Recap: BYT Re-launch Party
From John at BYT:
Thanks guys. We had a tremendous party (still counting, but I think we had at least 1,300 folks through).
Ben did a great preview. Robert managed to make it to the only respectable portion of our evening early in the night (and then return later on for the debauchery). There were good number of queer guys/gals...so thanks so much for the promotion. I even saw some M4M missed connections from the party on Craigslist.
I don't know if you guys are doing a review/write-up, but if you are feel free to use any picture of mine. I'm running out of town today, but I will try to post some new ones later.
You can view some pictures here.
You guys are the best,
John Marble
13 Comments:
sweet jesus! can we please call attention to how much energy people put in to party/event pics, especially at hipster events? both in the taking of them and then the hipsters in them trying to project how much more fun they're having than at the last hipster party where they made the same face, listened to the same set of hipsters hits and had the same conversations. seriously, these are just glorified prom pics with "counter-cultural" commodity drones. i heard you already. you had an awesome party with your awesome friends and your awesome drinks. please, in the future, just throw a good party and be done with it. i don't need to be convinced continually that you partied like a rock star; i'm quite sure you tried.
let's all make a TNG pact to decline having our photos taken at events and then, if warranted we might mention how fun the party was in polite conversation to someone we're certain is clearly interested.
can i get a white chicks flashing gang signs/hipster olympics amen?
Veronica, you are a peach, I say, I peach.
You caught me. I keep a Flickr account simply so I can take pictures of the same faces. You've obviously clicked through all my sets...and managed to review a party (and not get anything right about it) without actually attending.
If making negative comments makes you feel good/superior, go for it! I love positive people!
=)
Veronica, nothing sucks more then someone that has to poop on some one else's party. Even post party.
Somethings are worth commenting on, even negatively. Some aren't. This is one of those, NOT.
It was a party. If you don't like a hipster crowd, fine. If these don't appeal to you, fine.
But for love of ANYTHING, take this kind of ranting and put it something worth ranting!
Because all this says is that you really need to be this upset over how someone else had fun?
And don't deny you are upset. The words, the tone and even the fact you took the time to post it, says, WAAA, WAAA, BITCH BITCH.
Yes, it's an open forum, but use some sensibility, please. Post accordingly to the subject.
Love the blouse, hope you win.
veronica. like duh! if you put this much energy into commenting on john's phucking amazing party, then you must have been intrigued by the photos and therefore continued onto all his sets to find that you are one. a jealous snatch for not attending, and two. like anyone would want to make out in a tee pee with a bitter bitch like you anyway.
john. nice work! i know i told you that already. i/we had a blast. the pics prove it. awesome space/awesome music/awesome crowd/awesome friends.
ps - happy cinco de mayo.
BE NICE. BE NICE. BE NICE.
Thanks guys for defending the pictures I took of my little party. However (and I did get overheated), lets just be nice in our own comments.
We can talk about the great art, music, fun that happened without tearing people down.
dissent is a little pisser, isn't it? and don't worry, i didn't try that hard.
nice, in my opinion, is boring and about the worst thing one could be. nice people have picket fences and are okay with the negro population as long as it stays on the other side of town. nice people sweep the ashes from their porches and pretend not to admit that bodies are being torched down the road. nice is just shy of evil.
but i'm not ready to pull out the drano yet. if we must i'll reframe the question for those of you who'd like to believe that everyone likes you. i wasn't just calling into question hipsters, but in fact everyone who posts photos of events after the fact(ie. social networking, flickr, blogs, party sites).
what do we gain from constructing nostalgia or post-party "wish i'd been there" syndrome? is it healthy and helpful? what's the point of your photos i'm not supposed to be annoyed by and why is it so difficult for me to understand why i'm having to look at them? TNG is about the idea of some sort of new identity. i think it'd be fascinating if it were an identity that didn't swim in nostalgia and spend so much time being so self-reflexive (just like the world of the old gay it exists to hate on). do you get it? your event photos look like a tired judy garland drag queen to me. (oh, sorry, it's so hard for me to be nice)
i guess i shouldn't play croquet with people who are going to complain about the rules. you could very easily uninvite me and then i'll have nothing to complain to you about if you'd prefer to just be nice nice nice to each other in nice nice nice land.
wow!
V, posting pictures afterwards helps people connect more, even if they couldn't have been there.
It also lets people see who didn't get to go, if it would be the type of thing they would want to go to.
And if it sparks something in the person, perhaps they will try to make the next event. It's called follow up, and has NOTHING to do with, Nhaa, nhaa, you weren't there!
And of course, you are now pulling such a classic intrawebz attack and be obnoxious route, you should be kicked.
Now I hate the blouse and hope you lose.
We here at TNG like to post pictures of our party participants because we want to let other people see what kinds of people come to them. While the pictures of our party participants show a lot of white men (according to critics) they also show people of color and women, and we want to illustrate to those who might be cautious about attending a TNG party that they will be welcomed there by faces similar to their own.
Also, it lets people that did come to the party relive the night a little bit. Its like taking pictures of a vacation or a wedding.
"these are just glorified prom pics with "counter-cultural" commodity drones."
I can't say that I agree with you, but I love the way that you write. Send us some posts!
well i'm throwin 'em up v, if not for the content, then the spirit. i'm just glad i'm not the bitchiest bitch in the room for once.
and zack is totally right. why does anyone take pictures? i never do. but i'm always glad that someone else did.
I enjoy looking at the pics. It allows me to see that I missed or didn't miss.
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