BEg2 chapter 18 9:30 Club Cologne is an in-joke

[Allen Ruch]

The 9:30 Club in DC is legendary. But the club did change venues sometime, I dunno, late 1990s? Early 2000s? And that's the joke here about the "9:30 Club cologne."

The *original* 9:30 Club was a real shitty place, and was FAMOUS for the terrible smell: a mixture of urine, beer, and sweat. You just had to deal with it. I saw many groups there in the late 1980s, early 1990s. It was *the* place to see underground music and alternative acts. (I used to drive down from Harrisburg, PA to see Hawkwind, Electric Hellfire Club, etc.) 

When they moved the 9:30 Club to a different venue, they lost that terrible smell, and people even joked about missing it. The original 9:30 Club also had terrible Fen Shui, with these fucking columns that obstructed the stage...

—Quail


On 2/10/22, 4:09 PM, "Pynchon-l on behalf of Michael Bailey" <pynchon-l-bounces at waste.org on behalf of michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

    Still extant:
    https://www.930.com

    Opened in 1980. Comprehensive cavalcade of stars on its stage. Still going
    strong.

    Not able to find 9:30 brand cologne online, though the branded cologne
    concept is plausible.

     There’s a 9:30 perfume but it’s more recent & only one url.
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