Manray Reunion

[dancerjodi]

Are any of you folks (that haven't mentioned it already) planning on going to this Manray reunion on 2/1? We are wondering if it is worth it. On a Friday night. In Allston. Through Ticketmaster.

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[cris.livejournal.com]

I haven't discussed it much on FB because I'd rather not get into any arguments, but my enthusiasm for this is low.

[tk7602.livejournal.com]

YOU may be wondering. I have no questions on the topic at all ;)

[futurenurselady.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there something at TT's last June?

[tiamatlady]

For obvious location reasons I'm not going. :) But what you don't know is - I wouldn't be going if I were local.

It was a bit of a turnoff when the original thing went up (not in the least added to by me recognizing some of the first names being in a particularly yucky clique, as well as several former friends I'd like to never see again)
And then the way it was taken DOWN. Ugh. "I just want to see my friends, not the rest of you losers." EXACTLY what I was thinking LOL but even I'd never say that.

In any event it's gotten - big. Ticketmaster? A venue I don't particularly like? What makes this different than Xmortis, really? Last Xmortis I went to I had M with me - and spoke to all of THREE people. Same with Ceremony. Unless my friends were going I wasn't, and I guarantee I wouldn't be able to talk enough of them into it.

And I admit - I'm a stuck up beyatch. :) All these little people crowding me out of the dance floor. No thanks. It RUINED the last few weeks at ManRay when people packed it trying to relive nostalgia. It was bad.

Horribly, all I can think now is *SNIFF* I can go to Slimelight, Or Electric Ballroom. If I'm so inclined (and I haven't been inclined because of the OMG TREK we need to go through. Once I have a car, all bets are off.)
(I'm a horrible horrible stuck up elder goff aren't I? lol)

[nepenthedreams]

huh..hmm..something to consider.
If wasn't going to see all y'all, what would be the point?
Of course I'd love to go to a Manray reunion with all of my friends, getting a chance to wear my old club clothes, hear that sort of music. If it were a big thing that a lot of people who haven't gone out in a while went to....

but if it's not going to be that, what would be the point?

Reading Tiamat's response below, I'm not sure what clique she means but I didn't realize there was any drama about it going up & coming down. I know i saw the invite - don't really remember who initiated it, but fairly sure it wasn't someone I was very close to. I thought it stayed up and the person just said "oh this is getting bigger than I expected - let's plan something for real." But if there is some drama that is making people feel icky, and that means people I like wouldn't go, well, what would be the point of it for me?

As usual, I'm clueless about mean people and drama. I just don't see it even when it's happening. Too "out of the scene", I guess.

[dali-muse.livejournal.com]

I still go out once or twice a month so I get my dance on then. If I wanted to, I could go to Heroes since Chris plays most everything that I love.

The ninties aren't coming back nor is my youth. I'm not nostaligic for that particular time, even though I had a lot of fun. I was also super stressed out with my job and the clubs were an escape from that.

Like I mentioned on Twitter, I'm going to a gay bar where the DJ is going to play music that I can't stand just so I can see Michelle Visage perform. If I had the money, I'd be going to both XMortis at T.T's tonight as well as going to Guilt to see Chad Michael's perform. I just love me some drag queens.

[panzerkunst.livejournal.com]

I've been torn. Part of me rages against having to buy a ticket for this, and of course it being in Alston doesn't help (where the hell will we all PARK?!). I do want to hear Mothra spin again, though. But people believing the hype that ManRay is returning yet again (in a former Blockbuster of all places) makes me anti-nostalgic. I much prefer the variety of options we have now to the monopoly we had then. I think we're better off without ManRay now and don't need it to return, not that the fire could ever re-ignite. I find it amusing that the closer I lived to ManRay, the less I went. I would drive to it from Worcester in snowstorms, but I couldn't be arsed to go when I lived at Sinister House.

All that said, I am still curious to see what this reunion would entail.