Feel the rhythm feel the beat over at Irie Vibes on the third day of Spring. This Caribbean themed club is for Reggae lovers all over the world.
You don’t always have to be on the dance floor to enjoy the music, vibes has a beautiful beach for you to relax on .
What? Is going to beach in Spring not a thing? Well it is in the Caribbean!
The days of Spring is here, the snow has melted, the flowers are beginning to blossom and there is a warm breeze in the air. It’s time to put away your winter rags and go shopping for a new Spring Wardrobe. So where do we go to find it? Tribute City of course.
Tribute City is a sim filled with stores to find the perfect outfit to suit you. Did I forget to mention there are several clubs and events happening everyday? Well it does, so you can totally show off your new outfits while winning Lindens in their Contests Events. Continue reading
Last night I took another trip into the virtual world InWorldz, remembering that I didn’t actually get to see any locations a part from the newcomer friendly landing zone. I logged in with my Imprudence viewer, which I find using 
a lot easier than the default viewer and began my search for a good chill out location, I found two clubs that were empty and didn’t really have much to offer but then, I stumbled onto THE most trippy, weird yet really awesome place ever! It is an art sim called Area 54 and I was lucky enough to land when the owner of the place was there.
In Second Life there are a lot of talented and creative builders, I meet and work with some of them on daily basis, but this guy, he takes it to a whole new level. His name is Thoth Jantzen and at first glance his avatar looks like a weird mix between Hellraiser’s Pinhead if he were let loose in the Tron Universe.
There is simply no way to explain how creatively brilliant this place is without swearing. It is simply some place that has to be seen to believed.
It is powerful, so magnificent that it actually comes with a health warning! I am not lying, and I am not joking! You are warned against coming to the sim of your suffer from seizures or if you are epileptic due to the rapid flashing lights and the constant changing shapes and colours. So for those of you who can’t come to the sim, I’ll show you some awesome and crazy things that happen in this place, although I don’t really think my pictures can do this place any justice.
.The Wormhole, the colourful entrance to Area 54.
Next is the:
And there is:
and there is so much more.
By the way the music is awesome, it’s a mix between Trance, House, and Club music. It fits in with the psychedelic atmosphere because the way the sim itself reacts (the lights, the changing of the changes and everything else) depends on what kind of music is playing. You need the music. For example there is one song called ‘IBM’ by Rechenzentrum, it is basically the Hal9000 from the 2001: A Space Odyssey singing Daisy while its beginning to malfunction. It is creepy as hell and because of this the walls seem as if they are starting to malfunction as well. 
However according to Thoth isn’t as complicated as I made it out to be, it plays what ever is on the video/media and since videos normally go with the music they are placed with it made sense.
Either way I still think this place is brilliant and worth getting an InWorldz account to check out!
On our second segment of this series, we will focus on the club business in Second Life. In case you missed the first part of our series on business owning in Second Life, you can view that story here.
If you are new to Second Life, it will not take you long to hear about clubs, events, or djing! Owning a club in Second Life can be fun and rewarding, but it also takes a great deal of time, planning, and organization.
Since owning a business in Second Life, mirrors business owning in real life somewhat, I am going to employ a real life business concept—the SWOT Analysis. No this is not MBA 101, but you should analyze your own capabilities before jumping into what can be a costly venture in Second life. I have streamlined the concept of SWOT into four categories. Please consider these five things, as they are the key to making or breaking your club in Second Life:
If, after considering the five things above and you still would want to own a club in Second Life, then keep reading! So let’s imagine you have a club set up, fully staffed, and you are ready to open for business. Before you throw open the doors, consider the following tips:
Once you are ready to open and have considered everything on this list, the next steps is to keep your club fresh and a great place to be in, this means reevaluating things such as times, themes, genres, and even the location of the club. Of course paying attention to the trends of Second Life also helps. Remember owning a club can be challenging and a lot of work, but it can be as fun as you want it to be!
And so it begins, the first Torch RFL event. Jessii Warhol lends us Club Capital for a few hours of fun, music and good company… and donations.
RFL, for those who doesn’t know yet, is Relay For Life, a collection of organizations that comes together to collect donations for the American Cancer Society. By doing events and collecting small sums, RFL can donate massive amounts to the research about cancer.
This year, The Torch has a RFL team and will do events around one time per month, and first out is March Hare Madness at Club Capital.
What? March Hare Madness
When? 31/3-2012 10am-12pm SLT
Where? Club Capital
It’s the 1920s, things have changed. Women walk the streets displaying their new-found freedom. Those who survived the first world war are trying their best to forget it. Prohibition roams the streets and brings with it new waves of crime and injustice. Mobs and the Mafia clash trying their best to gain power over the streets. Speakeasies secretly open filled with moonshine, the only place to get a drink nowadays.
When I came to Chicago, it was bustling with noise, my dreams to be a singer within my grasp. The lights of the big city
seems to be calling to me, teasing me, pulling me forward. My name in lights, that’s what I want. I saw it, the lights. “Empire Burlesque.” The first building I see, the sound of a crowd calls me to it. As I enter there is a glorious sight, men and women sitting down enjoying the show of 3 half naked women dancing, I could not help but turn away, blushing.
Another step into the world of Second Life roleplaying, takes us to the adult sim 1920′s Chicago, and adult it is with good reason. Replicating the roaring times of the 1920′s when the world was recovering from a terrible war, but was opening itself to a new decade of growth. What a growth it was! Our first stay in 1920′s Chicago was spent by attending a very sassy but lovely Burlesque show, that represents, quite nicely, a time where sexuality, though taboo but was beginning to be explored openly.
(Oh note this wasn’t our first visit…our first visit wasn’t very productive and our second was met by the end of a tommy gun which was very funny and this is our third visit.)
Something wicked this way comes in the form a fashion event, a celebration of everything that is dark in Second Life on this, the dark month of October. Venture into the graveyard, with your Linden bills held tight, or else one of the undead will reach out of hell and snatch it from you!
Spooky You is a celebration of dark and twisted fashion. The disturbed and tormented souls of 50 SL vendors gather around from October 15th to November 3rd to celebrate and they are extending an invitation to you! With hellish fun from trivia contests, to testing your luck with their UnLucky Chairs as well as Trick or Treat items that cost 1L$ – 10L$.
Dance your life away with the Grim Grinning Ghosts at their Halloween party on October 29th.
Your Hearse IS HERE!
Happy Halloween.
A new club is out in Second Life, Club InFuZion owned by Fox Daviau and has been opened for 3 weeks. Now managed by Form Club FreQ Owner Starry Sparkle:
InFuzion: Hot new Club in Second Life.
” Infuzion is a place where we all can get together, joke around, play games, and have good conversation. Also we are very welcoming, to not just nekos but everyone who walks into the club. A lot have asked if just nekos are allowed to work here, but I always let them know that ANYONE is allowed to work here with experience.
I also keep an open mind to the fact that everyone has to start some where, and If I have the time to train some one I will. For example Isabell Starfall is a host here, and has never worked before. She is now employee of the week this week. Because she has offered so much help, and always is on time, she proves she loves working with us, and joining us when she’s not working.”
– Starry Sparkle
Club InFuZion have an array of activities to make your entertained and coming back for more. From ‘Best in’ contests to trivia balls and sploders that go up 2k L$ (Lindens). They even provide private parties such as engagement parties to birthday parties and will provide the DJ and Decorations.
To check out Club InFuZion
When you teleport it takes a while before all is rezzed. But it’s worth to wait, because the music here’s great if you like rock and metal. The Demonic Night Club is always open and there’s 24 hours a day live music streamed by great DJ’s.
You enter the sim on a crosspoint. From here you can walk outside and visit many shops. It’s worth a watch, because there’s a great variety of stores and the builds are impressive.
When you don’t want to shop, you can take the stairs down and dance with lots of people with the most diverse avatars.
The club has a grunge atmosphere with ia stagen the middle with impressive light effects where the dancers and the DJ do their act.
Around the stage you can find dance balls for couples and singles and this great club has 4 dance floors!
Recognisable visitors who were so kind to model: chesslyn lyric & nicolas schreiner
On the walls you can get information about the Demonic Dance club. You can find a board with information about the DJ and the music that’s playing.
Although the fantasy in the club is well represented by the art and the building, the realism of the furniture, like the stereo system, makes you feel like you’re in a real life party.
When I danced I saw the most amazing avatars. I danced between a wizard, demons, humans and lot’s of vampires.
It’s really a nice idea, that people can be here with the avatar they want and play the role they like, without bothering others.
For people that don’t want to roleplay. The place is safe for everybody. It’s for example forbidden to bite in the club and you’re not allowed to combat here.
And what’s nicer to meet other avatars and listening to great music in an environment where everybody can feel comfortable?
The place is great for new residents. First of all you’re safe here and you can explore several cultures in Second Life in just one club.
Aside from that, the Demonic Empire offers a safe possibility to purchase Linden Dollars in several ways without the need of registering your credit card on your SL account. You can find this in the huge mall in the south.
The Demonic Empire is a very active place. That’s why this place is also interesting for designers and creators that needs a store. And good news, there are still a few places for rent.
They’re also in need for good DJ’s and good dancers. If you have talent, it might be interesting to contact the owners.
Thanks WebMaiden Tomorrow and Rokko Luminos for make such an open and wonderful environment for the Residents of Second life!
[Editor added] In the comments section we got this link, where someone has made a video about the club. Check it out!
Article by: Justum
Photos by: Justum
7734 is a gothic hangout that mostly attracts the darker residents of Second Life. It’s not the usual kind of club with big open spaces, spanning half a sim, it’s just one small warehouse. It doesn’t even have any open doors. Still, it manages to attract so many people every single day.
I asked one of the owners, Cornholio Darkthorn, about it, and while moshing away on the warehouse floor, we did an interview.
How did Club 7734 come into existence?
Mr. Darkthorn himself
Well, me being a NEW DJ a few months ago.. I used to have to Audition at a lot of places and well some places my style did not seem to fit in, I was either to hard or too soft music wise. I was Jokingly telling Svet to open her own place because we got tired of having to jump around from job to job trying to find work. Somewhere in MID TP the name 7734 popped in my head. So against the advice of a lot of my friends, I decided to open a club. lolI searched the market and seen this place and went to the demo of it and TP’d some of my close friends (now MGMT Davos Atisso Head MGR, Jean Sazzalans Co Owner, Svetlanna Larimore GM) and they liked it immediately. that day, I started looking for land. And to be honest, I opened it expecting to fail, but with the idea in mind I would always have somewhere to play music when I wanted, that included my friends too.
What does 7734 mean?
LOL its calculator humor 
If you look at 7734 upside down.. reads HELL 
I thought it was unique and would stick in people’s heads.
Who does 7734 aim at?
Anyone… people that want to have fun and love the music… we welcome everyone here no matter who they are, we want them to feel like this is home.
What has been your main inspiration?
The management is not responsible....
My friends.. they are some of he Best Djs I have heard in SL And their love of music and need to play for the people! Without them and the VIP, this place is nothing.
How does your club contribute to the newbie population of SL?
We try to welcome them and make them feel at home here. We have all been there and had help from friends. I have seen some of the staff actually take some new people out and make them over. lol It’s cool to see the transformation, especially when they come and stay! you get to see them grow.
Interview by: Morphman
Photos by: Morphman
