About Arthouse
Location: Pitt St opposite Hungry Jacks/ Pure Platinum
Inside: Main room with main DJs, and a secondary room of similar size but darker atmosphere  playing breaks.

About Together
Music: House
Crowd: Caucasian, Pretty.
Dress Code: Casual
Cover Charge / Entry Fee: Gia mentioned she paid $30 before midnight. We paid $25 at 2am. $20 prepaid on the Paul Strange presents website
Occurrence: Weekly Saturdays
Website: http://www.paulstrangepresents.com/
Atmosphere: (2am) Pretty much a dancing mood in main room, but it was not too packed. Most people were outside in the back having a chit chat. Secondary room was pretty dead at this time.

Timeline

Lining up troubles
That’s us in the guestlist line. We were told to line up here. Then we were told to line up in the other line, as we were not on the guestlist. After about 30 minutes we got to the front, and we were told we didn’t have pink armwrists, so we had to line up back on the guestlist line!!! What a JOKE.

After lining up again in the guestlist line, the guy recognized us and apologises, then lets us in.

More Kissing
We met T and her ex’s Brazilian friends, and they were friendly. Half the time was spent playing tonsil hockey with T, while the others cheer and whistle on loudly as we pash. (I’m still shaking my head as I write this.) I secretly wanted Gia, but she had already found a pashing partner. By this time my hormones have overriden any sense of logical rationing. My heart says no, but the prostate says yes.

Music
Brilliant, I had no complaints. House was done very well

Coda
Leave around 5am, very very tired… I didn’t really get a chance to criticize this place, though I would advise on getting prepaid tickets.

About Chinese Laundry
Location: 111 sussex st, Sydney
Website: www.merivale.com (Slip Inn)

About ‘The Club Club’

Music: House, Breaks, rnb mashup over 3 rooms
Crowd: Young
Dress Code: Casual accepted
Cover Charge / Entry Fee: $20
Occurrence: Every Saturday
Website: www.jammusic.com.au

Atmosphere: Packed and loud. Hot and dark in the main and break room. Relaxed in rnb room.
Timeline
Getting in
Unlike last week where we just turned up, this week there was a guestlist made by birthday girl and we didn’t wait that long to get in, though we still had to wait as we turned up just after midnight.

Atmosphere
We went into the main room, which was packed to the rafters. The music being electro house. We got our own spot, but it was really dark (literally couldn’t see the people next to us as there were no lights) and it got HOT.. very quickly. We didnt last 5 minutes before leaving. Same story for the breaks froom despite the two huge fans. We went to the rnb room.

Music
The rnb room was much better.. there was actually room to dance but it wasn’t a party atmosphere, as all the lights were on, and was basically the room to cater for the people who don’t know their house music, so an rnb house elctro mashup would be a good introduction. Not surprisingly, this is where us and some other random asians hung out for the entire night.

Creepy guy
Creepy old guy comes and joins our circle without invitation. Fine. He then talks to the girls. Fine. But doens’t talk to us. Not so fine. The girls excuse themselves and it was us 3 guys and the creepy guy. In this particular scenario he should walk away, but instead stays in our circle and keeps dancing. Oh god. The moment he turned his head to the left I immediately left the circle and so did Peter, leaving poor An stuck in a 2-man circle with creepy man. We laugh as we watch An talk to the creepy guy. It took a good 5 minutes before he could shake him off.

I’m famous on facebook

Meet a friend of a friend of the birthday girl and he recognises me from facebook.

“You’re famous on facebook” he says. He tells me my name is James. I have no idea who he is. I’m pretty sure he’s referring to the photos of me dressed as a japanese school girl… but that’s another story. Though it is disturbing knowing guys are facebook stalking me.

Coda
A yes to coming here only with friends, but its a good place to go. Going alone, the people are mostly to themselves (I think anyway but I didnt really give talking to other people a try), but its a good place for the less common types house music. Though, Tank would probably be better if you’re a commercial house type of person.

About “Destination?”
Cover Charge: $20, $15 on guestlist. Lollipop on entry.
Website: www.atmydestination.com/sydney
Crowd: Both young and old.. mostly white people. The future music festival was on earlier so there were a few people from there as well.
Atmosphere: A bit dead. Most people turned up at 2am for Miles Dyson then left at 4am.
Music: Breaks and Electro House
DJ List: Open – 12am Shamozzle / 12am – 2am fRew / 2am – 4am Miles Dyson (Main Act) / 4am – close Tone Def DJs

Timeline
It was pretty much dead early on.. the main room was open with about 20 people inside.. only a few are dancing.  This was the night… at about midnight it was still pretty dead. I spent $20 already so I wasn’t going to leave until I heard the main act.  The DJ wasnt that good either.

A lady walked around and datamined my details, and she gave me a Miles Dyson JJJ mixup CD.  Cool !

2am-4am:
Just before Miles Dyson comes on.. the place suddenly gets packed to the max. Then he starts his electro set.. wow it was gold. Loved it from start to end. Danced like crazy. The thing was, it felt like a concert. Everybody was here to see the main set and when he came on, they just danced facing towards him. Nobody dared to turn around and dance in another direction. I found that quite unusual .
Theres a photo of me somewhere on inthemix.. let me find it…. here it is! I’m not wearing any accessories, which is no wonder I barely interacted with anyone.

Right after Miles finished, most of the crowd left, and so did most of the girls.  One of the guys commented on my dancing, noting he saw me dance earlier and he liked it.

I buggered home, somewhat happy.