Lost Vagueness

Spent saturday night at a 30's caberet themed club night. The outfit who put it on do many nights by the same name (Lost Vagueness) and are always a great laugh. They started at Glastonbury where the irony of gadding about in ball gowns and tuxedos in a paddock can be truly appreciated.

As with all really great club nights, Lost Vagueness has started to fall victim to their own success. The intimacy is lost when there are so many people. I couldn't guess how many were there at the old Cinema in Elephant and Castle, but numbers eclipsed any event I'd been to previously. This just meant that there wern't enough roulette or blackjack tables for the numbers. It was good that the temperament of the masses that attended was amicable. There was little angst among punters, except when booze ran short and they turned off the cold water in the toilets. Cardinal sin!

The event was moved from an outdoor, 24 hour event in Sussex at the last minute due to 'harrassment' from the local police. I think the unwanted attention was because of liquor licensing, as the venue to where it was moved admitted members only. Membership had to be purchased in advance and membership was exchanged for tickets purchased for the original venue. There was some annoyance at the fact that some people seemed to have paid £10 more than others for 'membership benefits' which were available for free to all other attendees who cared to sign up.