HOLLOW – WHEEE! - N

Friday, November 07, 2008

By Planet User

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Planet JH photographer Andrew Wyatt waded through a hot mess of humanity on Halloween Night, capturing images of two well-attended dance parties at Q Roadhouse and Pi Club. It was no enviable task, believe me; I was at both parties too.

At Q, the fervor of haphazard glances and bumper-car flesh almost sent me over the edge. The sound of the base was vibrating and coated everything like warm gelatin. It spread onto the walls and dripped over the crowd of Sarah Palins, Mexican cake decorations and demented clowns whose collective gyrations demanded constant lubrication. On the deck outside, hand-rolled cigarettes and relative quiet brought solace. Every once in a while, I would step back into the humidity for 10-minute doses of absolute glee.

After hours we caught a cab to the Pi Club, which had peaked at about the same time as Q, and so was winding down by the time we arrived. Reportedly, the Pi Club was abuzz and people were dancing in front of a movie screen.

But I missed all of that. Instead, at five in the morning, I was running down

Broadway in my cowboy boots and union suit.
But not before I had fled a dark room where a zombie and a belly dancer were kissing one another and making sexy looks into the cameras of middle-aged men. Earlier, I was on top of the world, and next thing I knew I was fleeing the vacuum of the evening I had envisioned before it had even begun. In retrospect, I spent most of the night on the deck at Q, and thumped myself the following day for not having grasped the hand of opportunity, danced more or at least made it to the Pi

Club in time to check out the scene.
But in retrospect I had a great time. And considering the amount of hype and preparation that goes into a holiday that celebrates over indulgence for all ages, running from nothing to nothing was a fitting end. – Henry Sweets

Photos by Andrew Wyatt:  Mirror image? No. It is blogger Jim Stanford living the dream  of being Andrew Wyatt for a night.

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