what about the music? Well, I'm not really a fan of progressive, but I was really impressed with Deep Dish last night. I'm a big fan of Ali now, having watched and listened to his mixing skills. These two definitely know how to keep the pace and read/manipulate the crowd. They pulled out a remix of Trans Europe Express, they mixed out of Madonna into New Order (very well done) and threw down some older Timo Maas, which was refreshing. I heard some acid in there as well as a lot of the "classics".
I think I'll go back to this club once I hear about how the lines are being managed with future events. I just can't justify ever waiting in line for 2 hours. In general, however, I had a really great time, met some really interesting people, stayed until the end and generally feel very positive about the entire experience.
Good work guys.
Yah, I don't pretend to know the circumstances around why there was such a long wait, and I guess I don't care...it will be a real deterrent from me going again, unless I hear that they have come to terms with it.
The thing is, I really did enjoy myself after getting inside.
billy
TRIBE Member
if it helps at all, TIL has been doing that since day one. when they originally opened they were going for the "place to be" image. the line would be held on purpose. the head doorman had complete discretion on who could come in and who couldn't. in fact, the first month was invite only. i saw couples dressed to the nines be told that they wouldn't be getting in that night. they were even only open one night a week.
i'm not sure what the mentality of the management is now. i know the ownership has changed, but that doesn't mean that management is different.
i know it's a pain in the ass, but it's their club and they can do whatever they want. the formula worked for them. for every person who went screw you i'm never coming back, there was always someone who would gladly be back again to try to get in.
however, if you did get in you were rewarded. coat check was free, a full buffet of elegant food was served around midnight, there were two different "shows" that would happen through out the night and when you left you were given complimentary water and some sort of snack for your trip home. i doubt they still do that though.
You mean because people had a good time, and for once its not people posting negative review after negative review?
I went, lineup was huge, it moved well enough for me though. Once inside (after taking quite a while to check my coat, but that can't be helped with the sheer number of people) I had a good time, Brad played a great opening set and Deep Dish played some nice stuff (a little too much coldplay for me though
). Either way, I liked the diverse crowd, everyone looked great and it was a party crowd. Good times.