But Alas! Reggae Events Attract Nothing But Ratchet People!
I am convinced now that no one but ratchet people attend Reggae events and I am sad about that! But don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about the Tarrus Riley event because so far from the ticket sales Ghafla has transacted -that amount to 160,000/- worth- the tickets have been bought by upper echelon people. Real bourgeoisie and not that Twitter cabal loud mouth snobs.
And I have concrete proof. I was at a reggae event on Sunday where I was appalled at how ratchet the clientele was. And no, being able to buy yourself beer isn’t the threshold by which I determine ratchetness!
The crowd I encountered at Club Scratch were just uhm… At the risk of wearing this word thin with the number of times I have already used it; ratchet! The music was good, the DJ knows his stuff. The music was reminiscent to what my militant uncles used to play. And at their mention I must proclaim Igbo kwenu!
But right back to the lecture at hand. The lads at these events fall into either the ratchet hood rat category or the mature but scruffy type -black hippies. Both are just as bad. The younger however is always brooding and looking to instigate fight. And they act asthough they have never seen a woman. My date and chaperon (read guide) was a lovely lass called Lilly who was harassed to no end! Because nothing is as irresistible to a lass as a boy chest thumping because he can afford to buy 5 beers all night long and can’t take no for an answer. I had to physically shove about 3 silly hood rats off her.
Then the mellow more mature type. If it weren’t for their appearance, I’d love this type to death. They have the best commodity out of Shashamane that Huddah loves. Read about that here. But alas, they are unbelievably scruffy! They have this delusion that being scruffy is cool. If you were to walk out of the club in the company of this lot, you know for sure that you will be a target for needless police harassment!
But actually, come to think of it, that’s the only problem I had with this lot was the fact that they are poorly dressed.
And the women? Oh my word but that is an article for another day!
