It is that time of the year. The decorations are out, the shops are geared up for maximum exploitation, the quality of programs on the television starts to fluctuate widely, there is some sort of religious celebration and you are given the chance to make a fool out of yourself in front of the entire office.
They kept on filling my glass up and so the only natural thing to do was get outrageously drunk. It was not my fault; it was theirs. I was going to list all the stupid things I found myself doing and then note that none of them were bad enough to sober me up or bring me to the conclusion that it was time to go home. I am not going to do that, let’s not embarrass myself any further, however, I am still going to maintain that it was the unpleasant shock of finding in the Liquid Room that helped the penny drop.
With hindsight there were a number of very good clues that the nightclub would be rubbish. There were, for example, massive queues everywhere else but none for the Liquid Room. The bouncer with the Greek accent and the gold tooth was another clue.
The club itself is rather small; you enter at top, pay the door and then trot down about three levels of steps. I do not mind small nightclubs myself, for ages now if you’ve been into rock and heavy styles then you’ve had to find these obscure gems. The Liquid Room isn’t an obscure gem; the Liquid Room was more like dirty janitor’s closet.
I didn’t like having to trek across the dance floor in order to reach the cloakroom. I was not too keen on the prices of the drinks either.
The dance floor itself wasn’t bad. There was a small area by the bar and then, the bit I liked, was the raised stage area beside that. Over all, it could have been very good. There was the potential for a bit of the theme in the club. It could have been so wonderfully industrial or, perhaps, even gothic.
Why oh why do they play pop then? To appeal to the widest possible crowd? I’ve already said that the queues everywhere else were much longer and so I don’t think that’s working. Do they play pop because the club’s struggling and they find themselves dependant on the sort of people who are too young to get into any club with a stricter door policy? Yes, I suspect that’s it and I think that’s a decision that will come back and bite them on the arse.
The strange thing is that give the fickle flow of club going fashion trends it could only be a matter of months before the Liquid Room is hip again. It has been popular before. I remember it as being that club next to the Rocking Horse that always had the long queues of students outside. Now the Rocking Horse is gone and it looks like the club that’s replaced it, Espionage, is drinking the life of the Liquid Room.
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What a mingin club, and it was the first one I ever went to in Edinburgh which was very dissapointing for me as I'm sure you'll agree. but its not a bad band venue. I saw Feeder there and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Ruth.
clanmac4 08.01.2001 11:30
I am surprised you remember! :-)
keavy 11.12.2000 21:01
Aaargh. I've not been there since it was called the Music Box - avoid, unless you like 13yr olds.
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Advantages: would have to think very hard to find one Disadvantages: a waste of time really unless you like standing out in all weather for no reason which they make you do. i mean they have to look like they have a queue dont they
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