| ashu |
Posted
on 03-Feb-01 05:50 AM
Hi everyone,
What follows is from a good friend of mine.
I find this not only informative, but also amusing,
funny with sharp observations and with a great, easy-going
sense of humor.
This is the kind of stuff nepalnews.com
does not carry, but should!!
Enjoy!!
oohi
ashu
> reporting LIVE from kathmandu!
>
> told you guys that i would report on the night life
> in kathmandu, so here goes:
> (for those of you who i have not told, read anyway)
> :)
> last friday, got a chance to visit CLUB X ZONE, the
> infamous club
> where some "goli chaleko thiyo" some time ago when
> paras shah was
> there. last night checked out DYNASTY and JUMP. X
> and DYNASTY are
> located around the durbar marg area, whereas JUMP is
> located in the
> heart of thamel. cover to all clubs is around Rs.
> 500 or less
> (i went with a friend who had "connections" so i got
> in free; good
> thing about nepal).
>
> before i go on, let me warn you that my "report" is
> solely based on my
> own perception, and of course centers around my own
> taste. for
> example, i may rate one club higher than another
> just because of
> personal taste -- such as the playing of bhangra at
> one club (YUCK!).
> then of course, i am comparing the clubs of nepal
> with the clubs of
> the u.s.
>
> let me start by saying that clubs are NOT known as
> clubs in ktm.
> although the word "club" may be attached to the name
> of the club
> itself. "Club X Zone," "Club Dynasty," "Club Royal,"
> "Jump Club," etc,
> clubs are more popularly known as DISCO's. the
> other day when i told
> someone that i wanted to go check out the club scene
> of kathmandu,
> that individual responded by asking me what kind of
> activity i wanted
> to do there - swimming, gymnastics, exercise, etc.
> i guess health
> clubs are known as clubs here.
>
> oh, and then there is the thing about "DAY DISCS."
> otherwise known as
> DAY DISCOs. on weekends, some clubs open in the
> afternoon to
> entertain the younger, more conservative crowd of
> kathmandu. yup, so
> if you want to check out girls, go to DAY DISCS. :)
>
> club x zone: intitial impression: NOT BAD. ktm has
> changed a lot in 6
> years. the layout was very impressive - 2 levels -
> dance floor on
> lower level. much space to dance. quite impressive
> for a club in
> kathmandu. now let me start on the "bad" parts
> (please take this as
> reporting only, not criticism, cause that is not
> what i want to do):
> - more guys than girls: guy to girl ratio was 8:1
> - the dj sucked: his mixing skills were pathetic.
> later i found out
> that the dj was actually the bartender trying to
> fill the dj job
> - the dance floor had a wall of mirrors on one side.
> so quite a few
> dancers were looking at themselves dance - probably
> being impressed or
> something... ha ha ha.
> but still overall impression was not bad. since i
> don't like dhoti
> music, i was NOT impressed when the dj started to
> play some hindi
> stuff, and of course there was the occassional
> bhangra. seems like
> the cross of the 70's finger pointing (john travolta
> style) and the
> hindi bhangra finger pointing up into the air was
> become quite "khyati
> prapta" in nepal. and when it came to dance music,
> the dj only had
> ONE type of dance music in mind: HAPPY. you know
> the kind of songs
> that aqua and the vengaboys make - "i'm a barbie
> girl"... and then "we're
> going to ibiza!" ok, happy dance is good and fine,
> but NOT every
> single frickin' song. way to go, dj! perhaps i
> caught X on a bad-dj
> night.
>
> so that was last friday. now last night, i first
> went to JUMP, in the
> heart of thamel. i told my friend that i wanted to
> see more quality
> than at X. so he took me to JUMP. jump is a club
> where 50% of the
> people there are kuhieres... tourists, lincolners,
> etc. robin of
> "robin n' looza" was there too. the place was
> pretty cool. it was
> small though. pool table, bar, dance floor, dj
> booth, tables and
> chairs all squeezed in an area a little bigger than
> 800 sq feet. that
> gave it the true u.s. club scene atmosphere where
> when you walk you
> brush against someone of the opposite sex (or the
> same sex). ;) the
> music was definitely better than at x. the dance
> music covered
> prodigy, faithless and some other techno classics.
> also, red hot
> chilli peppers and bob marley for some nostalgia.
> the dj was good.
> i liked the big flag of nepal on the wall. 40%
> girls; 60% guys.
>
> so that was JUMP. now on to DYNASTY. dynasty was
> as spacious as X.
> the girl:guy ratio the same as X. but what was good
> about dynasty was
> the music and the dj. his mixing qualities were
> superb. choice in
> music good too. all we needed was more girls.
>
> not to be racist or anything, but in all three
> clubs, almost all girls
> present were of (to make it sound politically
> correct) mongolian
> descent. except for the 50% kuhiere club in thamel.
>
> so all in all, so far, the night life in ktm is not
> bad. have to
> check out some more clubs... maybe tonight... maybe
> next week. some
> are reknowned to be brothels.
> don't be deceived by the dead streets of ktm at 9
> pm. the night life
> is there... you just have to look for it. if you
> want to pick up
> girls, that's not possible yet... but prostitutes
> are plenty around.
> sad but true. i should write about "dance
> restaurants" in my next
> email. the girls basically throw themselves on you
> for you to take
> them home. man, ktm has changed. you guys must
> have read about some
> raids made by the police some time ago. now i
> understand why.
>
> one of the things i am going to do when i move back
> to nepal is to
> open a drug-free prostitution-free trance-club in
> the [ ] area.
> all clubs are still over the bagmati bridge in ktm.
> all right then. so much for now. signing off...
> LIVE
> from the heart of kathmandu city. shit, this place
> ROCKS!
>
> DISCLAIMER: the views expressed in this email are
> solely of the
> author's and should be only taken as opinions. the
> author has not
> meant to criticise anyone in this email.
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