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We received our smiley-face laden wristbands so that we may gain entry to the Vice 15th Anniversary + Halloween party this past Saturday — but around 11 p.m. that night we were already hearing that the 1994-themed extravaganza was total mayhem, so we took our flannel elsewhere.
The party cost the magazine about $250,000 and was being held in a giant warehouse on North 10th Street in Williamsburg. There were performances from Bad Brains, Jesus Lizard and Titus Andronicus, as well as lots of free Colt 45 and tequila. And a skate ramp, obviously. You aren't just going to throw a party and not have a skate ramp — that would be an amateur move, and we all know Vice is 15 years old now. Some of the quarter million went to less fun things, however, like a company called Tight Security — and that seems to be where things went terribly wrong.
There has been a lot of noise about the way the security treated revelers, and even a Vice employee who claimed to have organized the shindig says she was kicked out (and manhandled) by midnight. For a real, detailed rant you'll have to read this post from Titus Andronicus's Patrick, who ends his ode to the evening by saying, "Tight Security Inc is raking in the big dollars by pointing fallen high school football superstars in the direction of easy targets. We are being choked and beaten and sexually assaulted, and all the while, my peers dance and snort cheap coke and photograph each other for the hundreth time. I scoff at it all now from atop my high horse, but I was there too, because I am poor and when people want to give me money to play my guitar, I can't ever say no. Kids, we are blowing it. Everything they say about us is true." Is death rattle the new glockenspiel? One commenter agreed, "Fuck this shit, I'm as big a hipster douchebag as the next gal, but I'm getting fucking sick of this shit."
We're waiting to hear back from Vice about whether or not they'll be suing the security company.
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The lines were insane, even with VIP wristbands. The security was aweful. Still, I must say... thank you Vice for throwing such an awesome party, with wristbands that were so easily recreated in illustrator. I will definitely be partying with you again.
The Danger Last Masquerade was a real disaster too. By 10, the lines were 3x around the block and moving slow. An hour and a half later, you paid $20 and got a wristband and map to the party locations. When you got to the locations, you had to wait on line again. In the pouring rain. 30 minutes later, you're inside. Still little to no music in most places. Then you had to wait on line for drinks. The fact that people put up with it was amazing. We had one drink and just left for a smaller venue where you could actually have fun.
The promoters must have made a lot of cash though.
These same people will email their bank account number to a Nigerian prince today.
I keep hearing horror stories but I got in right away, didn't have any issues with the bouncers, had probably the best Halloween of my life. The only thing that was noticeable is it got kinda dead around 1-130am yet there were still hundreds of people standing in line.
Yeh, agreed SikBug. I got there right at 10 when the doors opened because I knew it would devolve into a shit show by midnight. I had a good time and was in the pit for Jesus Lizard. It was insanity and my costume got trashed but ti was great fun. I left right after JL finished and from the sounds of it, my timing was perfect.
I was drunk as a skunk but could tell things were going they way of Barnum and Baileys. No bad experiences with security. Of course they were somewhat dickish but nothing uncalled for given the scene. Sorry to hear people got treated so poorly though.