inthemix | International News | Larry Tee welcomes the Wall Street crash

Underground nightlife impresarios Larry Tee and Daniel Nardicio both spoke enthusiastically about America’s current economic crisis this week, and suggested it should prove positive for New York nightclub. “When the economy dips, the nightclubs heat up, club owners are willing to take chances and a lot of the old club owner/predators get weeded out,” Larry suggested.

“In times of economic hardship, artists flourish. It’s an undisputable fact, just like the other undisputable fact: Sluts Heal Quicker.” Daniel agreed, “One can already see a change: Cute little parties are popping up everywhere, and people seem to want to go out more. It’s like ‘If the USA is going to hell in a handbasket, lets f**king party!’ Personally, I hope New York City goes bankrupt and one has to walk over hedge fund operators bodies to get to a club. I think the drama is very exciting,” he laughed.

Larry, who will visit Australia soon as part of the Global Gathering festival, was similarly unconcerned about Wall Street clubbers, suggesting they’re already retreating from their bottle service haunts. “When (satirical TV show) Saturday Night Live does a comedy skit about the strippers at Scores, a popular club here in New York City, closing down the Champagne Room because the high rollers are gone, you get an idea about how the nightclubs in Manhattan are going to be affected,” said Larry.

“But that Wall Street money and those ‘I moved here because of Sex In the City’ girls had just about killed New York nightlife. For years now, New York City has been plagued with these awful stereotypes and the clubs responded to the waterfalls of cash by making dance floors smaller and private bottle service areas bigger. In West Chelsea where the most expensive bottle clubs are on every corner, the weekends still look very healthy but the normally solid weekdays are beginning to thin out,” he said.

Larry also pointed out that New York’s last economic recession in the early 90s spawned seminal clubs including Disco 2000, Sound Factory and The Tunnel. “It also seemed as though the government had more on their plate than looking into bathroom stalls to see if anyone was doing drugs. New York is NOT going to go back to THAT city, but there is no doubt going to be some serious shake-ups in the nightlife hierarchy,” Larry predicted, “Viva La BUST!”

Don’t forget, Larry Tee tours Australia as part of Global Gathering in November.