The New Furry Fashion Lounge

 

 In the final few days of 2020, and the first few days of the new year, the club of the Furry  Fashion shopping mall, the Furry Fashion Lounge, was closed to events. On Wednesday January 6, it reopened, the event announced in group notices.

WE ARE BACK VIPS! Tonight kicks off the new Lounge with a special CAYA! 

It was close to the birthday of the DJ, Minty Melody. So although the event was "Come As You Are," it was subtitled "Minty's Prebirthday."

NEW YEAR, NEW LOUNGE... new vibes...  

It's time.. to reopen the lounge. Bigger, better and more awesome than ever ! 4500L$ on the contest and it's our resident Unicorn Dj Minty's ALMOST birthday ! Don't miss out and come party ! The theme is... EXISTING ! Come as you are and party the night away, this set got... sexbanged !  

 "It's ALMOST my birthday," she told the crowd, "My actual birthday is Monday. BUT that is another DJ's day so... WE ARE DOING THIS NOW!"

 The party lasted for two hours from 4-6PM. There was various discussion, including how long Second Life has lasted, "Everyone who's tired to drive a car on the mainlands think about this: SL is old enough to get a driver's license." "In June, SL can legally drink in Canada. Not bad for a site people told me was dying in 2008!" Store owner Amethysia (Amethyst Crystal) commented, "Eh, people are still saying it's dying now. But I've seen it grow more than anything else this past year or so."

The club will still have several events a week, baring unusual circumstances.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Furry/211/42/29

 Bixyl Shuftan

Xanadu Reopens

By Bixyl Shuftan

On Sunday March 5 at just after 6PM, Club Xanadu reopened it's doors to regular events. Long one of the noted buildings of the Sunweaver and Angels community, having been around in a skybox high above HV Community since May 2009. The club is based on the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, which in the movie Xanadu was the abandoned building given a new lease on life as a nightclub (it is not linked in any way to the Pan Pacific Auditorium replica which was around in the sim of the same name in 2010). The building is owned and run by RECoyote Mindes and Perri Prinz. 

Perri Prinz is known as a first class classic rock DJ with an impressive collection of 60s and 70s music, and still DJs on occasion at Club Cutlass and The Gathering Oak. So Xanadu has always had the look of a classic rock club with pictures of albums of music at the time. The dance floor a spiral of colors with a turning record in the center. The outside of the club, the name in lights and neon lights around the building.

In July 2015, the club closed it's doors to regular events due to the real life difficulties of the owners. But now it was finally open for real (virtually real anyway). Over two dozen were at the event that night, perhaps close to three.  Christine Rhodes was the DJ for the party. The contest theme was 60s and 70s with a small prize for the best male and female apiece.

Not everyone was on the dance floor. A few stood from the rafters looking down.

The club has a number of special effects. At one point, hearts were coming down.

At another point, bubbles floated around the room.

And yes, the place had its own fog machine.

There were a number of songs from the 60s and 70's played that night, including the theme song of the movie that inspired the club.

A place, where nobody dared to go
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu
And now, open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu
A million lights are dancing
And there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you're here with me
Eternally
Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu

Xanadu has officially reopened, but has yet to have a set weekly schedule. The club did have an event on Wednesday March 8 with Skylark Lefavre as the DJ and the theme as Japanese. Currently, the club is looking for both hosts and DJs. If you're interested, IM Perri Prinz or Recoyote Mindes.

HV Community (67/207/4051)

Bixyl Shuftan

The Return of Club Culture

By Grease Coakes

I got a surprise the other day when Outlaw Firefang (OutlawFox23 Resident) IMed me, saying Club Culture was back in Second Life. At first I was hesitant as he offered me my job back as a dj at Micha’s club. For those who don’t know about Club Culture it was Micah’s club (DjMicah resident) as he wanted to make a EDM club (EDM stands for Electronic Dance Music) He brought back his realistically designed club here at
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Alpha%20Centauri/18/201/2901

I was invited over by Tiger Ninetales who told me about a coming back party that would last for 12 hours! The first song she played was a remix of a classic rave song called meet her at the love parade written by Da Hool. She also played a remix of “Let Me Be Your Fantasy.”

I asked Micah, "Do you have any words of pride or anything to draw any avatar male or female to your club?"

Micah answered, "That Culture is proud to be one possibly the only club on the grid that has been built up, custom scripted and designed purposely to showcase the amazing DJs out there, including a line up of commercial DJs who are known across the world for festivals, clubs and radio."

I asked, "So Culture doesn't have just desktop dj/s who use virtual dj but also dj/s who have the real world experience djing for real clubs and events?"

Micah answered, "Yep, in fact all of our DJ line up are turntable DJs, and over half of them have professional and commercial experience in the  real world. We want to deliver the best so we challenge our DJs to  be the best they can be, and encourage them to better themselves."

I commented, "If you never challenged yourself to be better you might as well not do it. For artwork writing or music."

Micah agreed, "Exactly, and one of our DJs had little experience live mixing, and always felt more safe using 'playlist djing.' But we have pushed him in to the deep end, and he's delivering great sets."

I asked, "What exactly is playlist djing?"

Micah answered, "Your typical desktop DJing using Winamp or SAM broadcaster, fill a playlist, click play and forget."

I commented, "I try not to do that It's much better to use virtual DJ and pick songs as I go along. Besides you might find a song combo that works much better then a generic song list that's prepped."

Micah responded, "Yes I agree."

Like before, there’s artwork of dj/s and a realistic lights system. Also, there is a script meter to show who’s causing all that nasty lag while you’re trying to listen to your favorite dj. I saw a Mario in the corner. And I was surprised that some people recognized my avatar. "A male AX fox! Very rare!" "AX? Wow." Also when you use emotes on Micah’s club, you see the words on the screen but no sound. I think he wants a real life rave experience so sound emotes won’t get in the way of the music being played.

I grabbed a hold of Amy Tigris Ninetales (Tiger Ninetails) and she had this to say when I asked her what the club is looking for in hiring DJ/s, “Track selection, ability to mix said tracks and who well they can do that. Here at Culture, we strive for the closest thing to a real nightclub experience, so naturally we make sure that our DJs can deliver the quality expected at a nightclub venue."

I asked, "So it's fair to say you're fitting a whole club inside someone's computer each time you or one of your dj/s step up to mix."

She agreed, "That sounds about right, yeah."

Micah’s Club Culture is a welcome addition to Second Life’s club scene. After a hard day of work in the real world or fifty things you had to do in Second Life. Micah’s club is an excellent place to throw on your headphones to forget your worries for a while. Micah and his club have come back with a vengeance as he came back with a 12 hour party.

Grease Coakes