WAM: Had a 'gig' I'd been looking forward to for months finally roll around tonight. Brought a friend over who I hadn't been out with in years, who is also leaving to go to Berlin for 3 years in January, and made a big hullaballoo of getting ready. Full finery, pre-drinks, general merriment etc..
We arrive early, which is not something I'd usually do, fully expecting to line up outside because the venue is tiny, and the main act (from the US) we're going for was a huge drawcard for us and was very heavily promoted and RSVP'ed to... Venue is only a fraction full. Okay, that's actually fine. We grab some drinks and wander around the small space.
The music from the first DJ (who I know personally) was okay, we relax and have a bit of a dance around... Then the music from the second DJ just about makes my ears dribble off the sides of my head.
It. Was. Awful.
Terrible track choices, painfully disjointed music genres, horrendous 'mixing' and even a complete 15-second bout of silence when a disc skipped. My friend skipped out to say hi to some friends nearby, and I took that as an indication that she wasn't really able to get into it but was too polite to say so. After that, it was so bad that we actually couldn't help but bail out barely 90 minutes after arriving. Missing the act we were looking so forward to, wasting money on a pretty hefty entry charge and wasting an entire evening getting ready for a big night out.
Ugh.
Only pluses were seeing some old friends, including one who recently came back from Sweden and is staying for 3 months, but overall, what a disappointing disaster.