[Dynagroove] dress code Ecco

Fri Nov 7 20:24:14 PST 2008

ya i assumed that would be the story at an opening night of a hot hollywood
club promoted and deservedly so as green friendly.

went over to the vine bar to catch vealchop and clovis .. who played that
bouncy bounce we all love. intimate vibe, extraordinary music. blue moon and
my man. no lines, no fuss, just good times. melodic was a dope party .. not a
hollywood weekly at all. tho i have mixed feelings, it's nice to see the name
attached to something as allegedly inovative as the ecco. we'll see. does
anyone have any melodic mixes i can download online, i lost all my tapes :(
.... oh and take my advice and check out lies lies lies or philter on
wednesdays .. i think it's on wednesdays.

:)

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http://www.myspace.com/t_honey

> From: neilg at streetlightrecordings.com
> To: hshd510 at gmail.com; dynagroove at dynagroove.com
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:22:41 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] dress code Ecco
>
> sucks that there using the name Melodic, a historic part of house history
> in LA to promote such a wackÂ pretentiousÂ night..Â
> i really wish some of these promoters would do some research on what we,
> the househeads really want, which is basically just a dancefloor and a
> good sound sysytem and for all of our friends to be able to enjoy it with
> us.Â Â Neil G (Easy Street, Motion, Funky Formula, Union, Hawt,
> Streetlight, LA) Streetlight Recordings
Owner/AnR/Artistwww.streetlightrecordings.com
> www.myspace.com/stree
tlightrecordingswww.myspace.com/makeyawigglewww.myspace.com/easystreetm
> usic
>
>   -------- Original Message --------
>   Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] dress code Ecco
>   From: "HS HD" <hshd510 at gmail.com>
>   Date: Fri, November 07, 2008 11:56 am
>   To: amyr at dynagroove.com
>   Cc: dynagroove at dynagroove.com
>
>   Amy, let me tell you something about Ecco and the dress code; your
>   friend
>   didn't get in because he was sporting Pumas instead of John Lobbs -
>   not the
>   case at all. On Migs night I too visited Ecco Hollywood - The new
>   "green"
>   eco-friendly nightclub that took over our once frequented and
>   laid-back
>   Tokio venue on Cahuenga. It was a very last minute decision to go and
>   I
>   didn't buy presales nor did I hit up anyone for any guestlist which
>   equaled
>   two major mistakes on my part right away.
>
>   Short story long... I came early and was about 6th in line at
>   9:30PM...I
>   didn't get in until 11:15PM. I'm generally an incredibly patient
>   person to
>   begin with so I decided to wait it out to see what kind of experience
>   it
>   would be and to watch the activities unfold.
>
>   So... at 9:30PM who was being let in? Not the block-long line of
>   house heads
>   that came to see Miguel Migs...nope! I proceeded to watch the
>   bouncers let
>   in only the hottest girls for a good hour and a half - 60% of them
>   actually
>   did have guest list the other 40% were invited by the bouncers
>   without them
>   even asking or else they batted their eyelashes a few times and the
>   dickforbrain beefheads let them right through. Also while I was
>   standing
>   there the bar staff and the bouncers kept soliciting the regular
>   people who
>   were already in line to buy bottle service and I listened to the
>   staff
>   sucker in a couple parties that had to pay upwards of $450 per bottle
>   of
>   grey goose with a 3 person maximum and they were a large party so
>   double
>   that + gratuity + service fee = ouch < or = retarded; I also listened
>   to the
>   staff try to win back interested table buyers by lowering their
>   prices
>   because they admittedly (to themselves) knew they were price gouging
>   and
>   bragging to themselves what a great deal they were making off of
>   these (for
>   lack of a better word) "suckers."
>
>   Seeing all this go down was about the only reason why I didn't bail
>   30
>   minutes into the wait - it was pretty unbelievable and as a curious
>   cat who
>   loves my Migs just decided to wait it out to see what kind of
>   operation was
>   going on.
>
>   So while all the door people are watching the silicone field trip
>   flow in
>   one by one I noticed the bouncers seemed to have their own personal
>   guest
>   list too which included the 10% of the guys that were actually able
>   to cut
>   in line - all of which were dressed Hollywood casual aka just look
>   nice and
>   presentable - no 70's style jersey shorts on the guys, no hats even
>   though
>   the bouncers were allowed to sport them. So the dress code really
>   wasn't the
>   big deal. The real question was who ELSE had the privilege of having
>   to
>   wait in line?
>
>   Is that Josh Heath - LABEL MATES with MIGUEL MIGS who told the
>   bouncers he
>   was on Mig's personal list and STILL had to wait about 30-40 minutes.
>   If
>   that's not bad enough let's have LISA SHAW who is PERFORMING with
>   Migs also
>   wait for about 20 minutes as she was being passed from bouncer to
>   bouncer
>   each claiming someone else was taking care of the list. REALLY? oh,
>   you're
>   Lisa Shaw? Can you get somebody to confirm this is Lisa Shaw?
>   Anybody? No?
>   Wait here we'll get the other guy - he should know. The staff
>   literally
>   didn't know their ASS from a HOLE in the ground letting Hollywood
>   hookers in
>   left and right into their party but you don't know a face like Josh
>   and
>   Lisa? WOW - that's house priorities?
>
>   So after this short wait; the bouncer finally came around and let a
>   couple
>   of us in. Big fucking deal right about now. I walked in and the place
>   is
>   Saturday night fever mixed with minimalistic boring almost heartless
>   decor.
>   The dance floor is about 187.5% too light as they have constant
>   flickering
>   super-bright LEDs hanging over your head on low ceilings. Everyone I
>   talked
>   to there hated how bright it was but not as much as they hated how
>   UTTERLY
>   HOT it was. If hell had a summer season that season would be called
>   Ecco.
>   No ventilation, no movement of air...two AC vents that literally only
>   affected the 1 square foot of space it blew out to in the very back
>   of the
>   club. I danced for about 10 minutes and was ready to collapse. Sound
>   was
>   pretty good - I wasn't super impressed but for the size of the venue
>   it's
>   what to except. Drink prices were the same about $9 for a kettle
>   tonic that
>   was really A LOT more tonic than kettle but to be completely fair to
>   both
>   sides the bartenders DID have their tips worth spent on their jiggly
>   silicone enhancements - horray once again for $500 dollar bottles of
>   vodka!
>   suckers!
>
>   Nothing really stands out at the club as its focus is really on the
>   gaudy
>   discotec of a dance floor - its multicolored lights against the
>   background
>   of everything that is the club; a lifeless void of black and gray.
>   The
>   center floor becomes the main spectacle, leaving you with no special
>   nooks
>   and crannies where you can hide away and just be relaxed or get lost
>   in a
>   moment; instead the bright LEDs put everyone on display in all their
>   sweaty,
>   overly makeup-ed glory. It was like being trapped in the middle of an
>   old
>   color TV set where you are caught between the boob and the tube....if
>   that
>   makes sense, no? well neither did that night.
>
>   So please don't get discouraged about what you are wearing when you
>   approach
>   the doors at Ecco because I don't think it really matters. It doesn't
>   matter if you are a house head who supported the scene for years with
>   a
>   passion to see the music progress in new ways; for the music to reach
>   new
>   people...nope. None of this matters. You either need to spend $450 on
>   a $30
>   bottle or spend 10x's that on your wiggly-jiggly enchancements - this
>   is the
>   key to experiencing what house is really about; this is the key to
>   the
>   movement, this is what it has become. House is not a feeling, it's
>   not a
>   spiritual thing, it's not a soul thing. House comes down to a list
>   and if
>   you aren't on it - well...your loss...or.... is it?
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