Brighton after dark: 12th March 2014
Sade Ali turns her attention to house parties – again
Top things never to do at a house party – Part 2!
Last week I gave you all a few hints to swerve embarrassing yourself at a party. So after meeting ‘the red wine guy’, the ‘scene maker’ and the guy who didn’t dress up there are just a few more people you do not want to be.
KNOW YOUR LIMITS
Possibly one of the most embarrassing things to do at a party is be the drunkest person there. slurring your words, falling over and claiming that you love everyone is not as cool as you think. Not to mention the embarrassing photos of you dancing on the table being uploaded to Facebook the following day. Once you’re feeling wired, just stop. Stop drinking and, more importantly, do not need enter a downing competition – you will end up on the floor!
DON’T MAKE YOUR OWN COCKTAILS
Thinking that you’re a bartender is the reason the drunk guy got drunk. Mixing every alcoholic substance in the party does not make a ‘banging cocktail’. In fact, the drink is probably curdling in everyone’s stomaches and is the reason for ‘the world’s worst hangover’ the next day. Just stick to one substance at a time and everything shall be fine.
MAKE SURE YOU’RE WEARING CLEAN UNDERWEAR
Someone once told me: “always wear fresh boxers”. When I asked why, he claimed that his mum gave him the wise words as he never knows when he will end up in hospital. Now unless you’re the ‘drunk guy’ or the ‘cocktail maker’ this is pretty unlikely. But you never know where you will end up and if you were planning on getting lucky I should hope they’re clean anyway.
DO NOT COME ACROSS EASY
Whether you’re out to pull or not acting desperate or easy is going to guarantee you a trip home alone. There is nothing more off-putting than someone loose. In this generation ‘pulling’ is a lot easier than it used to be. But waking up next to someone you do not even like mixed together with the ‘hangover from hell’ thanks to the ‘cocktail guy’ or even waking up next to the ‘cocktail guy’ is not the outcome you want from your night. Coming across easy also makes you look less attractive, so the more you hold back, the more people will chase you.
I think you should all now know how to behave at a party and despite it not being you embarrassing yourself I’m sure there will be someone there that does. Tweet me your stories as next week I will be exposing the moments that make you cringe and also confessing my own embarrassing stories!
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Brighton Noise, Chris Kusmiski on the week’s best gigs
The West Pier may have taken a battering of late, but the venues are still there. So let’s use them.
If hearing ‘bassline’ repeatedly over kitchen sink funk is your thing (and why not?) those cuddly Northern scamps Reverend And The Makers are at your beck and call at Concorde 2 on Tuesday. Bloc Party are out of action right now so it might be your best chance to have it ‘large’ before spring.
Brighton’s most hardworking institution Cable Club is probably putting on about five gigs this week, but one not to miss is London indie-dance quartet Riveras at The Prince Albert on Thursday. Support comes from locals The Phantom Runners who are definitely ones to watch in 2014. Expertly crafted indiepop with an ‘80s twist, they even successfully make rapping work over indie. It has to be seen to be believed.
It might seem near impossible to imagine but Dreadzone actually function as a band outside the festival circuit, as they are ably doing at Concorde 2 on Saturday. Bring your tent and glowsticks just in case though. They may need somewhere to crash-out.
The recently estranged Sonic Youther Thurston Moore is fully realising his mid-life crisis at Green Door Store on Sunday. Technically it’s Jookloo Duo featuring himself and Dylan Nyoukis, but let’s not lie. Everyone is there to see alt-rock’s most eligible bachelor express himself through the medium of ‘free noise’. Or if that’s not your cup of tea, you can contemplate whether god is an astronaut watching God Is An Astronaut that night at The Haunt. Last year’s Origins cemented them as Ireland’s most spirited post-rock export.
There’s a bit in John Robb’s oral history of punk where The Vibrators get all indignant about not being covered in those punk documentaries on the Beeb. Perhaps it’s because they are called ‘The Vibrators’. Watch them and lots of old punks get indignant at The Prince Albert on Saturday 15th.
The archdukes themselves, Franz Ferdinand show off their outlastability as they leap confidentially beyond the landfill indie era and show off their new album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. Which presumably sounds much like the last few releases. Surely that is the point though? They are notoriously great live and they even stop at the right time to let the crowd shout‚ ‘take me out’. What gentlemen.
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