| Club Rub provocatively sauntered into 2010 with a brand new venue in Vauxhall and a launch party entitled Latex Heaven & Leather Hell. After having had lots of fun at their previous East London haunt, we were looking forward to testing out the new club with great anticipation, even if it did mean we could no longer walk (stagger) home. The lovely Kim (Queen of Clubs) had kindly given our blog a boost in her email after we mentioned their new night in one of our don't miss posts. So after a quick shopping trip for new latex goodies in Honour, Fanny squeezed into a latex nun's habit and Robin a lovely pair of shiny hot pants before jumping into a cab and going to sample their delights. | ||
 Finally an excuse to steal Robin's nun's habit for an evening! I was very excited by the theme and really pleased at the effort many people had put into their outfits. The new venue gave Club Rub a lot more energy, the crowd was really positive and friendly and having Jason Atomic sketching portraits on the hallway walls was such a treat. By the end of the evening, I was really missing having the dark corners that the old venue used to have - bright lights and no music in the seating area didn't give you much privacy - and even the play area felt like it was more of an after thought than an attraction, but this could have been because the space was so packed! The turn out was really mixed and rather fabulous and it was nice to be in the Vauxhall ghetto - right where a club like this should be! Can't wait to see what the future parties will be like here once the Rub settles in. Undoubtedly 4 out of 5 Hail Mary's from Sister Fanny. |  Wow, the new Lightbox venue certainly lives up to it's name with a cavernous main dance room covered in LED's, lasers shining and glowing like a 90's rave on acid. After slipping through the cloak room and heaving crowds into the club it took us both a little while to find it, through the chill out room and a performance/play/photography space, both of which could have perhaps benefitted with a little background music to set the scene. The crowd was super friendly and Fanny and I both benefited from an incredibly eager man who was polishing up everyone's rubber with gusto, oh my! Through in the dancefloor the beats were flowing with two podiums and a mixture of straight & gay couples, naked fiercely pumping men (jesus how much viagra did you take) and disco kids shaking their thang. We danced our socks off to the electro for ages and then rushed back when the electro stopped and Run DMC popped up their heads for a moment. On the whole the club was a wonderful night, friendly, welcoming and incredibly shiny. I'd give it 4 gloops of lovely latex shine out of 5. | |
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