Britpop people? (from Just announ thread)

I figured the Just Announced thread was not the place to post this, but it's sort of in reply to some of it.

Where the heck do I go to meet fellow Britpop/Britrock crazy people? I was a student at UMCP a few years ago but only recently have moved back to College Park for work (damn you real world). As I now know no one in the area I'm looking to find similar music crazed people or a "scene" to hang out in. I realize asking for advice like this on a messageboard is a bit lame, but still, at least this messageboard contains quite a bit more brain and serious conversation than any other I've ever seen.

BTW I know you britpoppers are out there, I keep seeing the same people down the front at all the shows I go to.

Originally posted by Arthwys:
BTW I know you britpoppers are out there, I keep seeing the same people down the front at all the shows I go to.

I think you just answered your own question, no?

yeah, someone should think about starting a brit-pop dance night, i think this town could really use one.

Originally posted by BookerT:
yeah, someone should think about starting a brit-pop dance night, i think this town could really use one.

Didn't there used to be a British-themed nightclub in DC? Foggy Bottom neighborhood? I vaguely remember ads for it on WHFS back in the day.

Originally posted by BookerT:
yeah, someone should think about starting a brit-pop dance night, i think this town could really use one.

Hmm, I suspect sarcasm. I was about to go to Mousetrap at Black Cat this past saturday when random stuff came up and I couldn't make it. I suppose the real answer is that which I've been dreading as the "don't deal well with people I don't know" person I've always been. Namely, I should just introduce myself to random people at Mousetrap or Liberation Dance Party? I feel so damn socially inept.

You can start a meetup http://britpop.meetup.com/cities/us/dc/washington/

You think it's tough meeting Britpop people, try trying to meet other fans of accordian based bluegrass/ska.

For about 6 months I was at Mousetrap every month… then an awkward break-up happened and I think he got Mousetrap turf as a result.

However, I think it's time to reemerge on the scene…

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
However, I think it's time to reemerge on the scene…

With somebody else of course - I love drama!

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
However, I think it's time to reemerge on the scene…

With somebody else of course - I love drama!

Well, of course.
That's a given.

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
For about 6 months I was at Mousetrap every month… then an awkward break-up happened and I think he got Mousetrap turf as a result.

However, I think it's time to reemerge on the scene…

Miss Pretentious, the Justine Frischmann of Washington, D.C.

Brian

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Miss Pretentious, the Justine Frischmann of Washington, D.C.

Brian

If only I could date Damon Albarn… *sigh*

I'd propose a bit of a forum meet up at Mousetrap, but as that's a month away I think the next closest thing I've found is Liberation Dance Party at DC9. Miss P? Brian? Anyone else up for that?

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Seriously. I know more about Britpop than any of you. It would be my "Jeopardy category to save the world."

It's ironic. I just got done reading John Harris's "The Last Party."

I could talk about Britpop (various definitions) for days….

Brian

That's a bold statement. I think you might be surprised at how much Britpop knowledge there is here. Too bad we can't have an online trivia contest. You'd just look up the answers on the internets.

Also, do you mind if I also do the name-signing thing too? Don't want to carp on your action, yo.

Originally posted by Arthwys:
I'd propose a bit of a forum meet up at Mousetrap, but as that's a month away I think the next closest thing I've found is Liberation Dance Party at DC9. Miss P? Brian? Anyone else up for that?

I work on the night of the 14 and won't be around the 21. Sorry.

from people who want a britpop meetup group:
"I DJ a britpop night called Razzmatazz every 5th Saturday of the month at Black Cat backstage. Septmeber 29th is the next one, so come out and say hello! You will not be disappointed"

i suggest making a meetup group - its worth it to find like-minded people - and then just figure out where to go. if you visit SF you can go to popscene. if youre in nyc - you can go to popscene nyc/club nme. liberation dance party has good stuff but i know when i used to go id say it was more indie based vs britpop. i cant stand mousetrap, but thats just me.

and you can always post to craigslist :) i met lots of people into britpop music when i lived in dc that way.

Arthwys - out of curiosity - what bands are you listening to now? and i dont mean old bands ie blur, pulp, suede, etc. - i mean bands from today that youd consider britpop.

Originally posted by Relaxer:

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Seriously. I know more about Britpop than any of you. It would be my "Jeopardy category to save the world."

It's ironic. I just got done reading John Harris's "The Last Party."

I could talk about Britpop (various definitions) for days….

Brian

That's a bold statement. I think you might be surprised at how much Britpop knowledge there is here. Too bad we can't have an online trivia contest. You'd just look up the answers on the internets.

Also, do you mind if I also do the name-signing thing too? Don't want to carp on your action, yo.

Sure. Knock yourself out.

I know of Menswear B-sides.

Now that "The Last Party" is on my mind, I was disappointed that some of the juiciest rumors weren't touched upon.

One of the best, is that there was overlap between the end of Frischmann's relationship with Brett Anderson and the beginning of her relationship with Damon Albarn. When one of them was, shall we say "intimate" with her, they would leave a hickey on her body. To mark his territory, the other would leave a hickey on the other side of her body as if to say "I'm regularly in this area as well."

Devious.

Brian

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
One of the best, is that there was overlap between the end of Frischmann's relationship with Brett Anderson and the beginning of her relationship with Damon Albarn. When one of them was, shall we say "intimate" with her, they would leave a hickey on her body. To mark his territory, the other would leave a hickey on the other side of her body as if to say "I'm regularly in this area as well."

So, they would leave "brands" as a way of denoting their ownership of her body?

Hardly sounds like the behavior of proper gentlemen.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Hardly sounds like the behavior of proper gentlemen.

I concur. They should just appreciate her (no doubt) fine company and pleasant personality.