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That's my birthday! I'm thinking...YES.

Violator as in Chris Lighty an nem??? You'll have better luck postin this on the Allhiphop boards.

LOL Sashadude, we are basically saying the same thing, I agree with YOU 100%! And this cat is either a troll, on joke time, or Rob the Bouncer himself (or maybe 2 out of the 3 LOL). I'll have to post another excerpt from the book that is almost exactly what he just said.

GEEEEEEZ!!! I can't even really respond to that because I've been clubbing in this city for 7 years now and have yet to experience anyone pissing me off that badly to say such a thing. I LOVE guidos (for lack of a better term - I would take offense to someone speaking fondly of "niggers" in that way). They are so much fun to watch, and even fondle from time to time. LOL The ones I've seen don't bother anyone aside from maybe getting too fucked up on that G. There's a YouTube clip on dude's blog, entry July 11th, from Neptune's that is exactly what I'm talkin about. They're just dancin and havin a good time, what's the problem?! I love everyone though, especially when I'm enjoying myself and so is everyone else. The people make the fucking party!! I guess it's all about your attitude...but for me it's primarily about the music. It also depends on which party and which crowd, I can't say that I've been to a JP party lately, but I did notice a bit of a difference there (though I had no less fun). I should also note that Rob says that 95% of bouncers hate house music so you could see where his exasperation comes into play. LOL

You are a MESS. I haven't been there in a minute, I think Disciple is still doing parties there every two weeks or so? Guaranteed good music from him.

I've never really understood the interboro hatin that goes on, if you wanna come out and have a good time, then you should do so, as long as you know how to act. And all of the people I've met or hang out with certainly do. But the one thing that he talks about in the book is the cycle that a club goes through - first are the celebs and big spenders at the height of its popularity, then it deteriorates into the kind of place that HAS to accomodate the B&T crowds just to stay afloat and make money. I personally go where my fave DJs are spinning, fuck all the other bullshit. Like Danny is at Shelter this week, that's where I will be. When he was at Spirit I was there, Crobar; I was at Crobar, Pacha; I was at Pacha. You have your crazy types in the crowd, but that's what makes it interesting and fun for a people watcher like me!

I'm gonna go with Spirit, which opened to huge fanfare as the old Twilo space, and I've been there many a time myself - especially for Danny's parties! He also mentions going down the street if you weren't let in (the B&T crowd wasn't allowed in at first). LOL He reminds me so much of Johnathan, a devilishly handsome, muscled and curly-haired bouncer from Vinyl (I *love* him) who has made many of those observations himself, right down to the guido shuffle Rob details in two pages of the book. Johnathan once said, "They do a hop, a skip, and a jump!" Gonna go check the blog now, see if he posted the pics from the signing yet!

I'm already more than halfway through and I just started it yesterday! It is SO good, he is a terrific writer. Well worth the admission price. I'll post some of my fave parts tomorrow, I've already emailed 9 of my friends about it! I've been reading the blog for about a year and can't even remember how I heard about it - probably over the publishing wire when the deal was announced. Here's one though, he's talking about the fight that broke out one night and he's being radioed to come assist: An hour or so later: "Side bar! Side bar! Side bar! Side bar!" Everyone was already outside by the time I fought my way up the VIP stairs and out to the side bar. One group had been taken out near side door, into the adjacent alleyway, and the other had been dragged out the front. I fell in line with a group of bouncers who were on their way to help with whatever was happening at the side door. Migs was in the alley, questioning the customer who had apparently thrown the first punch. "What happened?" he asked. "Bro, you see this?" the customer said, displaying a prominent wet stain on the side of his pant leg. "So? You're wet. Why'd you throw a punch?" "Yo, he pissed on me!" "Huh?" "That guy pissed on me! He unzipped his fuckin' pants and pissed on my leg. That's why I hit him. What the fuck would you do if someone pissed on you?" "Did he do it on purpose?" "How the fuck would I know? I'm standin' there talkin' to my girlfriend, and the next thing I know, my leg's wet, and he's standin' there pissin' on me. That motherfucker's lucky he ain't dead." "Did anybody see this?" Migs asked, looking to verify the story with a bouncer before making a decision. "Yo, nobody HAD to see it. I'm here with my girl, man. I ain't gonna fight with nobody. That motherfucker pissed on me. What would you do?" Migs considered this. "You know what? I believe this fucking guy. You don't wanna come back in like that, do you?" "Fuck no. I'm gonna go throw out these fuckin' pants and drive to fuckin' Staten Island in my underwear. Fuckin' two-hundred-dollar pair of jeans." Migs took out his radio. "Ray, you still got the guy who got hit?" "Yeah. He says he didn't do nothing." "Do me a favor. Tell him we got him pissin on this guy's leg on camera." After about thirty seconds, Ray came back on. "He said the line was too long, and he couldn't hold it anymore." The thing I was having trouble understanding was the sense of entitlement these people seemed to have, as if it was perfectly acceptable to demand whatever the hell they wanted as loudly and as forcefully as they could. Shit, most of them didn't even go so far as to demand it. The philosophy was this: simply do whatever the fuck you want, whenever you want, and when someone has the audacity to call you on it, you throw a tantrum. You curse. You scream. You piss on people's legs. You turn everything into a goddamned federal case where even the smallest of slights elicits a visceral reaction requiring the intervention of twenty or more angry men with radios and flashlights and frustration to spare. *dead* Seen this MANY times, those motherfuckers move FAST...I saw a dude get SWOOPED by the neck about 20 feet and put out of VIP one night. I missed the signing cause of a fucking meeting that ran behind, I wonder if I've seen this cat before - he started working at a club that opened three or four years ago - Crobar or Spirit? Hmm. The club in the book is a ficticious "Axis"...

Has anyone else heard of this book or read his hilarious Clublife blog? He will be at the Chelsea store reading and then signing tonight at 7 and I am soooo there. Link to book - http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780061123887&itm=1 And the blog is standingonthebox.blogspot.com

Took the words right outta my mouth! YES!!!

I can only imagine how insane this would be. After the Calderone event...I'd recommend getting there the day before...

I was wondering the same thing. I check out parties and then log out. Is it because of MySpace or another board or what?!

I must have gotten there a little after 1, I wasn't thinking and shoulda been there early as SHIT! LOL I regret not going in, but I couldn't wait around that long as the club closes at 4 anyway, plus my ankle was bothering me. The crowd I saw outside was very good-looking, friendly and ready to party...I wonder how long they ended up waiting? I'll be sure to catch him next time at Pacha where the space is much more accomodating.

I went...but I didn't go inside. There had to be at LEAST 200 people outside waiting and inside was at capacity. I don't know what I was thinking. From what I *could* hear, he was in there tearin it up, as usual...LOL

Believe me, I really want to, but I may have some family shit to attend to in Philly on the 30th. I hope they plan it for the following week so I CAN. I surely can't tell them I'm not coming because of Chus & Ceballos. They'll nail me to the cross! LMAO