Trance Hooooooo-kah
What do you do when you're 28, you don't do club drugs, you can party with 18 year olds even though you feel like their grandma and spend more time lecturing them about what they're doing to their bodies than having fun, but you're still into trance music? Sorry. I'm Canadian. It's just part of our culture. We like the fast beat. We like to bounce. It was etched on my soul when I was 16 - it's permanent.
So, now that I'm old enough to be these people's mother, how do I go enjoy a techno show without being 'that girl' at the club? Do I hit the VIP lounge of Fur, or do I suck it up and allow it to blast solely from my Ipod, but nothing more? Am I too old for the genre?
posted by DC Cookie @ 2:17 AM
22 Comments:
At August 26, 2005 2:52 AM,
A Unique Alias said…
"It's been inbred in my soul since I was 16 and it's not going anywhere."
'Bred into' would sound so much better.
At August 26, 2005 9:01 AM,
Kathryn Is So Over said…
Cookie, if you're too old for it, please, PLEASE don't tell me.
Major depression!
At August 26, 2005 9:02 AM,
DC Cookie said…
AUA - Thanks Webster! I think I was drunk when I wrote this post.
At August 26, 2005 9:28 AM,
DCSportsChick said…
I'll have to show this to Fred- predictably his first reaction will be "see?" because I think you're on to something with the Canadian thing there...
At August 26, 2005 9:38 AM,
Washington Cube said…
If it gives you pleasure to be there, then shut off the internal noise about being too old. Go. Enjoy. Thump your cane to the beat, Grandma. One of us will remind you when it's time to stop bouncing and take your arthritis and blood pressure medicines.
At August 26, 2005 10:11 AM,
A Unique Alias said…
I was drunk when I commented . . . I mean, I think it's grammatically correct, but in terms of usage, the first definition that comes up is going to be straight outta "Deliverance." Anyway. I should probably get to work now.
At August 26, 2005 10:17 AM,
Eddie said…
there is no age limit for trance.
At August 26, 2005 10:19 AM,
The Captain said…
Who is Tim Foley and why does he inspire such hatred?
At August 26, 2005 10:20 AM,
Anonymous said…
Def. not too old, you have to find the right crowd to go with and you can still have fun...you will always be young enough to go if your young at heart...
At August 26, 2005 11:45 AM,
cs said…
After you revisit your club drug policy, you may find that being too old is only a perception and that the doors of perception are opened and really it's all transcendant -- we're part of an eternal beat connecting you to the 16 year olds, to the grandparents smiling at their grandkids, to the pioneers who rushed north to Manchester and first occupied huge abandoned factories with their turntables. Connections as tenuous but as real as the synapses in your brain firing through the night....
At August 26, 2005 12:11 PM,
Miss Penny Lane said…
Ya start doing club drugs...
At August 26, 2005 12:16 PM,
Anonymous said…
"Connections as tenuous but as real as the synapses in your brain firing through the night.... "
Sounds like Rush lyrics.
At August 26, 2005 12:18 PM,
Phil said…
I was going to say you're too old for the club, but then I looked at my blog featuring grown men doing childish things and thought twice of it.
To the club!
At August 26, 2005 12:18 PM,
Anonymous said…
Oh, and don't worry Cookie, I do enough club drugs for the both of us.
At August 26, 2005 1:04 PM,
cs said…
Yeah, let RCR carry that burden for you and you can see the world through his eyes.
Rush lyrics? Possible. Maybe also something even more proggy like Yes or early Genesis. I'm forever waiting for the prog rock revival.
At August 26, 2005 1:30 PM,
DC Cookie said…
Captain - This is the intro to our boy Tim Foley.
Ever heard Tragically Hip lyrics? They're even crazier... Now that I think about it, I've never heard a Hip song remade into a trance version - that would be pure heaven!
At August 26, 2005 1:46 PM,
Anonymous said…
If the prog rock revival comes, these guys will lead the way. My old band played with them once in Baltimore. They're pretty good.
At August 26, 2005 2:48 PM,
Namaste said…
you have my full support, cooks. btw: will you please make me a trance CD? i'm jonesing for one now.
At August 26, 2005 2:55 PM,
cs said…
The Hip...Caught them once at 9:30 club. Excellent show. All these nutty Canadians with their tree flags and Kids in the Hall references.
I don't know them that well, but my favorite Hip song is "50 mission cap."
At August 26, 2005 3:09 PM,
Anonymous said…
Do what feels good, my friend.
At August 26, 2005 3:13 PM,
The Boy said…
The Hip was my first concert! mmm.....The Trelf! Grace Too would be on the top of my soundtrack of The Boy's life.
But I agree with Pennylane, stay away from the club drugs.....
At August 28, 2005 4:23 PM,
Jinxy said…
I only like music I can clog to.
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