Clubbing with James Tran

Headed out for a dance with Special K (SK) at Brooklyn Hotel while friends went to Bamboo. SK didn’t want to go to Bamboo because of the entry fee – besides, Brooklyn was closer to her work. Why don’t backpackers ever try a paid entry club one time? Oh right, backpackers.

We checked out Jackson’s on George first, but geez we didn’t even last one minute there. The amount of strobing that they lay on your poor eyes is probably close to illegal levels (if there were such levels in place):

The epileptic centre of Jackson’s on George , rnb level Brooklyn Hotel Address: Cnr George and Grovenor Streets | http://www.brooklynhotel.com.au Music: RNB in the main room, tribal house / funky dance in the back courtyard. Crowd: Mixed ages, mixed nationalities Cover Charge / Entry fee: Free Dress Code: Casual, hats allowed out back. Depending on the bouncer on watch, inside as well. SK was waring thongs! Drinks: Special mention goes to the price of drinks which have gone up due to the recent alcopop tax I think $15 for a bottle of Smirnoff double black!! WTF! that’ s up from a typical $8 or $9 -.- At least the bar staff were nice enough to tell us about the price hikes. Well not that I drink that much but I suppose the $900 government stimulus would help some alcoholics out there. Between 8pm and 11pm though its $4 drinks for some house selections. (continue reading…)

After crash-dancing a corporate christmas party, we got rejected at Tank (well, I got rejected) for wearing sneakers… so we went to Jacksons, then joined Ramazin’s friends at Orient Hotel Jackson’s on George Cover charge – Free The nightclub level was playing some wierd rnb stuff , plus it was dead. So we went downstairs to the pub level where they were playing rnb as well as retro anthems. It was fully packed and going off. Someone bought Cheryl a drink and we had to leave before she finished it.. we lasted 30 minutes I. Orient Hotel on Friday Nights www.orienthotel.com.au 89 George St, The Rocks Cover charge – $5, free before 9pm. Music: House on nightclub leve, retro anthems on the pub level, nothing on the restaurant level. Me and Cheryl danced for about an hour. The DJ played off his CD collection mostly commercial house music. It was good, I knew the songs so we sang along. Here are some photos of Orient: Random 1, 2, Me (continue reading…)

About: Location – George St Circular Quay – Main dance area is on level 1. Cover charge -  Free Music – House Crowd – Mostly caucasian, young. Atmosphere – It wasn’t that packed .. pretty empty. (continue reading…)