Say Goodnight to the “Blackout Parties” [POLL]

Last week you remember the cops had to be called out to what has been billed as the “world’s largest blacklight party” at the Wellmont Theatre in downtown Montclair after a “heavily intoxicated” crowd of several thousand kids became unruly.

Cops from Montclair and surrounding towns had to be called to the theater to disperse the crowds which numbered anywhere between 2 and 3 thousand kids.

And this wasn’t the first instance.

Another was held this past Friday at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan. NYPD officers said only one arrest and one case of first aid assistance was made.

On Huntington, Long Island earlier in the month, a Barstool Blackout show was canceled at 11:30 p.m., seven arrests were made, and nine kids were treated, many for being wasted!

Boston police made one arrest and sent a bunch of kids to the hospital for alcohol poisoning during a March show, and more than 300 fake IDs were confiscated by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission during a February party.

So, the inquisitive part of you is asking, "just what is a”Blackout Party?”"

Mainly it’s just a big rave.

Oh, excuse me, you’re out of the demographic.

Sorry, let me describe a rave.

According to the "Elena Lanza" dictionary it’s sex, drugs like Special K (Ecstacy is so 1995!), and electronic music vis a vis Deadmau5. (Don’t ask!)

The shows are part of a 40-city concert tour created by Barstool U, a website geared toward dudes.

The Barstool Blackout Tour’s Facebook page described the event as: “Touring the nation leaving nothing but a path of destruction in its wake. Lazers, Fog, Blacklights, Stroked and Everything that Glows right in your eyeball. An absolute orgy of sound and lights for all your senses.”

Now according to the founder, Davi Portnoy, the Blackout Tour, which Barstool U created for the 2011-2012 school year, is named for the black light portion of the show, and not the act of getting "black out drunk." .

He continues…"Almost no drinking is happening at it. It's a terrible bar night,". "It's not like you're out at a bar for a typical night or a concert. It's high energy fast music. From when the show starts to when the show ends, nobody moves, it's just dancing the entire time. It's not conducive to holding a beer or drinking during the concert."

And as far as the drinking is concerned, he said, "No, I haven't noticed (attendees drinking heavily). I'm sure there's a few kids that drink before hand, but it's no different than any other concert or sporting event that goes on in the country. If people are going to pre-game, they're not doing it any differently," he said.

Good, clean, wholesome fun! One wonders when they break out the “Pin the Tail on the Donkey?”

The tour travels to cities and college towns on the East Coast and in the Midwest, including Lehigh and East Stroudsburgh, Charlotte, N.C., Chicago and Detroit.

A search on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, however, shows that drinking and Barstool Blackout events seem to go hand-in-hand.

The director of student life at Montclair State University told news website BaristaNet that they initially considered hosting the Barstool Blackout Tour on campus, but decided it was too expensive.

And probably not worth the fuss of bringing in the cops!

Parties are already planned for September, according to the Facebook page for the Tour, which advertise the addition of "foam parties."

Now that sounds like real fun!

Again, I needed to reference the “Elena Lanza” dictionary for the meaning of “foam party.”

I thought it was akin to when guys would put foam over their pishadeels and girls would do the same to their breasts and whosafassas and dance their asses off like they used to do on “MTV’s Spring Break?”

Yup….just like “Jersey Shore”, but with fewer clothes and (supposedly) educated guides!

So the Posse Poll goes a little something like this!

Do you think “Blackout Parties” should be banned in towns that plan to host them?