Club Exit

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:52 pm

An extensive 'velvet rope' waiting line that has a doorman that pics people out of the line to enter a tent that has a further line that leads them
eventually to an exit with absolutely no entertainment at all.

The only entertainment is waiting in line.

maxwells · Post by **maxwells** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:09 am

My fellow campmates & I hatched the idea of a large box – ala the dice club – with no door, velvet ropes, and pulsating music & laugh/party tracks playing inside. Ah, too much fun.

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:30 am

What if the the velvet ropes lead you around the exterior to the back and an exit?

The only requirement is some volume to the soundtrack.

maxwells · Post by **maxwells** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:36 am

Any exit can be an entrance. (Just ask camp Jiffy Lube.)

My thought? There needs to be no tangible way of getting in. This also will require a good deal of subterfuge, by “spreading the word” about a fabulous camp out on the playa. Chatting it up at center camp, creating a buzz, etc.

Jammin’.

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:47 am

how big would the tent/structure have to be?

it could be a series of uprights wrapped with some sort of material and tacked to the tops of the uprights to form a 'maze-like' structure with no actual main room.

maxwells · Post by **maxwells** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:56 am

me likey, me likey.

that sounds perfect. get some friends to get gussied up, and make a huge fuss about how cool it is while waiting. success!

ah, what's the point of this 30K person captive audience if you can't fuck with them.

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:06 pm

...could all be just outside the 'maze'. I'd have to fly my stuff from NY or drive it.

This might be pricey...what about the generator?

maxwells · Post by **maxwells** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:35 pm

Really you could do this rather cheaply, depending. Seems Burning Man has this uncanny ability to cause some amazing over complications & over engineering of many a project. I’ve seen it happen first hand…

I picture a box (plywood, 2x4’s, maybe that neat-o translucent plastic), some velvet-like ropes (pilfered? I won’t ask), boom box & batteries, and maybe some strobe lights if you get the translucent plastic.

It sounds like you’re looking for a larger scale. That is well beyond my purview. I am coming from the midwest, and have my hands full with building & furnishing the quintessential 1950’s house. Complete w/ a bomb shelter – maybe.

Or – if you wanted to go in the maze-like direction, just some cheap fabric, poles, and the boom box – strobe light combo.

Dunno – the possibilities are endless…. Your thoughts?

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:43 pm

Translucent plastic, BOOM box, 2x4s, strobes, flashing christmas lights.

Even the 'ropes' cound be done with 2x4s.

Still need to power strobes & lights.

maxwells · Post by **maxwells** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:16 pm

check with any of the alt energy threads. hell, one of the folks i had camped with in the past used a wind generator to charge these car batteries for use later those would pack the punch needed. and all this schlepped from the midwest. not impossible.

i think, my friend, you have got one hell of an installation. i'll dress up to stand in the line! i'll be the one with the 1950's dress, and the ethel roseberg name tag...

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:34 pm

Could be fun.. I say make it painfully obvious that there's nothing through the door. Have the front of the nightclub be just a wall with absolutely nothing behind it except maybe more velvet ropes or hallways leading to the next doorway. Have it curve around so the exit is lets out at the end of the origional line. Have the bouncer be really loud and obnoxious. That would be cool

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:59 pm

The bouncer with a guy checking the guest list...that no one is ever on.

Could get sign ups for the guest list all day to drum up interest!

_tears_ · Post by **_tears_** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:22 pm

I personally love this idea. I find it VERY VERY cute. It would be a blast. And the ammount of people you could meet waiting in line is endless which only adds to the fun

Good luck

--Tears--

trocar · Post by **trocar** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:25 pm

What if instead of building like structure it was just a long facade of a building. Like on a film set. Have the line in front wrap around so one couldn't see it was only a wall. Looking at the situation from the side one could not help but double over in laughter.

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:32 pm

It will be 2x4 uprights with translucent plastic.

dougaldutch · Post by **dougaldutch** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:45 am

Sound idea, you always end up chatting to people in line so great way to meet new people and just chill. For your doorman, he will obviously need a clipboard for the list that no-ones on, but what he should make a note of is the excuses/ blags that people will use to get into the club. A top ten could then be compiled and released later, always good for a giggle.
It is a commonly thought British people love standing in Q's because they love order and doing what they are told. Not true we just love to stand around all day doing bugger all and meeting new people

Lee

maxwells · Post by **maxwells** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:25 pm

Oh, Lee, I don’t think just folks on the other side of the pond are affected by the desire for queuing.

For instance, a few years back I went to a free concert in the park with my in-laws. At the end, we turned around, and noticed this massive line forming behind us a ways. My mother in law & I were keen to go stand in line, and see what it was all about. My husband was certain that we would get shot in the head, especially for standing in a line where we did not know the purpose. “Anyone who stands in a voluntary line with out knowing what for will get shot in the head.” He’s a cheerful guy.

We got cheesecake.

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:43 pm

Stand in line for hours with fog machines, artificial rain & snow. When you get to the end of the line someone shoots you in the head.

...then as you lay there dying, someone hands you a slice of cheesecake.

maxwells · Post by **maxwells** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:45 pm

...and it was good.

McSeed · Post by **McSeed** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:22 am

wadda bout chezecake? yum!-Mc.DJ Seed

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:10 pm

Anyone wanna do club exit?

_tears_ · Post by **_tears_** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:20 am

Do i get to do you?

teehee

shitmouse · Post by **shitmouse** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 2:49 pm

.... in '98, there was a camp that had it all going on!
into the wee hours of around 3:30, i was having a guiness winding down after an intense night, and my friend that was with me spies this bright green flood light, booming music, and crowds of people cheering and laughing and partying, out in the hood somewhere a little ways off.

he comes back an hour later and says "all it was, was a green light with a music sound track and crowd sound track, and nobody around".

he was drawneth to the all mighty bug-light. make your camp *the* buglight.
it was funny as hell.
-b

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:08 pm

I, for one, am looking forward to a demonstration of "doing bugger-all."

tequila dave · Post by **tequila dave** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:59 pm

I think Club Exit is a great idea, I can even supply red velvet ropes and stands. I'd be happy to do a shift as a doorman/bouncer type with a clipboard, a headset mic and a dark suit. Anyone else up for this project?

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