Last weekend I went up to The AquaLounge in Beverly Hills to check out a friend's band, Native June. I'd been to The AquaLounge once before, and it was a weird experience, so I had little to no expectations for how the night would play out.
The band was set to go on at 10pm, which is exactly when I arrived. After going through the standard ID checkpoint I went down the stairs that lead to the club and entered. The scene in there was weird (big surprise, the place is a basement), it made me think of what a Hollywood club would look like if it was in an airport. There were random people everywhere, dressed in gaudy outfits, giving the place a real sleazy atmosphere. Normally I am perfectly comfortable in this kind of environment, but something was a little off.
Native June took the stage and played a fairly short set. They sounded pretty good and made an interesting performance out of the bizarre scene they'd been placed in. After their performance, we were all standing around trying to figure out what the plan was going to be for the rest of the evening when Gabe, the lead singer, explained to us that on t
his particular night, in this particular club, they were holding the DVD release party for Cheating Housewives 7. We were surrounded by porn stars, porn directors, and porn producers. The band didn't seem to mind this at all and were actually all for staying until a fight broke out. With glasses smashing and people being dragged around we decided to make our exit.Everyone returned to a the bass player Tristan's house where the party continued into the early hours of the morning. I didn't end up making it home until 5am and spent the rest of the weekend trying to recuperate from it.
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