The Hyperfunk Experience

The night that Dominick and I had met, the last DJ spinning before the club lights came on and the great migration happened, was Hyperfunk. At that time he had announced that he was going to have a CD release party the next Thursday for the Open House function the club always has. Dominick had showed some interest in checking that out, especially since Hyperfunk boasted that every person who walked through the door that night, would receive a copy of the new CD.
Thursday rolled around and I wasn’t so sure that Dominick would still be willing to go with me. As he had mentioned a couple times, because of how early he has to get up for his job, he never did well going out during the week. I was really excited that he was willing to go out with me for this event. I didn’t want to go alone since I knew it would be packed and, well, I had another agenda in mind.
It would be the first real outing we would have done since we met. Going back to the club we met at, and see how the interaction went. I’m horrible about finding a guy that I think is completely awesome and then get him to the club and end up completely disappointed. For whatever reasons it never survives the next clubbing experience. I end up checking out other men and just wishing I had come alone in the first place.
Driving down and heading toward the club he paid for my parking and expected to pay cover as well. I was impressed by the fact that he was still willing to go out with me, when he was expecting to have to pay for everything. The parking I felt bad for. If I had known he was going to pay I would have gone to the farther lot that cost less. I was glad I could drag him into the club on a free cover night, even for guys.
Once in the door with Hyperfunk’s CD in hand I was nervous as to how the evening would proceed. But like everything else about Dominick this was entirely different. From the time we walked into the club Dominick was the only man in the room. For that I thanked God. We had one drink and stashed my coat in a place I could keep an eye on it. After that it was just waiting for Hyperfunk to take over the turntables. The first two DJ’s on the turntables were having issues. The first one lost power. The next one bumped the stand and sent the two records completely off beat. He had to stop everything and start over. It was kind of embarrassing.
While milling around I ran into a girl that I knew from the club scene down south. The girl was an awesome dancer and was good friends with the DJs from that scene that I had also gotten to know. She filled me in with the news of who was spinning what and where they would be. Then she returned back to her corner to dance the night away. I always call this my “News Update” which I love because I know what’s going on in more than one city. If I get bored I can run somewhere else or I can help promote the event to other people either closer to the area or drag them with me.
Planting our selves to watch the people and the DJ’s, we caught sight of a guy who was dance-challenging various people he passed. It was interesting to watch, and some people who weren’t really dancing before pulled out some surprising moves when challenged. There was also a guy who was out with a large group of girls, and had all the stereotypical physical moves of a man that was not interested in the opposite sex. His dancing was wide and flailing, someone you couldn’t dancing close to without getting hit. The ultimate was when the dance challenge came the way of this flash dancer. The guy did his thing and challenged, and the other guy merely watched eagerly and chewed his finger in obvious invitation. When the challenger realized his mistake it was utterly hilarious.
Then there was this group of guys that were being completely goofy, obviously due to large amounts of alcohol. At one point two of them trapped a girl between them and bounced her around in the perfect imitation of “A Night at the Roxbury”. Several other “Saturday Night Fever” impersonations rolled out and I just stopped to stare at these idiots. One paused to tell me that he didn’t give a !@#$ because he was just having a good time. I smiled and tried to stay out of their way.
The later it got I knew that Dominick was getting tired, but he was doing his best to keep up with me. I totally appreciated him for that. I was having good time dancing, and slowly but surely the dancing man I met came out with me. I was having the ultimate time of my life. Out dancing with a man that was turning out to be all I could ask for.
By the time Hyperfunk came out, it was late. I knew Dominick wanted to go but we both wanted to hear at least a little of his set. By then the club was really crowded and I was getting bumped into constantly. I was also worried about my coat since people seemed to be swarming around wherever we put it. I hate how clubs never have coat check open on a week night even when they expect large crowds and the weather is of the condition that would require most sane people to wear a coat.
Before we left we did enjoy quite a bit of Hyperfunk’s set and it was painfully obvious how much more talented he was compared to the two guys that had been on before him. I was also completely excited about the fact that he played this awesome remix of Shakedown's "At Night". The song showed up in my life again and I couldn't complain! Heading out finally I shook the hand of the guy that had continued to act a total fool. I had to give the guy props for being so out there and having a good time.
I had a totally great time and I hope that Dominick did too. He’s done nothing but prove to me that he really is an awesome person all around and I hope many more nights like this are to come.