Ooh. Not sure i like the sound of this...

From the club bohemia website:

"We start the night WITH the Bohemia Lounge, old and new songs to set the mood and prepare you for the extravaganza to come. Music to drink and chat to, the dancing comes later after the performances. You will hear more avant-garde music from the likes of Andrew Bird, Antony & The Johnsons, Bjork, Bobby Conn, Clare Fader & The Vaudevillans, Coco Rosie, Devandra Barnhart, Destroyer, Divine Comedy, The Dresden Dolls, Jack, Jill Tracy, Kate Bush, Kurt Weil, Marc Almond, m83, Nick Cave, Patrick Duff, Patrick Wolf, Peggy Lee, PJ Harvey, Raphael, Rasputina, Regina Spektor, Shirely Bassey, Strangelove, The Tiger Lillies, Ute Lemper, Velvet Underground, Voltaire and many many more.

After the bands and performances the the Bohemia DJs (Kitten, Preston and David Ryder-Prangely turn things up a little to get you dancing with our unique mix of glitter & glam, rock & roll and cabaret decandence right until we close at 2am from the likes of..."etc, etc, etc.

 

WHAT?! "music to sit and chat to"? When on earth did this happen? Was this format present at the night of 1000 Ziggy's? Since when was club boho a 'sit and chat' sorta club? there are plenty of other clubs in london which cater for the 'sit and chat' crowd. Heck, even if you require to be surrounded by glittery, be-platformshoed people while you sat and chat, you could go to Stay Beautiful. And while I realise that even the most hardened dance floor addict needs occaisional respite to rest thier weary feet, I think turning the first few hours or so of bohemia into a 'sit and chat' club would be a mistake. Theres not enough seating for a start. I wonder why they're doing it? they cant want to attract more punters as the buffalo bar is a titchy venue anyway, and always gets filled to bursting point at around 10.30-ish anyway. Hmmm.

 

(note: the above is NOT a tirade on those who do primarily sit and chat at Bohemia. Im just annoyed that the rest of us are no longetr allowed the choice (well, have you ever tried to fill a dance floor with Antony and the Johnsons?) for those first few hours. When I go to Bohemia, I wanna go dancin'! Not stand around bemoaning the lack of seating/ dancable music).

But, hey, maybe i'm being too hasty. I'll give it a go...

In other news, went to see sussex uni openday yesterday. And my verdict is...

• Does all my courses
• Not too far away from home
• next to Brighton (it's "London by the sea", dontcha know!)
• Has good reputation
• drop-dead-gorgeous campus
• And not one, but two not-bad-looking-at-all psychology lecturers. :)

Yup yup, Sussex is the one for me, methinks...