Panic in the disco: Gas Panic raided

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Party on

Certainly no one expected that Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, a social conservative from the traditionally-minded Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), would change things. Yet the government is about to allow late-night dancing with a new parliamentary bill, expected to pass this year. As long as light levels are kept high enough for police to see into the corners, revelers will be allowed to dance into the small hours.

Choko, halloween in Roppongi will be a killer...

[matsuki]

Move in the right direction but what's with the light level restrictions? I'm sure what everyone wants to do is dance in a giant lightbox after midnight.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Move in the right direction but what's with the light level restrictions? I'm sure what everyone wants to do is dance in a giant lightbox after midnight.

What if you just light the corners?

[matsuki]

Probably what will happen.

[kurogane]

Move in the right direction but what's with the light level restrictions? .

..............because the old Ian Drury and the Blockheads song didn't limit it to "Rock n' Roll is all my brain and body needs" without good reason????

Hilarious how discofied that sounds now.

[legion]

But not hilarious is how much better it is than the slick auto tune shite they pass off for music these days

when are the kids going to release some music which is going to shock and offend me, not bore me?

[Russell]

Ah, Ian Dury...

[legion]

And Frankie, posted earlier. Ain't it great how much fun the backing singer is having there.

I've got fond memories of driving up Princes Avenue in Toxteth with that tune and copious amounts of black hash smoke wafting out of the windows in the mid eighties.

[Wage Slave]

God he was good and this little gem deserves wider hearing:

(From about 1 minute)

[Samurai_Jerk]

when are the kids going to release some music which is going to shock and offend me, not bore me?

Oh, it's shocking and offensive. Just not for the right reasons.

[Salty]

Soo, if you want to dance after midnight – just make sure that it is well lit. But before midnight, and your gyrations can be performed in the dark?

Japan overturns midnight dancing ban

http://www.japantoday.com/category/nati ... ancing-ban

Under the new law, which is expected to take effect by June next year, dancing after midnight will be allowed if the club has a light level of at least 10 lux.

And…

Does this mean that after midnight you can drink from your own supply?

The new law also makes provision for clubs that do not serve alcohol after midnight to stay open for 24 hours.

[matsuki]

No more alcohol? That's like saying you can ice skate all night long but the skate rental closes at 10.

...and what is it with this country and lighting? Not enough lux and you get shut down! (and nobody has enough lux under the counters)

[Samurai_Jerk]

...and what is it with this country and lighting? Not enough lux and you get shut down!

Please allow me to quote myself from earlier in this thread.

What's obsession with lux in Japan? When I was a student one of the restriction on where one could legally do a 'baito was no restaurants/bars where the lighting was under X lux (can't remember the number but I guess it was also 10). I always wondered how I was supposed to know the illumination level. I don't know about you but I don't have a lux meter.

I get that dark places are traditionally associated with prostitution in Japan but that seems like a very bass-ackward way to tackle that "problem." Oh, wait .... never mind.

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