Monday, April 29, 2013

Pony Bar, Melbourne, Australia Assessment

Cardinal rule of Pony: Never touch something. Clandestine to a stage, Pony Bar on Minor Collins Street is filthy, sticky... and variety of amazing, in a greasy, contaminated way. The lights are dim, the corduroy couches are threadbare in spots, and the glasses are plastic. But which is in fact portion of its charm. Pony was one particular of people bars my Emo close friends loved to go to as quickly as we turned eighteen, and even though Pony does see a crowd of twenty somethings haunting its shady corners, the vibe is nevertheless really significantly the identical. If you have Will not deemed oneself a black 'no 1 understands me' sheep at a single level in your existence, then you Will not belong right here. A amazing spot for youthful, underground bands to get out there and get their music heard, Pony normally has a mash of diverse bands enjoying practically every single evening of the week, and most of the late [by late, consider soon after midnight] demonstrates are free of charge entry. This was the cause I was at Pony a single Thursday evening, a friend's band, a l e x a n d r i a - consider progressive/experimental/ melodramatic pop - holding a 10pm slot. If you have ever identified [or in my situation dated] a person in a band, you know that 10pm in fact implies someplace among 10:30pm and 11pm. Realizing the level was upstairs, and wanting to present my very first time Pony friend I knew the layout like a standard, we manufactured our way in direction of the front bar, ignoring the half bored, half scathing seems to be from a heavily pierced lady with significant dreadlocks and striped stockings in the far corner, and purchased ourselves a fairly priced drink. Plastic glass in hand, I led her to the staircase at the back of the bar, not noticing the amount of men descending beside us. It was not until finally we turned to the correct that we realised - to my friend's horror - that we had been in the men's really open urinal. The man closest to us, dirty jeans, black t-shirt and 5 day old beard glanced above, eyed us two blushing women with a thousand yard stare, then glanced back at the wall in front of him. We would been dismissed. So, operating away from the sight, and smell, I found the right staircase, paid my 5 dollar entry charge and escorted my friend in direction of the tiniest point in Melbourne's gig scene. Previously packed with those viewing the initial duo acoustic act, we knocked back our drinks, ordered one more from a man sporting an Indonesian beer tee and a everlasting scowl that possibly was not just place on for the travelers. A lady up coming to us, tattered tank best, cargo pants and army boots, splashed beer more than my jacket and down her best as she waved her arm to emphasise a extremely crucial stage in her drunken deep and meaningful with a stunning woman dressed in pin up design, correct down to the back-seam tights. 'I'm so sorryyyyyy! 'She slurred, turning close to to me. 'That is actually okay.' I assured her, pulling my jacket out of her uncoordinated grasp with a polite smile. She fell more than me, laughed then staggered off, the pin up lady hunting at me in commiseration. The good news is, my friend's 5 piece band started setting up, obtaining to carry both guitar gamers into the audience to make area for the drum set, keys and the amazing electrical double bass that took up half the level. The crowd huddled closer, the beer soaked lady taking my hand and screamed, 'This band is awesome!' at me ahead of they'd even launched themselves. 'Do you know them?' She asked me, mascara operating down her encounter. 'Yeah, I know the man enjoying keys.' 'Wow.' she breathed, searching at me with awe, then, 'I know the man enjoying keyssss! 'She boasted to the crowd, whistling and shooting each arms into the air. The crowd joined her, and the only thing I could do was laugh. Soon after the set, [and my new drunk friend had hugged me for the hundredth time, informed me she loved me and left] a quartet of youthful men in leather jackets and retro lee jeans took the point, their rock n roll tunes catchy adequate for my friend and I, sticky, covered in low-cost beer and other these's sweat, to hang and leap close to with the rest of the crowd. Coming to Pony for one particular band, we ended up staying till 6am, viewing band right after band adjust it up with diverse beats and sounds, prior to we stumbled previous the bouncers and into the street, the place Pony nevertheless looked illicit, but significantly less threatening. If you can swallow your skepticism, Pony truly is not as undesirable as it 1st seems to be. There is a real sense of 'Never like it, then leave' type of perspective that provides the bar it really is credibility. The patrons, as a basic rule preserve to themselves, unless of course you go searching for conversation, which to be truthful, is not truly the title of the game right here. And if you do, put together oneself for what what ever it really is you may well get. Just Never touch anything at all at this bar, or climb the back staircase, and you may be fine.