[Dynagroove] dress code Ecco

[Steven Linseth]

yah, i hate that hollywood shit, and yet i still would feel the bouncer at
some point will reason with me.... one day some one famouse should stroll up
with like 10 fine ass b,,, umm women and invite everyone in line to a better
party.




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From: Cade Nelson
<cade at dynagroove.com>
To: HS HD <hshd510 at gmail.com>
Cc:
dynagroove at dynagroove.com
Sent: Friday, November 7, 2008 11:23:44 AM
Subject:
Re: [Dynagroove] dress code Ecco

Whoa...

well I guess that's Hollywood for
you.  this was how Boardner's wanted free
thinking to run back in the day.  In
the end it all comes down to greed.
The club wants money.  the bouncers want
money/women.  Guys want to pay
extra to look cool for getting the girls in.

I
highly dount the club will always get this type of draw every wed...

I was
going to check it out but got sent out of town..

Cade

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at
10:56 AM, HS HD <hshd510 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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