[Dynagroove] dress code Ecco

Sun Nov 9 08:58:54 PST 2008

Take Tina's advice...

Tuesday - Philter at Libertine on Sunset (before the curves, right below the
Chateau Marmont)
Wednesday - Lies Lies Lies at Vine Bar (right below Fountain)

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:24 PM, t.luv . <indigoiris73 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> :)
>
>
> http://movin-ent.com/forum/index.php <-- movin' m.board! come play*
> 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 wackÃ‚ pretentiousÃ‚ night..Ã‚
> > 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.Ã‚ Ã‚ Neil G (Easy Street, Motion, Funky Formula, Union, Hawt,
> > Streetlight, LA) Streetlight Recordings
> Owner/AnR/Artistwww.streetlightrecordings.com<http://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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