City Club/dgn Saturday Nights

[Fierce Critter]

I believe the gist behind making Saturdays "DGN Night" at CC was because, at least at one time, a very large percentage of DGN members were also regular CC-goers. Making Saturday Night "DGN Night" was more a sort of "since we're all there all the time anyway, why don't we give the evening an unofficial/official title to let people - especially new people - know where and when they can find regular posters to meet with."

The sitting area to the right of the bar became the unofficial/official "DGN Corner," further to let people know where to find regulars & possibly familiar faces.

Making things once a month would decrease the possibility of working in new people. I believe, then, the problem is - as has been stated - the lack of new blood on DGN, and therefore, the old guard are bored with the same-old-same-old and don't feel a need to perpetuate something that no longer has a real "official" role.

This would probably change if more of the kind of publicity & recruitment Troy likes happened more.

Kinda answered my own question there. I think I just wanted to see if others even wanted this to continue or not.

[Msterbeau]

It could be because I'm 400 miles away.

[BillyDeath]

You all know why the Fonze couldn't have made it.

[BillyDeath]

Aye....

[Nienna]

You know, I still go to the "dgn area" as soon as I get there just hoping.. LOL I'm usually hanging about there too unless I'm dancing.

[n0Mad]

You know, I still go to the "dgn area" as soon as I get there just hoping.. LOL I'm usually hanging about there too unless I'm dancing.

So do I. Between work and school I don't have nearly the free time I used to. In fact, I pretty much have none at all. But on the rare occasions I do get to go to CC, I go for me. Not because it's a DGN night, not because I'm going to meet people up there, but because I want to go and have fun and dance. Whether that's a Friday or a Saturday depends on my schedule (usually a Friday), but I always check in at the DGN corner and hang out there when I'm not dancing just in case some DGNers are there that night. Official or not I always end up meeting up with a few.

[BrassFusion]

Making things once a month would decrease the possibility of working in new people. I believe, then, the problem is - as has been stated - the lack of new blood on DGN, and therefore, the old guard are bored with the same-old-same-old and don't feel a need to perpetuate something that no longer has a real "official" role.

I think it would be easier to recruit people one night a month with a strong presence than every week with no one else there. And heck... the people who make every Saturday "DGN Night" are probably going to keep going.

Like me. =) But I'd make an extra effort to be sure I was free for that one night per month.

[Marblez]

According to Troy, at least my understanding of his statements from long ago, DGN night is on Saturday because there are more people at CC on Saturday, DGN'ers and future DGN'ers. There is a much larger base of people to talk to and bring into our Network.

Also, if more people tend to go on Saturdays = more DGNers will tend to go on Saturdays = more of an opportunity to SEE other DGNers on saturdays.

[jammers]

i would have to say that im bad i dont really go to cc that much since we are down at the lab for the shows more since springer is normally the dj and i didnt know there was really a meeting place so all i can say is im bad and im sorry normally i have my son on certsain weekends which is why i couldnt get out for my bday this weekend which sucks but hey thats life and i plan to go out next sat and im sure i will be there so i guess ill try to look more for ya guys while im there and im sure it would help if i had a pic up on here so ill have to find one that i dont totally hate so till then ill be seeing ya

[Fierce Critter]

No offense, and I usually don't point out this sort of thing, as I'm the queen of run-on sentences myself.

But that has to be the l o n g e s t s e n t e n c e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f D e t r o i t g o t h i c . n e t

[BlackcaT840]

According to Troy, at least my understanding of his statements from long ago, DGN night is on Saturday because there are more people at CC on Saturday, DGN'ers and future DGN'ers. There is a much larger base of people to talk to and bring into our Network.

Also, if more people tend to go on Saturdays = more DGNers will tend to go on Saturdays = more of an opportunity to SEE other DGNers on saturdays.

Thats how I joined. I went to CC with a couple friends, and this guy asked me if I was a part of it. I said no, and he gave me a card.

I know I dont post much, but I do come onto the site alot. And, one day when I stop being shy, I would like to hang out in the DGN corner.

[BrassFusion]

No offense, and I usually don't point out this sort of thing, as I'm the queen of run-on sentences myself.

But that has to be the l o n g e s t s e n t e n c e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f D e t r o i t g o t h i c . n e t

Oh tsch you know you've seen worse.

Thats how I joined. I went to CC with a couple friends, and this guy asked me if I was a part of it. I said no, and he gave me a card.

I know I dont post much, but I do come onto the site alot. And, one day when I stop being shy, I would like to hang out in the DGN corner.

Awww!!! Put up a pic of yourself so we know who to look for and we'll come say hi!

Or look for familiar faces. A couple of us are fairly recognizable from our pics and can introduce you to those who aren't. =)

[LuluVox]

No offense, and I usually don't point out this sort of thing, as I'm the queen of run-on sentences myself.

But that has to be the l o n g e s t s e n t e n c e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f D e t r o i t g o t h i c . n e t

Holy crap, it is. *copy-editor eye twitch*

[Homicidalheathen]

Well that did it. Saturday nights have too much drama......too crowded yah, the music isn't as good and it seems peeps are more rude.

I gotta try Friday.

[BlackcaT840]

Oh tsch you know you've seen worse.

Awww!!! Put up a pic of yourself so we know who to look for and we'll come say hi!

Or look for familiar faces. A couple of us are fairly recognizable from our pics and can introduce you to those who aren't. =)

Well, I did get my pic taken there just last Saturday. It was freaking packed. But here's da link for it. I'm the one on the left, getting hugged by my friend Kady. I look like shit it, but eh. What can you do?

http://lelandcityclub.net/photos/DSCF1086.jpg

[BrassFusion]

Well, I did get my pic taken there just last Saturday. It was freaking packed. But here's da link for it. I'm the one on the left, getting hugged by my friend Kady. I look like shit it, but eh. What can you do?

http://lelandcityclub.net/photos/DSCF1086.jpg

aweseomness! i'm so finding you next time we're both there... there's no escape...

[the eternal]

Yeah, it was funny. I was all psyched about going for the first time and saw like 3 or 4 people.

And they were sober, except for Dollar Dave.

Bean and I still had a great time, but it was not the DGN party that the aftermaths of years past suggest.

I think the unofficial DGN night should stay every Saturday, and people can hand out cards if they want,

BUT I agree with Vampyro that

there should be one night a month that everyone says they'll go to.

It makes it an EVENT as opposed to just a weekly occurence

[Morbid Side]

I've had some of the best times (meeting my girlfriend). and the worst. Nine times out of ten I get the latter. I believe CC has lost it's flair to people. I know several people from the goth circuit who quit going. I guess it has something to do with seeing the same stuff all the time, it gets old real quick.

Thus, I give CC a thumbs up down. If CC were human it'd be on life support, sure it draws people but what about the people who built the foundation on it? They are the ones who made it happen. Sometimes it makes me feel ashamed of going. Only a handful of times have ever made me feel that way, and the way it has shifted people away from it has casted a dark cloud over the beginning to the end of CC.

[Morbid Side]

As far as the whole DGN night. I say scrap it. Seriously, how many people can you meet in one night without having someone recognize you by the avatar you have? I don't know what you all look like from a pic on here, and I don't think I should have to hunt DGNers down like a detective just to say hello.

[Der Nister]

For me I've usually got things going on with my music that can only happen weekends so I pick that over CC. I go from time to time but there other things on my schedule that are much more exciting than standing around in the same club weekend after weekend.

It's just how it is and how I feel about it.

[pomba gira]

No offense, and I usually don't point out this sort of thing, as I'm the queen of run-on sentences myself.

But that has to be the l o n g e s t s e n t e n c e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f D e t r o i t g o t h i c . n e t

haha yeah I'm impressed! FC, looks like we're now in a 3-way battle for the title of Queen of Rambling Stream-of-consciousness posts!

Thats how I joined. I went to CC with a couple friends, and this guy asked me if I was a part of it. I said no, and he gave me a card.

I know I dont post much, but I do come onto the site alot. And, one day when I stop being shy, I would like to hang out in the DGN corner.

Me too... I was there after some juggalo event or other & some guy (I think it was actually Troy but to this day not sure) staggered over to me, mumbled something, and gave me a card.

And- if you wait till you stop being shy, it'll never happen! Take it from a fellow shy person, you just gotta "fake it till u make it". People are pretty cool about saying Hi if you wander over there & they recognize you. And the nice thing is, the DGN corner is close enough to the bar that if errone ignores you, you can play it off like you were just scoping out the bar anyway.

I've had some of the best times (meeting my girlfriend). and the worst. Nine times out of ten I get the latter. I believe CC has lost it's flair to people. I know several people from the goth circuit who quit going. I guess it has something to do with seeing the same stuff all the time, it gets old real quick.

Thus, I give CC a thumbs up down. If CC were human it'd be on life support, sure it draws people but what about the people who built the foundation on it? They are the ones who made it happen. Sometimes it makes me feel ashamed of going. Only a handful of times have ever made me feel that way, and the way it has shifted people away from it has casted a dark cloud over the beginning to the end of CC.

don't wanna sound like some know-it-all old fart but... again, this is natural scene evolution... watched it happen more times than I can remember. People grow up & move on... as Vampyro said, life is all about change. Nothing is EVER gonna be "like it was back then", because "back then" is gone forever. Best thing we can do is cherish the memories but also appreciate the present situation for what it is, not always be comparing it to how things were two or five or twenty years ago. Hell, I could be like a lot of people my age and always be complaining about how "you kids" (I know there are others here my age, but the majority are 20-early 30 somethings) aren't like "we" were... but IMO it's more productive- and certainly feels better- to appreciate the differences and look at them as evidence that the world is moving and changing in awesome new directions.

Yeah, that analogy wandered pretty far afield from the original point of changes in a social scene, but hey- I DID say this was a 3-way battle for the Rambling Stream-of-Consciousness Post title!

Finally, FC- I don't think having an "official" DGN night once a month would hurt. It wouldn't keep the people who already go more often from continuing to do so- but for the occasional people, it would eliminate the worry of showing up & no one being there. Plus it would make it easier to plan around work, childcare, & other responsibilities. I would definitely make the effort if I knew for sure, 2 or 3 weeks in advance, that people would be there. I think the 1x/month idea is definitely something to think about.

[Hellion]

:devil Yeah,CC was more fun years back,now it just basically became the same ol routine every Sat,and

and alot of people we know quit going up there.The

lack of respect to other people has gotten worse,and wannabes(wiggers)have become a serious problem up there.I know several people that will not step foot in CC again.I remember when CC was really awsome to go too,considering i have gone there just over seven

years ago,and it was a place to be yourself,other than that its time to check out other places.This just is how I feel,this is nothing against anyone that I am friends with on DGN,IMO

City Club got old.

[Guest Megalicious]

I have my daughter full time now. So it makes it hard to get out.

I have my other kids part-time still.

... Not that I'm complaining. Just giving reason.

I'm with Mel here =)

[Killer_Bunnie]

I'm with Mel here =)

I do the mom thing as well, but I do miss leaving the house for something other than grocery shopping and diapers.

[Reaper]

Yep, also have to agree with Crank. It doesn't have that zing it did back then where I came and was amazed at seeing Halloween every weekend of the year. I've been going to CC since 1996 and I don't know why, but I haven't been motivated to dress up in the winter as I used to. Maybe a break is a good thing as it allows for a fresh view to get tired of something else. Maybe then I will be back for a weekend or two of CC. I also used to like going on the hunt for women there, which I was never good at, and meet a few. Ah well, cycles, cycles, cycles.