House Party 101

[C hristian]

Let's go bck to the basics for a minute. Maybe it's the heat, but I'm now reexamining the basic guidelines.

How does one throw a good house party? As in, in your house?

Love to hear DM's response, of course, but I'd like to solicit ideas from others, as well. This should be fun.

[C hristian]

do a search onlione for "house party" and you get crap! mostly some computer game..

[upliftdisco365]

1. Liquor

No party really gets rolling without liquor-loosened guests. Have PLENTY of beer/wine/liquor. Don't buy it all yourself. Have people bring shit. And weedsmokers. ALWAYS invite a few weedsmokers. But not too many. You don't want your party to be dead silent except for munching, giggling and snoring.

2. Environment

An effective house party environment is a two-headed beast. Firstly, there should be an area of your crib that supports a bubbly, social mixer; with interesting, engaging people from all different experiences. Secondly, there should be a area of your crib where people can get their freaky, fool-ass dance on.

I threw a pajama party in '89. All of our DJ equipment was in the basement. People danced downstairs and socialized upstairs. We had 2 beer balls, five half-gallons of liquor and mad trees. I was thowing cats out at 8:30AM. People STILL talk about that party.

Good luck.

[C hristian]

One of the people on the board reminded me of a party i threw 15 years ago. In the snack bar on the beach. I opened the doors, and we were cooking burgers. That came out of my paycheck, but the fact that there is a collective memory of it out there, 15 year later, is priceless.

So you gotta definitely have good food...