Young Aussies who grew up on American movies and TV are already celebrating Halloween too, getting their friends to dress up and party like it’s the last night of their lives before they end up becoming the monsters they dressed up as. Though still nowhere near as big here as it is in the U.S., more Aussies are throwing parties at their houses or nightclubs to celebrate the day of witches, demons, ghosts and other ghouls. Everyone dresses up in wicked costumes, and it just simply kicks arse.
The toilet. Everyone has to go sometime, and many people have certain phobias and practices regarding going to the toilet. I’m not talking about the obvious like wiping your bum after giving birth to Mr Hankey, but I’ve heard so many people say how they don’t use public toilets or toilets at work and hold on until they get home (how do they hold it all in for that long?!). Imagine how these people feel about nightclub toilets!
Sometimes instead of going clubbing, I’m looking for a fun and varied Saturday night. Yes, I love dancing, but occasionally I get sick of sweaty strangers rubbing up against me all night. I still want to go to the city, but I want to do something fun instead of going clubbing or even before going clubbing. Seriously, why does no one want to do anything fun when they’re drunk anymore?! They’re all getting lazy!
1. Do not drink with people you don’t trust, or who you have had issues with previously.
Giving someone the opportunity to embarrass, harass or take advantage of you can be heightened when you’re intoxicated. This includes drinking with your ex-partner. Issues can arise from being drunk and in the same club as someone that you have previously had feelings for.
One article of ours that got heaps of attention earlier this year discussed whether nightclub photographers should consider the implications of taking raunchy photos of scantily clad girls making out and doing other provocative things (i.e. showing off their hot bods). Though that article was more so about how all this affected photographers, I’d like to take a stab at this issue from another angle; why are these bloody girls pashing each other to begin with?
Whether you have been to university or not, everybody knows that there’s a culture of boozing unlike any other surrounding student life. Even the university itself knows that a large part of the university experience is about enjoying borderline inappropriate nights out, using your special student superpower of finding the most lively places in any city by scent alone to get to the best and cheapest bars and clubs.
When planning a good night out, it is vital one always be aware of a certain nightlife nemesis that may strike at any given time. The trick in conquering your enemy is to know them. Here are a few common bad guys known for roaming the nights where liquor is flowing and fists are pumping.
Sick of having to put up with the tripe tunes the music industry churns out again and again? Budweiser are giving peeps the chance to vote for their favourite amongst up-and-coming artists and their music, giving voters the chance to win the ultimate night out with three of their mates, including flights to Sydney, five star accommodation, and VIP attendance to the Australian Independent Music Awards (AIMAs).
They say that a person’s taste in music is a key to their soul, to get an idea of what they’re like on the inside. In this increasingly digital world where CDs on a shelf are slowly becoming a thing of the past thanks to downloading tunes onto your laptop, this isn’t possible as it used to be. The best way to do this would be to look at the music page on someone’s Facebook to see which bands and singers they liked.
During my recent adventures in America, I had desired to see as many bars and nightclubs as I could, wanting to see what their nightlife was like. I had heard stories about how you can drink booze anywhere on the streets of Las Vegas and how American bartenders put in more alcohol into their drinks than Aussie bartenders do.