Mad
Friday: the last Friday before Christmas is notorious for huge
numbers of revelers, large amounts of alcohol consumed and usually a
spot of violence. My Christmas leave certainly started with the first
two.
I
joined folks from Manchester Social Group for
my night out. Started with a few drinks in Albert's Schloss. Immense queues to both get
in and get served. The bar reached capacity early on in the evening.
There was a bloke in there who looked like the guy off Eraserhead. It
turned out he was a big-time David Lynch fan and his outrageous hairstyle
was a conscious nod to the movie.
We
moved on to local celeb hangout LIV for
Bamboo, their Friday event. It took a
while to pick up but before long it was stuffed. I've got a video of
a toy train stuffed with Moet and sparklers being brought to a
mystery big spender. Youtube isn't working for some reason, so here's
the vid on Facebook.
Couldn't
resist a pic with lovely promo dancer Sam.
More
pics from the night are on LIV's Facebook.
A
great night. Other venues perhaps weren't as enjoyable. I took a
stroll after leaving. The Mad Friday scenes were more traditional:
ambulances racing across the city, paramedics tending to a bloody and
bandaged man on John Dalton St, a police van outside RnB club
Suede.
Saturday:
another Manchester Social Group night
out, this time starting in The Lawn Club and moving on to nearby
Suburbia. Both great venues although
the latter's music was a little cheesy for me.
It's
well worth getting involved in the Meetup group if you want to see
some more of the city and meet new people.
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