Published by Swiss James on 16 Feb 2009 at 01:09 pm
Bananas / Daft Punk
And now for my once-every-6-months post about going out at the weekend.
Quick recap if you haven’t heard about the Shaft Punk scandal . There’s a top french dance act called Daft Punk, rumours flew that they were playing a secret gig in Shanghai, hundreds of people bought tickets, then the whole thing turned out to be a scam.
Bananas' DJ Kamikaze
Well I’m sure it’s not so funny if you’re one of the guys who paid out 500RMB for a worthless piece of paper (and great souvenir from Shanghai 2009) but the guys at my favourite night out- Bananas – decided to have a bit of fun with it.
For starters there was a sign at the door promising a “French Surprize” act, the special cocktail behind the bar was called (sorry Mum) a “Daft C__t“, the DJs had special helmets to look like Daft Punk (hey, if you were down with the kids, you’d understand), and there were non-stop musical references to Daft Punk the whole night.
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The place was so packed out that if you wanted a cigarette you had to ask the girl next to you to get it out of your pocket, and the guy on the other side to light it, for most of the night I stood at the back and bellowed encouragement to the crowd. I’m guessing that at around 1am, the queue to get in was around the block, the early bird gets the worm at The Shelter.
Bananas' El Nomo
Tunes heard: Dolly Parton “9 to 5″, Dave Lee Roth “Jump”, KRS-1 “Sound Of Da Police”.
KRS-One is great.
I wore brand new red Puma trainers and when I got home they were covered in black footprints. Still, nothing my ayi can’t fix with some spit and a tea towel.
I love Dolly Parton.
That crowded? Glad I stayed in on Friday. I do like a good party, but when I can clearly smell the brand of shampoo around me, then it’s just not worth the effort.
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Beats going out to VD with all those ghastly couples and overpriced roses (no I didn’t give/get one). Baaa humbug!
Dolly Parton rocks because of being Dolly Parton. Daft Funk rocks because of being FRENCH! (I do have life-term crush on French/France, yet I still hold tight on my Anglo passion so that you cannot possibly hit me)
Speaking of Bananas, DJ Kamikaze and elnomo will be playing voluntary on Feb. 26 at Latitude Bistro & Longitude Lounge for Mei Wen Ti Production’s next independent short film fund raising party. The them of the party will be thrilling to men – action chicks – which means females in short pants or skirts or whatsoever. Yes, I’m only talking about art and creativity, do not get distracted.