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Feeling Gloomy NYC Throws Ian Curtis a Birthday Party

Feeling Gloomy presents - Ian Curtis' Birthday Party
Saturday 20th July, 11pm til 4am
@ Grand Victory, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L to Bedford or Lorimer / G to Metropolitan
$6 cover day of show, $4 advance
Dress to depress

Here at Feeling Gloomy NYC, we like to think ourselves pretty dour. But the truth is, there are some folks that just put us to shame. Ian Curtis, for example. Not only did he make superbly depressing music, not only did he make superbly depressing music that makes us want to DANCE, but also wore a lot of moody-looking coats and excelled at giving the camera a charmingly bleak look.

So, here's what's going to happen: we are going to celebrate the fuck out Ian Curtis' birthday. No no, we're not talking colorful streamers.ok maybe we'll have some of those, since we don't know of any goth party stores, but we're going to hold an Ian Curtis dance off in which entrants will do their best to recreate Mr. Curtis' dance moves, we're going to have a Factory Records trivia contest that'll get you free entrance into the show, and we're going to dance to a ton of Joy Division records (and maybe a few New Order ones) as well as all of our favorite gloomy tunes.

Oh yeah, and our own Gordon Gloom's birthday is three days before Ian's, so he and his brother Nathaniel Gloom will channel the spirit of Mr. Curtis and select some of the most danceable records that make you want to cry, or cryable songs that make you want to dance, or something on that order.

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Feeling Gloomy, the world's only dance party devoted to sad music, has returned to NYC. Having taken a short break due to previous promoter Gertrude Gloom leaving these shores to return to the Gloom mothership in London, Feeling Gloomy, NY's premier British dance party, is back and moving to Brooklyn!

The night has been taken on by brothers grim Gordon and Nathaniel Gloom who promise you more downbeat BPMs than you can handle. They will be joined by DJ Grim Reaper who really does look like death (sorry!)

Smuggled over from the Gloomy old UK (where its now 7 years old) it has thrived in the land of the free, bringing great, gloomy, British tunes to the good ole US of A for over three years now!

The boys will be rifling through their record collections to select anything from The Cure to Dolly Parton. As long as the lyrics are gloomy and you can dance to it, it may well be thrown down. Don't forget if it's your birthday you will get the chance to come up and blow out the candles on the cake as the crowd sing 'Unhappy birthday' and commiserate with you for being another year nearer the grave!

So come on New York. Join Feeling Gloomy in its new home and put on your red shoes to dance those blues!

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Grand Victory (View)
245 Grand St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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