Amy Winehouse Could Open Sustainable Dance Club in Rotterdam
by April Streeter, Gothenburg, Sweden on 03.28.08
Photo courtesy V. Gable on flickr
British tabloids are abuzz with news that Amy Winehouse has been invited to open a new Rotterdam dance club in September for the tidy sum of 350,000 British pounds (about $700,000).
The club, to be called Watt, is trying for a green remodel of a big, old Rotterdam dance and band venue called Nighttown. The backers of Watt have been pretty reticent about the exact details of how sustainable their dance club will actually be - instead letting the media rumors run rampant, but they have promised on the web site an energy-absorbing dance floor that will use the heat and motion of the gyrating masses to power LED lights, that the club's toilets will use rainwater for flushing, and that the different bars in the 2,000-capacity club will strive for zero waste. Watt owner Aryan Tieleman has said that Winehouse opening the club on September 4 is all but sure, though Winehouse has a bit of a history of gig no-shows. Thanks to tipster Ingeborg van Lieshout.
No offense to your website, I love the reporting... but Amy Winehouse has to be the filthiest looking person I've seen in the entertainment biz. That nappy hair, ugly eyes, disgusting skin... it makes my stomach turn just looking at a photo of her.
I know you can't work miracles, but let's stick to reporting about celebs that don't look hideous?
The real question is, How sustainable is Amy Winehouse?
And HOW do you make liquor more sustainable, Amy?
I find it hard to fathom a truely sustainable dance club. A business that attracts quite a few of people, donning high-end garments, that may or may not have been manufactured with humanity in mind, as well as excess of everything....food, drink, nicotine, etc. I'm not bustin' on Dance Clubs, they can rock with the best of them, but...I doubt it any more than a trendy marketing plan.
And the skies parted, and the God's "have promised..an energy-absorbing dance floor that will use the heat and motion of the gyrating masses to power LED lights, that the club's toilets will use rainwater for flushing, and that the different bars in the 2,000-capacity club will strive for zero waste"
How does Amy Winehouse even know what she wants to do? I love her music, but honestly every time I've seen her perform she's barely able to stand up. Wanting to open up an enviromentally friendly dance club it admirable, but I don't think that she should be glorified.
im sure a nice trip to somewhere with easily available drugs, along with a fat pocket of cash will ensure her appearance
Read the truth about Watt and Amy at the SDC creator's web site:
http://www.sustainabledanceclub.com/index.php?t=newsd&n=30