Do you work in a strip club? Prince Philip to female sea cadet
We’ll go and pick Pete up at the Green Spider. We’ll get things sorted out from there. Action Stations 1957 starring Paul Carpenter & Mary Martin & Joe Robinson & Ronald Leigh Hunt & Douglas Robinson & Kim Parker & Colin Cleminson & Gus Ray et al, director C H Williamson, him to her on dog-n-bone
98,430. The Crystal Jug Club. You wouldn't like it. Breakaway 1955 starring Tom Conway & Michael Balfour & Honor Blackman & Bruce Seton & Brian Worth & Freddie Mills & Alexander Gauge & John Horsley & Paddy Webster & John Coliocos & Arthur Lowe et al, director Henry Cass
Do you often come here? ibid.
New York, 1987: ‘You’re black and you’re male and you’re gay: you’re going to have a hard fucking time.’ Paris is Burning, father’s advise, 1990
Men gather together under one roof and decide to have a competition amongst themselves: Balls. I went to a ball, I got a trophy and now everybody wants to know. This movie is about the Ball Circuit. ibid.
‘You like the adulation, the applause … it’s an addictive high.’ ibid.
On 12th June America’s worst ever mass shooting – a direct attack on the gay community at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub. It shocked the world and brought the gay community together. Stacey Dooley: Hate and Pride in Orlando, BBC 2016
I’m in a nightclub on the edge of town. It’s a bad situation and I don’t know how to get out. Scam City s1e2: Prague, Travel 2012
Not all taxicabs in Prague are playing by the same rules. ibid.
Lady pickpockets followed by fake drugs. ibid.
The clip joint scam: the victim is sucked in with the promise of a good time. ibid.
I’m undercover in a nightclub in Istanbul and I’ve been slapped with a $1,000 bar tab. Scam City s1e7: Istanbul
As clubbing time approaches the hard [ticket] sell gets even more persuasive. Scam City s1e9: Las Vegas
The VIP line is longer than the other line. ibid.
Is the joint always as gay as this? The Blue Parrot 1953 starring John Le Mesurier & Dermot Walsh & Jacqueline Hill & Ballard Barkeley & June Ashley & Richard Pearson & Ferdy Mayne & Victor Lucas & Edwin Richfield & Arthur Rigby & Valerie White & Diane Watts et al, director John Harlow, undercover rozzer in club to bird
There is a music that has soundtracked our era. It has many forms but one beat: ‘Gotta have house music all night long.’ Whether you find your groove in house, techno or electronic dance music, our hedonistic escape into the night has become a priceless commodity. The bedrock of a business worth billions. How Dance Music Conquered the World I: The Beat, BBC 2018
It started on a few dancefloors with a few pioneers. ibid.
To make the dance music we love, technologies have been conquered. To create the sound of the future. ibid.
‘It’s the dominant genre on the planet.’ ibid.
The sound has transformed the lives of countless clubbers and left millions lost in music. ibid.
It all started with a beat: four to the floor. ibid.
Two gifted DJs in two inspirational clubs sparked something special. ibid.
‘Their spirit is feeling something to a higher power.’ ibid. Chicago DJ
To this day, the breathtaking innovation of techno’s pioneers has made Chicago a place of pilgrimage for generations of electronic artists. ibid.
In 1986 Pete Tong put together the album that introduced Chicago house to British music fans. ibid.
UK No. 1: Steve Hurley, Jack Your Body. ibid.
Britain had welcomed house and techno with open arms and they quickly warmed to the next boundary-pushing dance genre from Chicago – acid house. ibid.
The 4/4 beat behind house and techno was now being successfully recreated by British artists. ibid.
Millions of us have spent the biggest and best nights of our life clubbing. How Dance Music Conquered the World II: The Club
Narcotically charged hedonism grabbed the headlines. ibid.
Hacienda: Manchester now the had the most avant garde nightclub in the world. ibid.
A sudden proliferation of ecstasy pills was an undeniable vital part. ibid.
These fields of Albion offered an escape. ibid.
Clubbing needed to change. To scale up and smarten up. A new generation of entrepreneurs was emerging. ibid.
In Cream, Liverpool now boasted the biggest club in Europe. ibid.
The superclubs had arrived in Britain’s cities. For the next evolution in the club scene came on the very island that had inspired our dance music culture – Ibiza. ibid.
We’re now in the era of electronic dance music – EDM. ibid.
The DJ. The mastermind behind our daily soundtrack. And our nightly escape … They are very very powerful. This is an epic story of staggering highs and crushing lows that reveal how our lives have been shaped by a vanguard of visionaries. How Dance Music Conquered the World III: The DJ
At his peak Avicii played an outstanding three hundred gigs a year. ibid.
Trance became the soundtracks to weekends all around the world. ibid.
The American mainstream was finally embracing dance music. ibid.
Welcome to the club! The Small World of Sammy Lee 1963 starring Anthony Newley & Julia Foster & Robert Stephens & Wilfrid Brambell & Miriam Karlin & Kenneth J Warren & Warren Mitchell & Harry Locke & Roy Kinnear & Alfred Burke & Harry Baird & Julia Foster, director Ken Hughes, stripper to Patsy
Make yourselves comfortable. Not too comfortable there, sir, thank you, we were raided last week. ibid. compare
‘Dance music has always been about an escape, a letting go.’ What We Started, Netflix 2017
‘You just get lost in this aural sound escape.’ ibid.
Space, Ibiza, is the most awarded nightclub in history. 54-year-old Carl Cox has been the resident DJ at Space since 2001. 2016 is his final year. ibid. captions
‘Those primal beats returned in different forms.’ ibid.
‘We were more excited about change … We were obsessed about innovation.’ ibid. Pete Tong
‘We were underground. It wasn’t a commercial movement.’ ibid. Paul Oakenfold
‘Rave culture developed from acid house, outdoor parties held in fields.’ ibid.
‘It was the Year Zero. We were starting again.’ ibid. Pete Tong
‘The scale of it was just unreal.’ ibid.
‘The drugs play a big part in it too.’ ibid. Moby
We’re gonna open up a little nightclub here in the trailer park. Trailer Park Boys s2e3: I’ve Met Cats & Dogs Smarter Than Trevor & Cory, Ricky
Get back to work. We got a shitload of money to make this weekend. Ozark s1e5: Ruling Days, Ruth to bar, Netflix 2017
That is your call. I mean it’s yours if you want it … I’ll give you $1,000 a week. ibid. Marty to Ruth
Wendy: Where are you going?
Buddy: Studio 54. Where do you think? Ozark s2e4: Stag, Netflix 2018
Orlando, Florida: The shooter opened fire on the club’s main dance floor with a Sig Sauer MCX assault rifle. The shooter entered the club’s Hip Hop lounge and began to shoot victims at point-blank range. 13 minutes after gunfire started it suddenly stopped. The shooter then went to the men’s restroom and fired into the handicap stall where 17 people were hiding. The shooter retreated to the women’s restroom. Active Shooter: America. Under Fire s1e5: Orlando, captions, 2017
The police made first phone contact with the shooter at 2:35 a.m. Outside the club, first responders began to transport the wounded to hospitals. ibid.