This is the story of a radical nightclub. Bankrolled by an iconic band [New Order]. The Hacienda: The Club that Shook Britain, BBC 2022
House Music: ‘And then all fucking hell broke loose.’ ibid. Noel Gallagher
The club transformed an entire generation. ibid. caption
How the Hacienda happened: the success of Joy Division 1976-80. ibid.
‘I heard during the day that Ian Curtis of Joy Division has died … ibid. John Peel
‘He said it was necessary to build a cathedral to popular culture in Manchester.’ ibid. dude
The culture of Manchester had that electronic music background, from New Order. House Music is just a baseline, a drumbeat, you know, that is so radical. Bang. Something is happening here. ibid.
‘And then around 88/89, the ecstasy pill was then married to our house music and the rave scene was born.’ ibid.
‘Nobody would settle for going home at two o’clock in the morning any more.’ ibid. Shaun Ryder
Tonight: acid attacks on the increase. Calls for tougher action … Earlier this week Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of TV personality Ferne McCann, was convicted of using acid to attack 14 people in a nightclub. Tonight: Acid Attacks: How Scared Should We Be? ITV 2017
On the 30th of October 2015 a fire breaks out during a concert in the Colectiv club in Bucharest. It instantly kills 27 youngsters and injures another 180. Outraged by the fact that the popular club was functioning without fire exits, people take to the streets against the corrupt authorities. Massive nationwide protests force the Social Democrat Government to resign. To calm the people’s fury a politically independent Government of technocrats is appointed. It receives a one-year mandate until the next general election. 37 more burn victims die in hospitals during the four months after the Colectiv fire. Storyville: Collective: Unravelling a Scandal, captions, BBC 2021
I love clubbing. This is a Wednesday nighta called Dirty Burger. It’s predominantly childhood and tribal Eden transmission stella overdriver jam n spoon with a lot of hard hands and sloppy wonka thrown in on the overbeat – pretty mainstream, I suppose. Alexei Sayle’s Merry-Go-Round e5, BBC 1998
I just really want to open a vampiric nightclub. I mean come on. It’s a no-brainer. What We Do in the Shadows s4e1: Reunited, Nadja
Nadja’s has become the hotspot for the Tri-State vampire community. What We Do in the Shadows s4e9: Freddie