Necto in the A2 News

[Jinx]

Going throught the paper today I found an artical the news did on Monday night. It's short but any press is good press.

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/aanews/...87709291741.xml

Jinx

[phee]

Very cool,

And very well stated quotes I might add... I am glad they left out the stuff about the naked dead people in the basement and the involentary nipple piercings that seem to just kind of happen in the DJ Booth.

[Jinx]

Very cool,

And very well stated quotes I might add... I am glad they left out the stuff about the naked dead people in the basement and the involentary nipple piercings that seem to just kind of happen in the DJ Booth.

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Well we were saving those stories for a full page expose on the danger nipple piercing and vodka.

[phee]

:grin: .

[Jarodaka]

Going throught the paper today I found an artical the news did on Monday night.

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Heh, a slight wording ambiguity there. It's an article in today's paper about Monday nights at the Necto.

Hardly a short article, though! DJ Jinx getting all the good press.

[Marblez]

The Article Text....

Goth lives at Necto

Monday nights given over to the culture's lighter side

Thursday, November 11, 2004

BY ROGER LELIEVRE

News Arts Writer

Here's news. The goth scene is alive and well at Ann Arbor's Necto nightclub, where its denizens gather each Monday night to worship at the altar of a kind of music the DJ simply calls "future pop."

"That's the shift the music has taken," explains Dan Streeter, who goes by the name DJ Jinx in the club. "The whole image of goth-industrial music being this dark, depressing, sad thing has kind of gone by the wayside. A lot of it is upbeat and electronic. I play a few dark things, but that's not really where my head's at and that's not where most of the crowd is at. ... There are a lot of songs about loss and sadness, but also a lot of songs about hope."

So whatever happened to worshipping at the altar of scary old Marilyn Manson? And what about those legions of doom-and-gloom club kids clad in black?

"Too dark," says Rebecca Tower, 25, of Bowling Green, who makes the trek with friends up to Necto almost every week for Factory, the club's weekly goth night, because the club in their hometown doesn't play the right music. "You'll get more dancing here than anywhere else. The music is number one, followed by the atmosphere. That's pretty much it."

Although most do it, calling this merely "goth night" is actually a bit of a misnomer. It's officially more a mix of the underground goth and industrial music scenes, which waned in the late 1990s but are now enjoying a revival. Although goth can be about fashion (black clothing, leather, knee-high boots, black lipstick, chains, ear and nose rings, and fishnet stockings are popular), John Pasko, 38, of Ypsilanti, a Necto Monday night regular, said he thinks the popularity of goth stems from something else.

"I think it's a desire to be different. ... For me it's mostly the music and hanging out with like-minded people. And the music doesn't have to be dark. It's a little more techno now, a mix of older stuff and new."

The Monday night event is part of a goth circuit that includes parties on nights other than Monday at nightspots like Luna in Royal Oak, Mephisto in Hamtramck and the venerable City Club in Detroit, he added.

Although classic goth/industrial groups - such as Siouxie and the Banshees, Skinny Puppy, Front 242 and Nine Inch Nails -are represented, Streeter says his emphasis is on newer bands from Europe, such as Wumpscut, VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk and Icon of Coil.

American music is a lot more guitar-fixated, while Europe tends to be more electronic-based, he explained.

Streeter said part of the appeal of future pop is that "a lot of us are fed-up with the mainstream pop culture styles of music. ... I think a lot of our crowd is looking for a different kind of music. I wouldn't define it as darker, I would just define it as different.

"Goth, when it started, was a subculture," he said. "Now I view it more as a media term."

Becki Oorbeck, 22, of Ann Arbor, manages and bartends on Monday night at Necto, where the goth night has been running since June. She estimates the crowd runs in age from 18-35, with plenty of regulars coming back week after week, some from as far away as Bowling Green, Toledo and Detroit. Promoted mostly by word of mouth, she says attendance has been averaging 150, which is pretty good for a Monday night any place.

"It's a pretty underground community. You wouldn't know about it if you didn't go to the right places," she said.

Monday night is a hard sell, Streeter -who, unlike many DJs, gladly plays audience requests - added.

"My thinking is, if you are driving to Ann Arbor on a Monday night to dance you should hear what you ask for. For a weekday, its probably the worst day of the week to have a club night, but I honestly wouldn't want it on any other night but Monday. ... The crowd we have is pretty damn dedicated."

Jimmy Hart, 30, of Ypsilanti, a Monday regular, doesn't see goth as having anything to do with age.

"You're never too old. I'll be 48 - or 58 - and still dancing," he promised.

Factory (goth-industrial night)

Necto

516 E. Liberty St.

Ann Arbor

(734) 994-5436

www.thenecto.com

Who's hanging: The Monday night crowd spans a wider age range than is often the case for the youngish Necto, roughly 18-40. Some are dressed in goth accouterments, but most seem to take the music more seriously than the fashion. In addition to a loyal local following, the night attracts fans from Detroit and even (gasp!) Ohio. The crowd may look a little scary, but underneath the sometimes grim attire, they're a pretty friendly bunch.

Essentials: DJ Jinx spins from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Mondays; Ages 18 and over. Cover: $2.

Last words: Friendly, not freaky.

© 2004 Ann Arbor News. Used with permission

[Jarodaka]

??? @ Marblez... uhh, the link to the aritcle does work...

[Marblez]

??? @ Marblez... uhh, the link to the aritcle does work...

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Yes it does Mr. Rudiepants!

...but I hate it when everytime I look at a news thread that gets more than a few weeks old, the article can not be found.

[Onyx]

heh heh.

I like pasted articles myself! I'm much more likely to read an article that's pasted here than one that's linked to. Part being lazy, part fear of what I'll find at the end and how long it'll take to load.

Fun article. Makes me sad I can't go :(