Britpop people? (from Just announ thread)

[Arthwys]

I figured the Just Announced thread was not the place to post this, but it's sort of in reply to some of it.
 
 Where the heck do I go to meet fellow Britpop/Britrock crazy people?  I was a student at UMCP a few years ago but only recently have moved back to College Park for work (damn you real world).  As I now know no one in the area I'm looking to find similar music crazed people or a "scene" to hang out in.  I realize asking for advice like this on a messageboard is a bit lame, but still, at least this messageboard contains quite a bit more brain and serious conversation than any other I've ever seen.  
 
 BTW I know you britpoppers are out there, I keep seeing the same people down the front at all the shows I go to.

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by Arthwys:
 BTW I know you britpoppers are out there, I keep seeing the same people down the front at all the shows I go to.

I think you just answered your own question, no?

[BookerT]

yeah, someone should think about starting a brit-pop dance night, i think this town could really use one.

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by BookerT:
  yeah, someone should think about starting a brit-pop dance night, i think this town could really use one.

Didn't there used to be a British-themed nightclub in DC? Foggy Bottom neighborhood? I vaguely remember ads for it on WHFS back in the day.

[Arthwys]

Originally posted by BookerT:
  yeah, someone should think about starting a brit-pop dance night, i think this town could really use one.

Hmm, I suspect sarcasm.  I was about to go to Mousetrap at Black Cat this past saturday when random stuff came up and I couldn't make it.  I suppose the real answer is that which I've been dreading as the "don't deal well with people I don't know" person I've always been.  Namely, I should just introduce myself to random people at Mousetrap or Liberation Dance Party?  I feel so damn socially inept.

[6949]

You can start a meetup http://britpop.meetup.com/cities/us/dc/washington/

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

You think it's tough meeting Britpop people, try trying to meet other fans of accordian based bluegrass/ska.

[miss pretentious]

For about 6 months I was at Mousetrap every month... then an awkward break-up happened and I think he got Mousetrap turf as a result.
 
 However, I think it's time to reemerge on the scene...

[vansmack]

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  However, I think it's time to reemerge on the scene...

With somebody else of course - I love drama!

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  However, I think it's time to reemerge on the scene...

With somebody else of course - I love drama! [/b]

Well, of course.
 That's a given.

[Brian_Wallace]

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  For about 6 months I was at Mousetrap every month... then an awkward break-up happened and I think he got Mousetrap turf as a result.
 
 However, I think it's time to reemerge on the scene...

Miss Pretentious, the Justine Frischmann of Washington, D.C.
 
 Brian

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
 Miss Pretentious, the Justine Frischmann of Washington, D.C.
 
 Brian

If only I could date Damon Albarn... *sigh*

[Arthwys]

I'd propose a bit of a forum meet up at Mousetrap, but as that's a month away I think the next closest thing I've found is Liberation Dance Party at DC9.  Miss P?  Brian?  Anyone else up for that?

[Relaxer]

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
  Seriously.  I know more about Britpop than any of you.  It would be my "Jeopardy category to save the world."
 
 It's ironic.  I just got done reading John Harris's "The Last Party."
 
 I could talk about Britpop (various definitions) for days....
 
 Brian

That's a bold statement. I think you might be surprised at how much Britpop knowledge there is here. Too bad we can't have an online trivia contest. You'd just look up the answers on the internets.
 
 Also, do you mind if I also do the name-signing thing too? Don't want to carp on your action, yo.

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by Arthwys:
  I'd propose a bit of a forum meet up at Mousetrap, but as that's a month away I think the next closest thing I've found is Liberation Dance Party at DC9.  Miss P?  Brian?  Anyone else up for that?

I work on the night of the 14 and won't be around the 21. Sorry.