Czech Hip Hop
Many of you may not find this post of interest. However, any of you who thought the hotpants purchase was a good idea will.
Thursday evening I went to a nearby club called Radost FX, which means happiness in czech. I went with my friend Megan who is the only other female I know who enjoys hip hop as much as I do. Thursday night at Radost is hip hop night (as is Saturday and you best believe I'll be back there tonight). So we go and it's super fun-the music is much better than the music at Mecca's hip hop night. We run up to the front, as per usual, and start shaking our stuff. We're so awesome that the dancer invites us up on stage. Most of the clubs here have dancers who dance around on platforms or on stage near the DJ. Most of them suck. In fact, we thought this girl sucked. But then this couple struts in and starts going nuts and puts us all to shame. THen the dancer busted it out and she was pretty freaking awesome. The guy came down and danced with megan and me and said we were really good which was a huge compliment and at which we decided we would ask the manager for jobs. Then we take a break and go to the bar and the movie Rize is on. Rize is a film about Krumping which, for those who don't know, is a style of dance which evolved from clown dancing in LA/Compton. It is incredibly kinetic and fast paced. It looks kind of crazy. The Black Eyed Peas "hey mama" music video features krumping backup dancers and other examples can be found with minimal searching. Anyhoo, this kid Adam, who is also on the NYU program, urges us on saying he can krump and that we should bust it out. So we go back in and wait for the right music and the DJ puts on like 5 fast paced songs in a row. I nearly broke in half I danced so hard. (Sorry Krissy! you missed it.) When we took our next break we met this Polish guy who had one of the most annoying voices I've ever heard. But he told us that he sells hip hop clothing to stores in Praha and he gave us the scoop on this great sneaker store. So then we dance again and take another break which isn't really a break but us getting kicked out because the bar is closing for the night. The DJ came up to use and we got ANOTHER dance compliment. He told us he DJs all the time and that he started the only hip hop magazine in the czech republic. People like to brag at clubs. He took my phone # so he could text us about his other sets. Sweet. The next day Megan and I trekked out to the sneaker store and caught it just before closing time. It was pretty awesome and they have these high top adidas with snakeskin trim that I am seriously considering purchasing. The guys who work there are really sweet and gave us the scoop on the graffiti scene, all the good hip hop clubs, and some other clothing stores to check out. Then one of the guys, Thomas (pronounced Thomash), told us that Radost was good on thursdays because DJ Bezzy plays and we said "oh yes we know dj bezzy." and he said "wait-were you there this thursday?" and we said yes and he said "oh because he was telling me about some girls he met and I think it was you." So HURRAY! I am ingratiating myself into the czech hip hop scene! Super sweet. We chatted some more because Thomas was reading for school and Megan and I are both lit majors. He was reading Crime and Punishment which is one of my fave books. And then we left because they were closing. And that is my story.
On a side note, CONGRATULATIONS to my brother Gregory, who hates when I use his full name and probably won't read this anyways, on getting into all 4 colleges he's heard from so far. He rocks my socks.
Also, I sound like a teenage girl in this post. I apologize. My excitement overwhelms me.
Thursday evening I went to a nearby club called Radost FX, which means happiness in czech. I went with my friend Megan who is the only other female I know who enjoys hip hop as much as I do. Thursday night at Radost is hip hop night (as is Saturday and you best believe I'll be back there tonight). So we go and it's super fun-the music is much better than the music at Mecca's hip hop night. We run up to the front, as per usual, and start shaking our stuff. We're so awesome that the dancer invites us up on stage. Most of the clubs here have dancers who dance around on platforms or on stage near the DJ. Most of them suck. In fact, we thought this girl sucked. But then this couple struts in and starts going nuts and puts us all to shame. THen the dancer busted it out and she was pretty freaking awesome. The guy came down and danced with megan and me and said we were really good which was a huge compliment and at which we decided we would ask the manager for jobs. Then we take a break and go to the bar and the movie Rize is on. Rize is a film about Krumping which, for those who don't know, is a style of dance which evolved from clown dancing in LA/Compton. It is incredibly kinetic and fast paced. It looks kind of crazy. The Black Eyed Peas "hey mama" music video features krumping backup dancers and other examples can be found with minimal searching. Anyhoo, this kid Adam, who is also on the NYU program, urges us on saying he can krump and that we should bust it out. So we go back in and wait for the right music and the DJ puts on like 5 fast paced songs in a row. I nearly broke in half I danced so hard. (Sorry Krissy! you missed it.) When we took our next break we met this Polish guy who had one of the most annoying voices I've ever heard. But he told us that he sells hip hop clothing to stores in Praha and he gave us the scoop on this great sneaker store. So then we dance again and take another break which isn't really a break but us getting kicked out because the bar is closing for the night. The DJ came up to use and we got ANOTHER dance compliment. He told us he DJs all the time and that he started the only hip hop magazine in the czech republic. People like to brag at clubs. He took my phone # so he could text us about his other sets. Sweet. The next day Megan and I trekked out to the sneaker store and caught it just before closing time. It was pretty awesome and they have these high top adidas with snakeskin trim that I am seriously considering purchasing. The guys who work there are really sweet and gave us the scoop on the graffiti scene, all the good hip hop clubs, and some other clothing stores to check out. Then one of the guys, Thomas (pronounced Thomash), told us that Radost was good on thursdays because DJ Bezzy plays and we said "oh yes we know dj bezzy." and he said "wait-were you there this thursday?" and we said yes and he said "oh because he was telling me about some girls he met and I think it was you." So HURRAY! I am ingratiating myself into the czech hip hop scene! Super sweet. We chatted some more because Thomas was reading for school and Megan and I are both lit majors. He was reading Crime and Punishment which is one of my fave books. And then we left because they were closing. And that is my story.
On a side note, CONGRATULATIONS to my brother Gregory, who hates when I use his full name and probably won't read this anyways, on getting into all 4 colleges he's heard from so far. He rocks my socks.
Also, I sound like a teenage girl in this post. I apologize. My excitement overwhelms me.
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