Yes. I couldn't believe it myself. I went with two girls, and usually my experience with clubs in LA involves a lot of weird guys getting all up in everyone's grill, while generally acting like they're reliving their frat-boy years from 10 years ago. (I was planning on writing about one such club - Secrets - but I unfortunately got sidetracked and never got around to it. And by now it's been so long, and i've spent this long trying to forget that experience, that I'd never do the place justice.)
Amusing story - my friend had it on her mind to go to this place called Silver Platter. We were already aware that it was a club where transsexuals hang out. However, the place wanted to charge us cover despite being advertised as free, and it was quite a bit creepier than we had envisioned (and that's saying a lot, because we had envisioned a pretty healthy dose of creep). Anyway, after making a hasty exit there, at 1:15 in the morning we decided to give Vanguard a try. At first it seemed that they wouldn't let us in, but thanks to my wonderful friend Stephanie, we managed to not only get us in, but get us in the VIP line, for less than the original cover charge.
The club is two levels - I'm pretty sure that the upstairs is the "VIP" area. (I'm going to use the term VIP loosely; that label is kind of dubious when my friend can get three schmucks in the VIP section with a little sweet talking.) When we got there, they were playing top 40 hip hop up there. Eh. I guess it's amusing for a while. After spending about 10 minutes upstairs, we made our way to the main dance floor.
The DJ on this particular evening was a chap named Sander Van Doorn. He was doing his trance thing, but with some funky glitch-esque cuts in between tracks. It kind of threw me off my game a little bit while dancing. (Now granted, my skill in dancing is pretty much zero, but hey, it's more fun to blame the music.) Despite this little quibble, he created a pretty good vibe, and he was right up front, visible to the entire dance floor, and using his presence to get people in the mood and get people to feed off his energy. Now, granted, his presence was fairly fruity and effeminate, but it got the job done, so I'm not going to complain. The sound system was pretty sweet too. The bass thumped just the right amount, while maintaining exceptional clarity throughout the rest of the pitch range, despite the volume level.
We pretty much left when they kicked us out at 4am. And I'm ready to go back. Anyone who's into electronic dance music should check this place out. But not if you're a douchebag. In that case, stay far away.
6021 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90028
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