Dance the Boat Down to its Disco Grave

[dotinthesky]

Yesterday was Buttoned Down Disco's Midsummer Eve boat party. I don't remember the last time I went to a BD Disco party; must have been years ago. DJ Dollyrocker still plays the same tunes, but that didn't bother me last night. I was just happy to bring together my new brasilian friends in town (Ricardo, Lila, Vinicius) with some old friends I hadn't seen in a long time (Silke, Claire, Pritti, Andy). The fact that we were on the guest list and were ushered in like V.I.P. only added to the night's enjoyment.

The boat was moored not too far away from Vauxhall tube station. Two understaffed and crowded bars, plus a rickety floorboard (that made my heart thump everytime the crowd jumped), made for uncomfortable times on the dancefloor. The water lapping against the windows never seemed too far away (except in the early hours of the morning, when the tide was low and we realized how safely grounded we were.)

Cameras flashed here and there, and I may have looked startled and ancient in some of the photos; perhaps the owner of the boat, playing the bouncer outside, was the only person older than me. I still had the energy though to dance through the dodgiest mash-ups, under a constant drip of sweat, in & out of cigarette smoke. We took our breaths and breaks on the cramped deck.

• Best song on the dancefloor: Daft Punk's "One More Time"
  
• Best song I missed because I was stuck in the deck's corner: Kylie Minogue's "Better The Devil You Know"
  
• Most annoying song with bad New Year Eve's memories attached to it: Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet"
  

A triptych of Suede, The Cure and The Smiths played just as we were leaving, 1.30 a.m. The God of Buses was kind and we didn't have to wait too much for our double-deckers. When we got home, Kevin wipped some eggs and ham into a deliciously spontaneous omelette. Head, pillow, sleep.

Comments

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yay for good times. good to hear!

[octoberxswimmer.livejournal.com]

i danced to daft punk's "one more time" last night...

[julia-set.livejournal.com]

oi Oliver
tudo bem por aí?
vc vem pro Brasil?
queria aqueles livros q eu te emprestei (vc gostou?)
um abraço

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

At home or under some flashing lights?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Gostei bastante! Ja separei os livros e eles estao prontos para ir na mala.

Tem algo mais que voce gostaria daqui? Estou indo com a mala meio vazia entao nao tem problema!

Abracos.

[octoberxswimmer.livejournal.com]

under some flashing lights, disco balls, with a fog machine on gay dance floor...

[julia-set.livejournal.com]

se por acaso achar, vc traz uma revista Nature pra mim? (é uma revista de ciencia, nao sei se vc conhece)
qd vc vem?
beijos

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

If Vinicius isn't the most Roman-Latin sounding name, I don't know what is.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Conheco sim; vou procurar esta semana mesmo.

Chego no Brasil no dia 20 de Julho e fico ate 24 de Agosto. Nao vejo a hora! Vou ficar a maioria do tempo no Corrego, mas devo ir para Londrina no final de Agosto. Estou pensando em ir por uma semana para Ilha Grande.
beijos.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It's very common too in Brasil.

[kevyn-kronycles.livejournal.com]

I love "One more time", one of the best dance floor songs ever...."Better the devil you know" is a lot of fun too, I've actually managed to dance to it here, although it's practically unknown here.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Hmm...

Hey, what do you think about the permanent account sale? gonna do it?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm! Hadn't thought of it...

Are you gonna do it?

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of it, there are a few days left. I feel like it's probably a good idea, the way LJ has been going lately, to get in on something like this. They wouldn't offer this if there wasn't a reason, you know? Like maybe this is a subtle hint that things will change around here if you're not a paying customer of some sort. And I'm torn between being really annoyed by that and this being the best place online I've ever been connected with.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I hope they don't force me to get an ad-heavy free account! That might force me to move to other shores...

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Have you seen anywhere else that might be good? What's...I've heard of one recently...grrr can't remember!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It sucks because I wouldn't want to leave all you lovelies behind.

To be honest, I just can't see LJ doing that to us.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

I know, I don't want to leave, either. Also, you'd have to be totally active on LJ for the next 6 years for a permanent account to be worth it. Not that I don't expect to be, you know.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I could see myself just going and going here until I'm in my retirement home. ;-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Is Kylie just not well known over there?

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

I know, me too! I kinda stopped posting for a while, but I'm back.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Not really, if by "over there" you mean America. I had no idea she has so many albums out until I met some Brits. Oh, and speaking of Kylie, there's a really creepy H&M full-building painting of her up at the subway entrance near where I work. I should get a photo and post it. *yeuch!*

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Oh, fine, North America, there I go being all USA-centric again, like a good Yank.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I've seen it over here; it's the one with her in a swimming suit, right? She needs to back off the botox injections for a while.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

That's OK, we still love you. :-)

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Maybe a swim suit? Definitely a head scarf.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

eheheh...

[gorecky22.livejournal.com]

I remember the time when you went frequently to Buttoned down disco. Those days, I was just preparing a travel that never came... but well, if everyghing's alright, I'll go to London on October for a few days. It's been almost three years since my last visit to London... I wanted to go to Trash club, but now that's closed I'll better look for upcoming Buttoned Down Disco's. :P

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Trash doesn't exist anymore? Hmmm... well, I'm sure the organisers have moved on to another night. If I hear about it, I'll let you know.

Let me know in October when you are coming so we can meet up. Perhaps we can go to Buttoned Down Disco together. ;-)

[gorecky22.livejournal.com]

You can be sure that I'll let you know when I'll go to London!! And if we don't go to Buttoned Down Disco, we can go antwhere else!! :D