On September 9th I attended a Phi Slam event called Kaleidoscopic Color-Dressed Chromatic Dance Fest. This was a social dance event that is completely dry and it is essentially a giant dance party. The guys in Phi Slam, which is a Christian organization that is similar to a fraternity but they do not do typical frat things such as drinking, hazing or smoking, set up the event. Phi Slam has events just like fraternities and sororities do. This event was just one of the many events they put on throughout the year.…
There were flashing lights, a DJ, people dancing and beach balls bouncing. The feeling in the air was electric! I was caught slightly off guard by how different this was from Michigan. I had never seen anything like this before. After a night of partying and beaches I was way to exhausted to do almost…
All the themes are over the top no matter if it is a big or small event. Ian described his favorite as a shape themed party called, “Shape-Shifting Blocktastic Blowout” with a DJ booth raised over twenty feet in the air. These events are done by the members, transforming their entire yard or a field into a wonderland made of anything from painted panels to pig pens to ice cream trucks. This well decorated atmosphere makes the attendees feel as though they are not in Athens anymore. Evan Arnold, another member I interviewed, also described why he loves Phi Slam most, “Whether its swing-dancing or raving, singing karaoke, or sliding down a huge slip n' slide, we seek to create environments in which people can have a really good time, and really be themselves.”…
For the reader, it is obvious that the people there, at least the girls, are literal aliens. Enn first described the music when entering the party as “a bit like a German electronic pop group called Kraftwerk, and a bit like [ …] the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.” When taking a listen to these musical groups one must admit that their sound is very like that of classic alien themed music, and almost arbitrary noises. In addition to this, Enn’s evident lack of awareness to what the girls are saying further creates…
The parties that were taking place in South Shore could be seen as home-based disco parties, yet, DJ…
After all, none of these things exist for music events, not even for upcoming competitions. No one questions, yet if music pep rallies existed where…
The annual Nacogdoches Culture Daze Festival will begin on Monday, May 2 at 7 p.m. in Swan Lake Hall of Madame Gurskey’s Academy of Tap and Ballet. The festival will be three days full of fun, food, festivity and culture. Day one of the festival includes musical performances by Josh Turner, Luke Bryan, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Maypearl Weedmeyer, Tammanette and the Tams and Cookie and the Cupcakes. “Country-western music certainly is part of our culture,” festival sponsor, Madame Gurskey said.…
For many people the summertime is that time of year to unwind under the 95 degree sun. However, for music fans summertime is that time of year to attend one of the many fantastic music festivals. They bring us back to the 1960s when rock and roll transformed regular live shows into community building events. Some of history’s most definitive moments of music have closely related with music festivals. Back in the 1960s Woodstock changed rock and roll.…
The live music event I attended was a Flamenco music featured at a Pan-latin American restaurant here in Houston. The music was performed by Guillermo Serpas, a Nuevo Flamenco guitarist in Houston whose unique style combines a fusion of Spanish Guitar, Latin Jazz, and World Music. In this restaurant there are two main areas and the environment of each varies drastically. Inside if the restaurant you will find a bar and a very small stage, however this stage was not in use when I attended. And then outside of the restaurant on the patio you will find a much livelier seen where every Sunday the restaurant hosts a Pig roast which is very familiar to me coming from my Cuban culture.…
I like one of the most interesting parts about this concert is where it was held. The concert…
It talks about how it’s an “epidemic of drugs, dancing and general debauchery”. It features the music video by “D Mob - We call it Acieed!” and how the BBC banded it as they figure it as an advertisement for drugs and only fuelled the Acid House explosion. This association with drugs and dance music started in Ibiza, which was a common holiday destination for blue collar British vacationers (C2 on the demographic profile). They discovered the drug Ecstasy (MDMA) when clubbing out there and they noticed they would dance the night away and British DJ’s working in Ibiza brought it back with them and introduced it into the already flourishing disco scene.…
And until recently, I must admit that I shared this common misapprehension. I did not believe that there was a logical purpose to attend a rave, and therefore, I shut myself off from the astonishing experience itself. But I am happy to say that I was utterly and completely wrong. After attending a rave with my friends from the…
This paper will discuss how hip-hop has managed to grow from being a subculture in the South Bronx, to being common in almost every country around the world. Hip hop is usually seen as a genre of music instead of a culture. The culture that is hip hop is made up of the four components: DJing,…
I went to the concert with my best friend; I could tell she was not excited as much as I was. At first, the crowd was only about 120 people, but as the main stage’s set progressed, and the more crowd-hyped bands played, the crowd got bigger. There were drunks, stoners, and shirtless men and girls everywhere and it was kind of disgusting. Managing through all of the nastiness, somehow my friend and I pushed our way through the smelly crowd.…
There you can bring a blanket if you have a lawn seat and sit listening to artist play. Jean shorts and country boots are usually most popular at these concerts. Summer brings new attitudes and excitement into the air. Usually wherever you live there is a lake or swimming hole. Summer brings people out onto the lake to tub, water ski, or even fish.…