Dynamite Review
October 30th 2006 04:07
Went to Dynamite @ the Brighton Up Bar on Oxford St on Saturday night and there were generally mixed feelings from my friends and myself about the quality of the night.
The first thing I have to say is the night was advertised as playing a mix of music rather than previous night who focused on reggae. This was a bit disappointing in itself, but we also got there to find a lot of the music was pretty ordinary funk. The odd reggae track was played, but not enough for my personal tastes.
Whether this decision was made to increase the crowd - there were a lot of people, or whether this was a once off decision I don't know. It seemed to me a lot of the crowd were just walk-ins from Surry Hills out for pre-Halloween and that the broader music choice wouldn't have mattered.
We had a bit of a problem with the crowd when a couple of guys inappropriately grabbed a female friend, resulting in a bit of a scuffle between us and them. They were told to piss off and we continued on, but it put a dampener on the night. I will say that the organizers were apologetic (though it wasn't their fault) and are actually really good guys.
I can only compare it to past nights though and the night just wasn't as good as past events. I can understand wanting to maximise numbers, but there isn't a broad reggae night in this town and Dynamite had filled that void. It annoys me that they felt they needed to move away from that towards a mix you can find in pubs across the city and I hope they return to the reggae quickly, which I am told will happen.
The first thing I have to say is the night was advertised as playing a mix of music rather than previous night who focused on reggae. This was a bit disappointing in itself, but we also got there to find a lot of the music was pretty ordinary funk. The odd reggae track was played, but not enough for my personal tastes.
Whether this decision was made to increase the crowd - there were a lot of people, or whether this was a once off decision I don't know. It seemed to me a lot of the crowd were just walk-ins from Surry Hills out for pre-Halloween and that the broader music choice wouldn't have mattered.
We had a bit of a problem with the crowd when a couple of guys inappropriately grabbed a female friend, resulting in a bit of a scuffle between us and them. They were told to piss off and we continued on, but it put a dampener on the night. I will say that the organizers were apologetic (though it wasn't their fault) and are actually really good guys.
I can only compare it to past nights though and the night just wasn't as good as past events. I can understand wanting to maximise numbers, but there isn't a broad reggae night in this town and Dynamite had filled that void. It annoys me that they felt they needed to move away from that towards a mix you can find in pubs across the city and I hope they return to the reggae quickly, which I am told will happen.
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