"Dance" Clubs Are Pointless

Waste of time...? Probably.

Last Saturday I committed to going to Cosmopolitan/Lava Lounge for a friend's birthday celebration. I was on the verge of backing out because a) this friend has been flaky as of late, and b) Cosmo/Lava isn't the best venue for a party. For the non-ATLiens, Cosmo/Lava are two clubs joined together. Cosmo is a venue with a small dancefloor attached to an open air bar area, which has loud crappy music and inattentive bartenders. Lava Lounge is a small weakly lit and relaxing scene with an upstairs VIP area and a dark basement bar. Lava Lounge is a great place to meet new people of ill repute - while Cosmo is a great place to be if you are already smashed.

Unlike Twisted Taco, or even Leopard Lounge, I have rarely seen things get really wild at this place. The problem is that Cosmo/Lava bills itself as a dance club - but there are too many people and no good music to really dance to in any recognizable style; but there are too few people to do anything really ridiculous and wild without making the girls self-conscious. Maybe it is a product of me getting older, or just the fact that I am regaining some amount of shame - but I don't see the point in boogie (defined as shaking around, no contact) dancing with girls I don't know. Going to a latin club and doing a little salsa or reggaeton, or doing the bump and grind anywhere is acceptable, of course.

One of these days I am going to do a full review of every dance club in Buckhead/Midtown. This necessarily means I will have to go to Club 112 (one tweezy), in which case I will need to have backup.