The Detroit Techno House

So this was my first Funk Night in the D, but like all other things, I seem to always be on that late tip. I had heard a lot of great things about this monthly from an acquaintance who lived near Wayne State, but for some reason, I never got around to checking it out till this past Friday. First off I have to say the venue was fantastic. Very ravey, big drafty old warehouse called Hogans Food. Seriously you could have separate performances in that place it was so big. The crowd was quite young(or maybe I’m just getting old), and looked to be a consistent 75% WSU/CCS students, and the other 25% local night freaks. The improvised bar was efficient, and for only having kegs, they had a tasty local beer from Atwater. However, most patrons took advantage of the BYOB options. The music was exactly what the night promised, funk and soul, lots of hot old school 45′s. I can’t really get down to the funk that much, but a lot of the crowd was lovin it. The same situation would have been 10 times hotter with techno bangin in the main room, and house bumpin in the back. Glad I finally got to see what all the hype was all about, and if I end up attending again, I’ll definetly use the BYOB option to stumble around with a 40 and a fifth and get all silly with the funk.

Man, I fell like i keep going to the same 3 venues in Detroit every weekend. Not bucking the trend, Friday night was another ride through the typical debauchery that is The Works. Being that there were other events around town, the crowd was not exactly wall to wall, but grew as the night went on, and other venues closed up shop, it seemed to grow. One thing that was interesting was all the Marines in uniform, not a typical sight for The Works, but it just adds to the overall sideshow aesthetic that makes it such a special place. I got to see sets from Seoul and Terrence Parker, there were DJs in the front room, but the music was not great, so I did not follow up on who was playing. Seoul’s always got great track selection, so his mixes are always eclectic. I get annoyed whenever set time’s get all fucked up, so I was getting a bit perturbed by the time TP took the decks around 3:00. He threw down a great set, dude never disappoints, and it always gets the crowd moving. On another tip, not to sound like a broken record, but when the hell are we gonna push our bar hours to 4AM. I mean crowds don’t get really good until 1:00AM, and if you show up much later than that, all you got is last call, and your stuck carrying around like 5 beers. Get it straight Detroit, everything else in the state sucks right now, we at least are entitled to an excellent nightlife!