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Two shows on February 26th , both All Ages!
The first Abney Park show 7pm doors, 8pm show for just $20.00 ($30 under 21).
Second event is the Tim Burton Ball at 10:00pm for just $30.00 ($40 under 21), and includes a performance by Abney Park, swing dancing and lessons.
Tickets to both shows are available for only $40.00 ($50 under 21), and no matter what show you see, you can join us at MoMA's Tim Burton exhibit the next day for a discounted rate of $17... while supplies last!
Buy Tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ev
(Attendants under the ages of 21 will have to pay the club the additional $10 fee in cash upon arrival. Don’t hate us for this, it's the clubs rules, and it’s the only way we could get you in. :-( )
Exactly one week before Mr. Burton's sequel to Alice in Wonderland hits the screen, we present to you a place of more wonder than even he can concoct... a dance event filled with all of his creations. This truly will BE a wonderland.
Tickets are available to Abney Park’s early show (which is just a concert), or The Tim Burton Ball, OR you can attend BOTH for a super discounted rate!
ALSO, dance instruction is included in the price of the ball - no partner or experience is required. We will focus on connection to a partner and how to have fun together on the dance floor. We'll also cover footwork because people think we're supposed to, but this is Swing Goth: it's not based on rules, it's based on music, your partner and you! Instruction will begin at 10:15pm and go until about 11:15pmish.
More about Swing Goth can be found on http://www.swinggoth.com and video of our past events can be found on http://www.youtube.com/swinggoth.
If you want to dress, feel free to come as any one of Burton's characters or as some creation of your own (or feel free to come as your are). We're certain they'll be plenty of Johnny Depps; but, seriously folks, if you want people to dance with you we don't recommend Edward Scissorhands. ;-)
DETAILS:
http://bpmtalent.com/current-tours/combi-n
DETAILS:
http://bpmtalent.com/current-tours/comb
Erik Gates, 47, who was known on the hit t.v. show called Mythbusters died. He was walking on the roof of the Xirrus Inc Building at 2101 Corporate Center Drive in Newburry Park with his friend when the accident happened.
Both of them were working on it, suddenly Erik fall off the building and dropped 30 feet to his death. He died of blunt force injuries to the chest.
The fall occurred around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Afterward, Gates was alive and talking at the scene, Ventura County Sheriff’s Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said. Gates was taken to Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
He owned Gateco Electric and he appeared on four episodes of “MythBusters” as the shows Amateur Rocket Expert.
I wonder where I should be to take in this occasion...all my closest of friends...people will be else where...it leaves me thinking...where should I be...with whom should I ring in this new year..new friends seem to be the answer...but I can't help but miss the old ones...and wonder about new long distance ones...
should I leap..should I take the big chance and do something momentous myself...
I always get disappointingly let down
I need to meet someone who will leap before me and catch me by surprise...
A special thanks to Q and Kevin for offering to throwing their services in for free of charge to help open the Crypt tonight and keep downstairs alive...I hope with the attendence in the club tonight...you guys ended up getting paid :*
I hope to see everyone again next Saturday...There will be reduced drink costs...as an economic stimulus bonus...also Dec 26th the PJ party is only a $5 door charge if you come sporting your PJ's...Should be a great time....
Also a little sneak preview of next year: Come January 15th our Father Jeff will be bringing Joey Letz of Combichrist and Mark Jackson from VNV to Guest DJ at QXT's...already the new year seems to be going in the right direction :D...
Hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday season...and I hope to see you all soon at Q's
-J
Qxt's has been hit hard by the economic turn like every american has....
due to this fact it has laid off some DJ's and closed the Crypt hopefully temporarily
We need people in the scene to come out on Friday and Saturday Nights to show their support and help save the club...it has been pretty dead as of late....
for those light in wallet bc of the economy it is free before 11pm for "LADIES" 21+
unless its a special event then its $10
Discount flyers can also be printed online at www.qxts-nj.com or by going to the following link:
Friday Flyer
http://www.qxts-nj.com/printablefly
Saturday Flyer
http://www.qxts-nj.com/printablefly
they also have $3 dollar drink specials till 11pm as well....
Please come out and show your support and help keep the scene alive...and bring back your favorite DJ's and possibly new ones as well!
Our beloved Kevin will be bartending in the area 51 bar until hopefully the Crypt reopens. The format in Area 51 will be a mix of both types of music...so Its not all bad
Thanks in advance for your support
-J
Qxts needs a lot of work...times are tough and many of the people who come there come from far and wide...when it cost so much in gas and tolls...add drinks and $10 cover it just all becomes too much...then add lack of rooms being open and a lot of mainstream regular white capper songs being played it really kills the mood...
Qxts does well when bands play...big names have played there...if Qxts booked Combichrist or shit even the Cruxshadows like they did in the past rather than having them play a closet of a club like the pyramid...they would see some money made...note the Nachtmahr show... See More
on regular nites if they did fun promos like the night before thanksgiving/xmas if they offered a reduce door if people brought in a canned good for thanksgiving/xmas to be donated to a Newark food bank or soup kitchen...I'm sure people would come out more...they would feel better because they're helping someone else in need and paying less at the door...Qxts I'm sure would still make the money in drinks...When ppl have more $ they drink more...its when the money is tight and low...thats when ppl are tight...
They can do an economic stimulus of expanding the free before 11pm to free before midnight...the dance floor would surely fill up...more guest dj's to generate more music diversity...have other promoters come in and support events like Jet and VF...Xris and Smack!...all female dj nites with Annabel Evil and other local female DJ's lord knows we know how to rock! :P
When events happen like the themed ones...that Evilution/Fixe has done more props...giveaways are needed...like the Alice Wonderland theme brought some people out with excellent costumes...there should be a contest...to promote ppl to get excited about it...I know I went all out for the Labyrinth Goblin Ball and was grossly disappoint...I made an awesome Goblin mask and all...and no one was dressed up...the props were non existent...the TV's had the same plan old shows playing at the bar...
I dunno if things don't change and more collaboration and doesnt happen Qxts will surely close down...and it will be a sad sad day...bc if ppl cant afford to go to Qxts they certainly can't afford to go to NYC...shit in NYC there really isnt much left venue wise...only small nites and events...
Batcave is no more..Mother was lost long ago...the bank...and limelight is a shopping mall...where will the creatures of the night go to play? Its really sad all around...the metro area is being hit hard in the goth scene way for before the economy went into the toilet and the only way it will survive with out support and help for each other...owners included...
ok so there is my rant! I voiced some of these things to Kevin a few weeks back and he has been spreading some around...promoting is a big job...not easily done by one person...but a team effort..promoters, dj. bartenders, owners and other promoters...Qxts needs to sharing in the flyering process and support the scene...and in return I'm sure the scene will support them...
Have Ben, Jon, Dan and many other guest Dj's spin alternating weeks.
When they rotated the Dj's that were there for the night...and didnt open the downstairs it still pleased at least pieces of the crowd parts of the night...and doesnt make the night a bust...for the people who come from far away to hear some good music played.
The weather and money was the big killer last night for most of me and my friends...
that and the music just has been really lack luster since ben has left....downstairs is the main reason we usually come out for...the main floor is gettin really old...too many mainstream songs from Ron...no offense Ron...but :S
ok enough babbling for now...maybe I'll see some of you next Saturday Night ;)
This is why in some ways I choose to be the ostrich with my head in the sand...because it can be quite depressing to take it out and have to see the microbes under the scope...i think it might be better to see the blur and soak in its beautiful aesthetics like a Seurat pointillist painting.
ok enough babbling for now read on if you so choose to...
Cousin wrote:
"Yeah, today people want to "change" America. Me too, back to a time before political correctness, which is why today I am a card carrying member of the NRA, although I don't own a gun. Never fired one. I'm just one of those wacky right-wingers, whom Homeland Security wrote about in a white paper, who fiercely supports ...our Constitution and Second Amendment. One of those really scary Pro-Lifers...I'm all for changing America BACK to the way it was."
I wrote:
"I'm all for rights...but unfortunately in the breeding a decent amount of intellect was lost...some folks these days don't possess the sense enough to be a responsible gun carrier.
There should be IQ requirements and competency requirements that go with gun licensing and sales. Unfortunately not to sound apathetic but guns make it to the streets and into the wrong hands not matter what we do...morals have declined...even the most earnest of people falter at times and slip...All we can do is teach our children to be careful, mindful, considerate and aware enough to try to avoid stray bullet.
The ability to defend ourselves is important...to have the wherewithal to take to arms if need be to make sure our government holds its status of governance for the people by the people is our constitutional right. Unfortunately our government is quite corrupt for as hard as some try to make sure it is just...so even if it became time to utilize this right I feel it would be far to late to make a difference......
The only way we will go back to a simpler time will be after the world has decimated itself...and it is time to rebuild...or if we colonize a new world...
ok sorry to run off on a tangent and get all deep but you got my juices flowing on a Sunday morning. Its really sad to think of such things...I try to keep my head in the sand when it comes to politics and things like this because it only proves to depress me.
Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong time period. In some regards, I would love to go back to a simpler place in time. In others, I could not bare it. There have been so many positive changes to shape our freedoms of today. A great Thoreau rebate back to nature or on with technology."
Any thoughts...
X you wear flip-flops til it snows...and sometimes still even then
girls: your favorite bikini top is also your favorite bra
X you know what a BENNY is and you hate them all with a passion
X you refuse to pay for parking at the boardwalk and so you drive around for a minimum of fifteen minutes to find a residential spot
you know that point is not something you do with your finger...its a place you spend 80% of your time
you know the two greatest inventions are Fins and Surf Taco
X You have consumed at least 20 lbs. of Rita's italian ice in your lifetime
but you know strollo's is better
Midnight Madness sale is like Christmas!!
there are no shoes you'd rather wear than uggs...end of story
X you have absolutely no interest in the gotti boys trying to grind on you at abyss
X swear words should be in the dictionary you use them so often
you do NOT under ANY circumstances pump your own gas
you have had at least one instance of partial nudity at the beach...whether intentional or unintentional
X you never say "down the shore" unless you're trying to explain to a benny where you're from
X you revel in the secrecy of b*****d beach (name hidden to protect its bennylessness)
X you do not say new joisey..in fact you know that no one from joisey does...or anyone for that matter
X you don't laugh when you tell people you're from jersey and they say "o what exit har har har"
you know you're the only people on earth who don't have an accent
you can't help but giggle when someone says wicked
girls: you're obsessed with sunshine daydreams
the smell of the ocean is better than any other scent in the world!
you sleep on sandy sheets...all year round
you given a benny the wrong directions at least once:-)
you truly believe in your heart that we have a parallel culture to orange county, CA...and it is so true
you know you're hair looks its best after being in the ocean
at least one of your friends genuinely does surf
X you know that you can't make a left anywhere and that the jughandle is a way of life...so is wawa
X you know that you live in the greatest place on earth when your sitting in the snow...looking at the ocean
XXyou know that pork roll is more precious than gold and have never been more scandalized than when you found out that other people have never even heard of it..let alone consumed it
this is kinda funny...bc some are really true...
I would add
X you eye roll when you go apple picking in the fall to find 90% of the cars are from NY state :S
X an asshole almost kills you on the highway oh wait its a Benny Ny-er that explains everything...you moved out of his reach and drive around em
X you know the wind mill is the only place to get a dog and chz fries at midnight
X you know that Asbury Park is back from the dead and hoppin
X you know where the closest mini-golf places but will still travel a little farther to go to the better place
X you can easily define what a fist pumper is
It's often easy for you to act on your feelings, especially when your thinking is in line with your emotions. But now that your passion is beyond your reason, you may have second thoughts about what you are doing. You could be overwhelmed by conflicting desires and your frustration increases as you realize there is no simple path to happiness. Fortunately, you have the support of an encouraging partner or friend, no matter what you decide.
Although the support was a little hard to find at the time :S
It has brought me back to old songs like this one...
Atom Heart
I see the radiance of your atom heart
I wash my dirty hands in your liquid fire
I know it's dangerous but I do it anyway
I need the purity even if it hurts
I feel the naked truth in your quiet voice
I see my secret thoughts in your metal eyes
I think it's beautiful the way you say goodbye
I need the purity even if it hurts
I feel the rage inside but you play your part
I watch your shaking fists and I feed the fire
I know it's hurting you but I do it anyway
I need the fury too even if it hurts
I want the naked truth in your tired voice
I tell my deepest truth I am mesmerized
I think it's beautiful the way we say goodnight
We need the fury too even when it hurts
Even when it hurts
