The Night of Hardest Partying
Posted by John Brownlee
As regular readers are doubtlessly aware, Eliza and I have a bit of an Andrew W.K. fixation… in particular, his career defining anthem to partying, “Party Hard.” We love the energy of the song, its absolutely fanatical devotion to the concept of not-just-partying, but partying until you sneeze brains. Its like partying is some sort of abstract state, the ultimate opposite of Zen.
But at the same time, we have to admit, we don’t follow the immortal wisdom of Andrew W.K. We don’t party hard. Not really. Not all the time. Only sometimes, and as the years pass, the periods between parties grow like tapeworms feeding off of our lives.
What the hell happened to us, guys? Like us, you, well… we know you work all night, and when you work you don’t feel all right. But we keep doing it. What went wrong in our lives? When did we forget how to party?
As a Monday morning reminder of what every day or every week is supposed to be like, Ectomo is proud to present this educational film: The Night of Hardest Partying. Two brave college freshmen — a dork and a Jewfro, sober as birds — begin partying so hard that it quickly snowballs into seventeen.
Guys, this is what pure, unapologetic, unremitting fun looks like when the tumors of snark and cynicism have been amputated and cauterized. If you can’t just go out and have fun like this, your life is missing something. I know mine is.
Party Hard [YouTube]
Categories: Party Hard, Andrew W.K., Partying, Clips
Posted at 6:19 am on March 17, 2008
17 Comments -
That video is awesome. It makes me want to throw off the shackles of my nine to five and stick two fingers up at the establishment that tells you when you should be working until you’re too far gone in the world of careers and a regular salary to get out.
Roll on Mayday!
Comment by Daria — March 17, 2008 @ 6:58 am
That right there is chock full of awesome. It’s inspiring. I’m throwing a party.
Comment by Benjamin Rooney — March 17, 2008 @ 8:39 am
I’m actually just posting this to see what the headline is if there are three comments…
Comment by Benjamin Rooney — March 17, 2008 @ 8:39 am
“2 comments are not enough”, then “3 comments are not enough.” That’s boring.
Comment by Benjamin Rooney — March 17, 2008 @ 8:40 am
Benjamin, I’ll look into adding more!
Comment by John Brownlee — March 17, 2008 @ 8:52 am
[…] Anyone else wish that this was a required element of the dress code for The Night of Hardest Partying? […]
Pingback by ECTOPLASMOSIS! » Concuss Your Child With The Transogram Swing Wing! — March 17, 2008 @ 9:01 am
my joy is palpable this morning, many thanks brownlee.
Comment by neilium — March 17, 2008 @ 9:51 am
I used to be able to go out and have lots of unapologetic, sober-as-a-bird fun. Will try and see if it is still as easy as it was. Thanks, ectomo!
Comment by Andreas — March 17, 2008 @ 10:54 am
This… This is precisely what I needed, this morning.
Comment by Damien — March 17, 2008 @ 11:02 am
I think I may never have been a teenager.
Comment by DC — March 17, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
I had a group do this at NAU as a tribute to this amazing piece after I saw it a few years ago. We had over 40 people eventually.
Pure rock. Can’t support it enough
Comment by J.sizzle — March 17, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
See, I think it might be the sober part that makes this so enjoyable to watch & perhaps be a part of. I remember being on tour a few summers ago on one of those large, roaming rock festivals, and a bunch of “doods” would come around our bus doing something like this. There would be about 20 of them, shirtless, screaming “olay, olay, olay, o-laaay” (or some deritive thereof), drunk, stinky, and obnoxious.
Not fun. More akin to cheap beer douchebaggery & boredom. Ah, but I’m ranting.
Cool video.
Comment by otep — March 17, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
thank you for the reminder.
Comment by willow — March 17, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
Hey, I’m not a Jew Fro! How many red headed Jews are there? I’m as WASPY as they come.
Comment by Will Novak — March 17, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
^^^^
If this really IS the newly Christened RedheadWASPFro, we’re going to interview him, come hell or high water.
Comment by John Brownlee — March 17, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
First of all, this is purely awesome. Love the idea, love the concept, and I just after seeing this decided to fuck work, I’m headed off to party.
Second, please deinterlace your video the next time for even more epic win :)
Comment by Kewagi — March 18, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
Speak for yourself, Brownlee. My entire life is one unrelenting, teetotaller joyride.
Comment by Eliza Gauger — March 20, 2008 @ 3:15 am