(Long...little repetitive--just my take....) Since the m-nus website posted the start time for Jak as 12 midnight, my friends and I headed down to City Club and got in line about 11:30 pm. When we pulled up, the line appeared to wrap completely around the entire building, but fortunately, it was two separate lines--one for Richie and one for the Planet-e party. The Richie line took up about one and a half lengths of the Ramada building when I arrived.
We initially expected they would begin letting people in at about 1:00 am due to our experiences with other Richie parties, but when 1:00 am arrived, we had hardly moved. As time passed, people in front of us dropped out of line, allowing us to move up a little. When the rain started at about 1:30, much more people dropped out of line. I think everyone there was pretty upset about the wait, especially considering none of the bouncers clued anybody in as to what was going on, but we had already wasted 2 hours of our night and trying to go anywhere else would just have made the wait seem more pointless. Finally about 2:15 we got in the door. The 75 people or so behind us, also got in soon after--I believe. Once inside, we found out that the place was already packed. I have no idea how all the people got in considering the fact I was there at 11:30 and I never saw any people flow into the club. The flyer said capacity was 1000, and the woman at the door said at least 3000 had already been in/out throughout the night. As for the atmosphere inside, it was very dark and very packed. We made it onto the dancefloor and as mentioned by other attendees, the sound was deafening. It rattled my insides to the point I felt it might be unhealthy. Adding to my fear of bodily harm was that I was part of a sea of people pressed together so tightly we could hardly move. From what I could see, there was only one exit, and all I could think about was getting trampled to death. Also, I narrowly avoided getting the end of a cigarette in my eye several times. With all that considered, however, I still enjoyed myself for the short time I was there. The dark atmosphere combined with the large crowd and pounding music was exhilerating--even after hours in the cold and rain. I hope for future events, however, either Richie gets some respect for his fans and does something about the ridiculous waits and over capacity venues, or perhaps the fans turn there backs on the mistreatment and don't attend at all. Unfortunately I don't forsee any of that happening, considering Richie is good and he and the rest of the world knows it... -Joe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
