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Nov 29
2009
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Blowoff - Bob Mould's Bear DancepartyPosted by Lavender Lounge in Pantheon Productions , Muscle Bear Cub , Hot Older Male , Facial Hair , Daddies , Camp Humor , Butch Dixon , Bears , Bear Films |

Last night we stopped in at "Blowoff" at Slim's. "Blowoff" is club night promoted by rockstar turned DJ Bob Mould and caters to the burly bear crowd that dances. I hadn't been to a dance club in a long, long time. And I haven't let loose and danced in a long time either, but I somehow managed to allow myself to blow off some steam at "Blowoff".
Everywhere I go these days I feel surrounded by the same repetitious music that seems more and more corporate and less and less subversive and counter-culture. I don't even actively listen to music anymore, but I can't seen to ever find anything new, fresh and interesting music anymore. Blowoff was nearly the opposite, in that I didn't recognize a single song. The music was mostly electro-pop (if that's what it's called) but seemed more like loops of various "grooves" strung together rather than actual songs. It felt more like a data entry worker inputting sounds programmed to create a mood rather than a DJ playing records.
I noticed something different about the experience of dancing last night. As soon as I'd get caught up in dancing to a certain beat, the beat would stop or slow down too soon. It used to be rare that the beat would make a sudden stop. (That's the whole reason bars switched from juke boxes to live DJ's or DJ mixes on tape.) I am far from a hardcore dance floor athlete, but even I wanted to keep moving after the song went into what seemed like too many breaks.
I figured out that they must be consciously programming the music specifically for old fat guys who need frequent breaks from dancing in order to catch their breathe. I'm pretty much considered a bear by definition, but even I felt pretty fluid on the dancefloor and possibly even one of the skinnier bears there. Could it be that "Blowoff" should be renamed "Music For Fatties"?
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