[Dynagroove] Tropical 7-Year, November 19, 2005

zackhill@vinyltribe.com zackhill at vinyltribe.com
Fri Nov 4 11:27:26 PST 2005


that's the one i was thinking of..

went from a bible study place to a record store/venue



> Could this possibly be the the venue in La Puente.
>
> it was also a theater and record store..  Some guy named joe ran the place
> and he always demanded that he play the party too...
>
> On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Helen Phung wrote:
>
>> CONGRATULATIONS TROPICAL!
>>
>> On that note, I wanted to share a short anecdote about my first Tropical
>> Party. This anecdote has no climax or gradiose, tear-jerking ending; but
>> merely tidbits of what I remember from five years ago.
>>
>> It was September or October of 2000 (perhaps an anniversary party?), and
>> I was a wide-eyed bushy-tailed, wee tike of 19 years starting my second
>> year of college and rockin' my older sister's ID for parties and such.
>> My friend Angie knew of this party in a downtown warehouse, the setup of
>> which reminded me of a "bowl" with tons of red carpet and stairs (can
>> someone tell me what venue this was?). All the notorious Tropical items
>> were in place including, but not limited to hanging pineapples, spray
>> bottles in little plastic baskets and, of course, wristbands laced with
>> purdy lil palm trees. Most importantly, fruity tropical vibes. The
>> second floor of the venue housed these fairy-like angels that were
>> giving away massages! The second floor balcony was strung with lights
>> that had colorful little parrots on them. Talk about attention to
>> detail! In my VERY blurry state, I stole one of the little parrot bulb
>> coverings thinking I was going to go home and magically make a smoking
>> pip
>  e
>> out of
>> it. (Way to go helen. Sorry, Ben) It was one of those parties where you
>> leave thinking "Whew! Good party!" panting and sweating.
>>
>> For whatever reason I didn't end up going to another Tropical Party for
>> four years, but has already gone down in my books a some of the best
>> parties in LA in its own right. It's all about keepin' it old school
>> with extra fruity vibes.
>>
>> Thank you, Tropical!
>>
>> xo-helen
>>
>>
>>
>> Ben Annand <mrannand at hotmail.com> wrote:Coming in just 2 weeks, the long
>> awaited return of Tropical...
>>
>> updated flyer and info:
>>
>> http://www.tropical-house.com/111905/111905.htm
>>
>> featuring extended sets by:
>>
>> Dj Tracy
>> Mark E Quark
>> Mr. Annand
>>
>> See you very soon!
>> Tropical
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