Foam parties

VNV Nation · 09-21-2002, 12:25 PM

Anyone been to a foam party? Do they have them out West?

Skip · 09-21-2002, 12:38 PM

I am way too old. Or something else. But I'll bite. What the heck are you talking about. Only foam party I ever went to involved tapped out kegs and ... well never mind.

VNV Nation · 09-21-2002, 12:43 PM

Simple -- you go to a club and they shoot foam on you.

http://www.app.com/app2001/story/0,21133,619548,00.html

There's no place like foam

By CHRIS JORDAN
Staff Writer
Eat your heart out, Mr. Bubbles.

Foam parties are the newest club trend and they're providing, er, good clean fun for teen club goers in the area.

The suds flew last month at Krome in Sayreville.

"The foam feels good, like little bubbles," said Valvatina Arce, 17 of Manalapan. "I feel like a little kid in a bath tub."

Friend Pablo DeJesus, 18 of Sayreville, had a different perspective.

"Girls wearing their bathing suits and getting wet is sexy!" DeJesus said.

The foam also has been flying at Club Abyss in Sayreville, Birch Hill in Old Bridge and Platinum in New Brunswick.

A typical party features one or two cannons shooting foam onto a dance floor while strobe lights dazzle and club music throbs.

Dancers wear light clothing -- which gets soaked by the end of the night -- or bathing suit tops, as DeJesus noted.

Emcee James Strz, who, at 17, is the area's youngest emcee, set the mood at Krome.

"Foam! Foam! We love foam!" chanted Strz.

"My job as emcee is to know how to build them up to a certain peak," said Strz, also known as James Strzykalski of South Amboy. "I go on the mic and ask them if they want the foam, and they go crazy!"

They're going crazy for foam around the world. The concept originated in Ibiza, Spain, about 15 years ago, and has been popular generally in warmer parts of the globe.

Skip · 09-21-2002, 12:47 PM

Yo, works for me, yo.

tortured angel · 09-21-2002, 12:50 PM

The only club around here is one we call The Purple Abaya. Features lots of T and A(toes and ankles).

Skip · 09-21-2002, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tortured angel
The only club around here is one we call The Purple Abaya. Features lots of T and A(toes and ankles).

Gosh, golly gee whiz, TA, I hope you dont get your knickers twisted over all the excitement.

hmrsf · 09-21-2002, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tortured angel
The only club around here is one we call The Purple Abaya. Features lots of T and A(toes and ankles).

Projectile spit all over the place funny.

tortured angel · 09-21-2002, 01:04 PM

I've accidentally seen a few of the locals unveiled and believe me, it's for the best.

Max Power · 09-21-2002, 01:35 PM

Sayreville, NJ is about 15 years behind the times. They were doing stuff like this at the Limelight in NYC many a moon ago.

I can recall folks in Mexico vacation nightclubs doing it too - - long, long, time ago. I think it was called soap parties then.

Downside was that a lot can happen "inside" the foam - - - it's almost the same as being in a heavy fog or pitch black room - - - - and, if I recall correctly, girls were getting physically abused once the bubbles provided the cloak.

VNV Nation · 09-21-2002, 02:06 PM

Ah, the much-mourned Limelight. That placed rocked.

So Max, have you ever gone to one?

Max Power · 09-21-2002, 06:18 PM

B-4 my time. I-M old.

pwdennis · 09-21-2002, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Max Power
B-4 my time. I-M old.

You said it. Does sound like fun, though

moose · 09-21-2002, 09:22 PM

My fraternity first did one when I was pledging (spring 1998). We rented two foam guns, and filled the basement to about waist level.

It was an instant hit. We moved it to the fall, and it was (and continues to be) the biggest party on campus.

Eventually (junior year for me) we just made our own setup:
-The mechanical engineers (in the fraternity) built foam guns
-The chemical engineers (in the fraternity) devised a foam mix [we tested several - try #1 was really itchy].

I must say that those foam parties were fun and crazy. good times, as bill simmons would say.

pathogan · 09-23-2002, 12:40 PM

....from downtown clubs over a long time.ago.been trying to get my teenagers to take me[role reversal] Hah. fat chance

KCBOOMER · 09-23-2002, 01:31 PM

You keep hearing that girls are smarter than guys but you know we have been coming up with schemes for millenia to get them naked and no matter how silly the ideas are they just keep working.

09-21-2002, 01:35 PM	#9
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	Sayreville, NJ is about 15 years behind the times. They were doing stuff like this at the Limelight in NYC many a moon ago. I can recall folks in Mexico vacation nightclubs doing it too - - long, long, time ago. I think it was called soap parties then. Downside was that a lot can happen "inside" the foam - - - it's almost the same as being in a heavy fog or pitch black room - - - - and, if I recall correctly, girls were getting physically abused once the bubbles provided the cloak. __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

09-21-2002, 06:18 PM	#11
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	B-4 my time. I-M old. __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

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pathogan william Blake's Innkeeper Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,828	I remember this... ....from downtown clubs over a long time.ago.been trying to get my teenagers to take me[role reversal] Hah. fat chance

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KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	You keep hearing that girls are smarter than guys but you know we have been coming up with schemes for millenia to get them naked and no matter how silly the ideas are they just keep working. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

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09-21-2002, 12:25 PM	#1
VNV Nation Membership Suspended 11/19/02 Join Date: May 2002 Location: VNV Nation Posts: 2,952	Foam parties Anyone been to a foam party? Do they have them out West?

09-21-2002, 12:38 PM	#2
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	I am way too old. Or something else. But I'll bite. What the heck are you talking about. Only foam party I ever went to involved tapped out kegs and ... well never mind.

09-21-2002, 12:43 PM	#3
VNV Nation Membership Suspended 11/19/02 Join Date: May 2002 Location: VNV Nation Posts: 2,952	Simple -- you go to a club and they shoot foam on you. http://www.app.com/app2001/story/0,21133,619548,00.html There's no place like foam By CHRIS JORDAN Staff Writer Eat your heart out, Mr. Bubbles. Foam parties are the newest club trend and they're providing, er, good clean fun for teen club goers in the area. The suds flew last month at Krome in Sayreville. "The foam feels good, like little bubbles," said Valvatina Arce, 17 of Manalapan. "I feel like a little kid in a bath tub." Friend Pablo DeJesus, 18 of Sayreville, had a different perspective. "Girls wearing their bathing suits and getting wet is sexy!" DeJesus said. The foam also has been flying at Club Abyss in Sayreville, Birch Hill in Old Bridge and Platinum in New Brunswick. A typical party features one or two cannons shooting foam onto a dance floor while strobe lights dazzle and club music throbs. Dancers wear light clothing -- which gets soaked by the end of the night -- or bathing suit tops, as DeJesus noted. Emcee James Strz, who, at 17, is the area's youngest emcee, set the mood at Krome. "Foam! Foam! We love foam!" chanted Strz. "My job as emcee is to know how to build them up to a certain peak," said Strz, also known as James Strzykalski of South Amboy. "I go on the mic and ask them if they want the foam, and they go crazy!" They're going crazy for foam around the world. The concept originated in Ibiza, Spain, about 15 years ago, and has been popular generally in warmer parts of the globe.

09-21-2002, 12:47 PM	#4
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Yo, works for me, yo.

09-21-2002, 12:50 PM	#5
tortured angel Guest Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: middle east Posts: 573	The only club around here is one we call The Purple Abaya. Features lots of T and A(toes and ankles).

09-21-2002, 01:04 PM	#8
tortured angel Guest Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: middle east Posts: 573	I've accidentally seen a few of the locals unveiled and believe me, it's for the best.

09-21-2002, 02:06 PM	#10
VNV Nation Membership Suspended 11/19/02 Join Date: May 2002 Location: VNV Nation Posts: 2,952	Ah, the much-mourned Limelight. That placed rocked. So Max, have you ever gone to one?

09-21-2002, 09:22 PM	#13
moose Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Socs Posts: 3,400	My fraternity first did one when I was pledging (spring 1998). We rented two foam guns, and filled the basement to about waist level. It was an instant hit. We moved it to the fall, and it was (and continues to be) the biggest party on campus. Eventually (junior year for me) we just made our own setup: -The mechanical engineers (in the fraternity) built foam guns -The chemical engineers (in the fraternity) devised a foam mix [we tested several - try #1 was really itchy]. I must say that those foam parties were fun and crazy. good times, as bill simmons would say.

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