Club Shutter - Elbo Room 05/27/09

Posted by glen609 on May 28, 2009

So I put some finishing touches on a new song, put on my super skinny new Levis and my black shirt and jacket

with a Jackscrew on the back and found him hanging around outside the Elbo Room scaring off a couple girls who’s names he got mixed up. He was really excited about his new record deal and was totally undaunted. The tall blond moved off in her stilettos and black eye makeup.

We moved over to some new girls, who were a little busy with their long cigarettes and some guys of their own and I just wanted a drink so I went inside and ordered a Laphroig . My other buddy, the drummer who also signed today got a Dark and Stormy and we sat at the bar and talked about recording techniques. Gothic characters surrounded us and looked bored and contemptible. They were having a neutral good time with nary a frown or a smile. Tears were painted on the pretty girl’s faces. Strains of Joy Division were wafting down the stairs from the club.

We exhausted the technical convo and went upstairs to a different scene all-together. It was difficult to see anything in that dark room full of darkly dressed living zombies. Seriously beautiful and disturbed people everywhere. They were slightly moving around to the music, in pairs, which seemed a little strange - and nice - and it made it a little easier not to bump into someone.

The music was all dark 80s Baritones like Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus singing about death, as if they knew what they were talking about. The whole Factory Records catalogue is represented and more. There were a few striking blonds to change things up from all the black bangs and corsets. It seemed like a clique, like a strange high school inTransylvania.

I just stood there with my Scotch and listened to the great sound system and the great, dusty old tunes. It brought me back to my high school when KROQ in LA was still valiantly playing the edgy new stuff.

Here is what they say on their Myspace page, “A monthly social club for the dark and dark at heart that meets on the last Wednesday of the month. We like to drink and dance and we like to wear lots of black in a fashionable manner.” True dat.

I drunk dialled my ex and walked back up the lonely hill.

Pretty nice night if you handle the locals only kind of vibe, or if you can get past all the heartbreaking defenses and break into it.

Club Shutter turns 5 in late June. Look for an anniversary party.