Afterparties are big in ANY party/downtown/alcohol/drug/club rat scene.....it's generally pretty sleazy all around, imo, though I've been to many, in crowded little lofts, and multiple bedroom penthouses, the level of desperation for sex obsessed douchebags, and their female counterparts, continually in search of the better party, the better apartment, the next drink, the next link, is visibly higher then in the club. Texts and 3:30 AM phone calls occur at an increasingly alarming rate, as men and women alike attempt to trade up for better options.
Lines are snorted, mdma consumed, drinks swallowed trying to ease the discomfort, and elevate draining levels of enthusiasm, as dawn approaches, and prospects limit. I am always reminded of 'Bright Lights Big Citys' opening passages, whenever I am foolish enough to be out in one of these gatherings these days.... Watching people follow the drugs and chance of sleeping with someone into the early light, convincing themselves they are special, they aren't pathetic, they aren't old...It's a shallow, vile, cheap world, with ugly people who look good.
That's a little dramatic, but I don't really fukk with the whole scene, I'm THERE, but I'm not...