| Flux Fridays @ Savannah
Lounge Cancelled |
Flux Fridays with DJ Lazarus @
the Savannah Lounge are cancelled. The last night was Friday September
21st.
The grand opening of Flux Friday's took place on August 10th, after being
pushed back a while due to renovations at Savannah Lounge (69 Bathurst Street,
formerly Studio 69). Lazarus had previously held a night by the same name at
the Rockit club. You can still catch him every Sunday @ Velvet Underground, the 1st Saturday of
every month at the Reverb for the
Dark Rave, and the 3rd Saturday of every month at the Reverb for the Fetish
Masquerade.
Here's the official announcement from DJ Lazarus:
It is with mixed reactions and a couple of reasons that I am cancelling Flux
Fridays at Savannah Lounge. Last night (Fri Sept 21) was the lowest attendance
yet at only 68 people through the door. Therefore, with help from the club, I
decided it would be my last night working there. Savannah will not be open next
Friday of course. The club, and myself, are obviously not overwhelmed with this
relatively poor attendance. I take solace knowing that my attendance was better
than most of the established Fridays at the competition. However, Savannah
Lounge is a large club and perceptions of emptiness are easily invoked even if
there is a crowd gathering. Maybe if the club was much smaller it might have
worked? Then 50 people in the club would seem better. It also makes me sad and
laugh when I see people come into the club and then just leave because it is
not crowded. If all the people that did that actually stayed, then the night
may have looked busier. Oh well, nobody likes to be the first.
Secondly, I also feel Savannah Lounge never kept several promises to me. They
never did get new couches and seating, never got new lighting, never renovated
the bathrooms, never brought back the pool tables and never offered drink
specials before 1130pm, like I was told they would. I believe these factors
made it a steeper up hill battle. Every Friday when I arrived at Savannah
Lounge I would spend some time setting up lights, a smoke machine, a VCR, and
tables and chairs. I did this because I wanted the night to look good, but I
shouldn't have to do this if I was working at a club that cares or takes the
night seriously.
Thirdly, and this one bothers me the most. Savannah Lounge hired a woman to
help with promotion. I appreciate this, but... She had flyers designed without
my approval and distributed them outside, and inside competetive clubs. This is
a political no-no. In all the years I have DJ'ed and done promotions, not once,
have I lowered myself to acts of desperation by distributing flyers inside or
outside of the competition. I feel that this incidence has tarnished my
reputation even though it was done without my knowledge. I apologize to any
pissed of club owners or DJ's, but please understand that this was not my
doing. In the future, like in the past, I will take care of all design and
promotion of events that bear my name.
Last night when I got home, I stayed up very late designing DARKRAVE and
'Heroes of the 80's' flyers and posters and was thinking about the state of the
scene. The goth/industrial alternative scene is shrinking to dangerous
proportions. It reached it' s heyday in the early/mid 90's and is now on the
decline. I feel this way because none of the alternative clubs are as busy as
they used be and you can't keep a goth/industrial night going outside of a
major metropolitan area. Since things are so slow right now I think you may
even see a couple of clubs go under in the next several months. This is a sign
of an aging club population with not many new people to replace them as they
leave the scene. Sad really. I think this can by contributed to the total lack
of airplay on the radio or TV of the majority of the music that is played at
goth/industrial nights. This may sound weird or taboo to say, but if some of
the more commercially viable music like VNV, Covenant, or Wolfsheim got even a
little bit of airplay it would help revitalize the scene slightly and get new
blood out to the clubs. Once those warm bodies are there you can play all the
underground stuff you want and they may even like it. Maybe we should inundate
Muchmusic and CFNY with requests to try to get this stuff played or try and get
Pierre's idea for Radio X off the ground. Both are long shots, but sometimes
miracles happen. ;)
I will once again refocus my attention to my monthly parties, special events,
Sideshow Sundays and the concert I am planning for next summer.
Thanks to all those that did attend Flux Fridays. I really do appreciate it. I
encourage everyone out there to attend the clubs and events you like before
they are gone.
UPCOMING EVENTS: (see also http://events.toronto-goth.com)
SAT OCT 6 - DARKRAVE with LAZARUS, PHINK, HELLRAVER (NY), R.I.C.H.A.R.D. (CT),
PTK, and fNg. Drum & Bass sideroom. This DARKARVE will also have lots of
whacked out visuals. REVERB (651 Queen ST. W.)
SAT OCT 27 - HEROES of the 80's - The ultimate 80's costume ball. Featuring and
80's cover band, 80's karaoke, rertro videogames, 80's decorations, prizes for
best costumes. DJ Lazarus and Greg Clow. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE! REVERB (651
Queen ST W) doors opem @ 9pm.
Relevant links
www.djlazarus.com -
official site (may be temporarily offline)
lazarus@djlazarus.com - email
Dj Lazarus
fetishmasquerade.com - FM info (3rd Sat @ The Reverb)
Relevant past news articles
08 07 01 - Flux Fridays Grand Opening
07 09 01 - Flux Fridays open August
10th
06 12 01 - Flux Fridays with Dj
Lazarus
05 02 01 - New Friday night w/ Dj Lazarus
Relevant tg links
clubs -
directory and information
events -
current and future events in Toronto
Posted September 23rd 2001
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