Wow

[dancerjodi]

Manray is now gone (some pics, not mine): http://www.shaunkelly.net/Manray/Manray.html

Its weird, I miss going dancing and seeing friends and such, but the demise of that club kind of killed my desire to do the clubbing thing. I'm not saying I'll never do it, but I just don't have that drive I used to.

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wow is right

[electricsoup.livejournal.com]

that's sad to see.

[plaidsheep.livejournal.com]

*sniff* memories....

I can't believe that its gone..

I spent so many wednesday nights there when I first moved to Boston, it was so much a part of my social life and now its just a pile of rubble.

I wonder if the rubble smelled like cloves...

nope...

[blondeamazon.livejournal.com]

We went down last night hoping to catch a couple pics before total wall destruction (missed it...nuts) and it smelled AWEFULL! It looke dmore like a fire then regular deconstruction. It smelled like old, musty, dank cellar.

Re: nope...

[plaidsheep.livejournal.com]

yuck.

oh well. Rest in Pieces, Manray.

Lots of memories in those old bricks.

I'm actually kind of glad to see it gone, as it really was time to move on. However, I think for some of us 30-somethings (at least for me) it's a final farewell, dare I say funeral, (to) the "old days".

[tiamatlady]

It's the lack of anything similar that's killed my drive.
I don't necessarily want to go sit in a small place, where I don't think I can dance. Ceremony has lost it's appeal for that reason (plus noone I like goes very often. It became a place where strange children looked at me funny.) I really liked the night at Machine last week, because the floor was a comfy dance space.

I spent some nights at Toast with C's nights and it just was a place to chill, IMHO, I know others are able to dance there. it's too dark for me. I want to be able to sit in a, any, corner, have a drink, watch the people, and dance if the mood takes me.

I'm SO looking forward to the Haven Cruxshadows show, so I can do just that. I need to explore some of the other dancy venues. But otherwise I'm FAR more content to stay home with my Anime boyfriends and L&O. *grins* That's a BIT sad, but for now it'll do.

So Long, Farewell

[dali-muse.livejournal.com]

For many of us, Manray was HOME. The club represented a place where people could be ourselves, or at the very least, it was a break from the usual straight (sic) club meat market.

Manray became THE club to go to when the AXIS police forbid people to slam dance at the club. Yes, we used to be able to slam in the '80's. I saw RevCo summer of 1990 at Manray and the entire club was a mosh pit, the most violent pit I've been in my life and I am way to old now to revisit those days.

People think Tia or myself get catty, you should have been around Second Generation Goth, sheesh, much much worse. I wouldn't go out for a long time because of it. I had to get older, with a thicker skin to be able to deal with it.

That said, I miss being here and have the DJ's recognize that I'm here and play what I like. I miss the social routine, and yes, it gets tired very quickly, but I'm a creature of habit and I enjoy getting dressed up and going out. Other than sex and eating, it's one of my greatest pleasures. And being in Texas, the sex is just not happening. While Manray as we knew it was over and done 5 years ago, I still greatly enjoyed going out and I will miss it terribly. It is difficult to be strongly Goth identified and be surrounded by Muggles day in and day out who JUST DON'T GET IT.

By the way, I'm here until the 24th, but I go to Montreal 16th through 20th. If I go to Goffee, I'll post from Roland's house that day.