It’s a shame we in the Australian music community are forced to say this virtually every month, but if you don’t want to live amongst noisy music venues, don’t move into an area that’s filled with them. It’s a relatively straightforward concept.
And yet, Perth DJ Tim Lanzon, who goes by the moniker DJ Timbee, has been forced to take to Facebook to remind the “whinging yuppies” who live near beloved local venue Jack Rabbit Slim’s that the venue was there long before they ever set up camp in the area.
As WA Today reports, Lanzon’s post comes in response to a note the DJ found inside of an apartment block located on Aberdeen Street, which calls on residents in the building to complain about Jack Rabbit Slim’s to the local council.
“If anyone would like to put in noise complaints for Jack Rabbit Slim’s (nightclub) for their excessive noise during the weekdays, you can contact Perth City Council,” the note reads. The author helpfully included the council’s office hours.
Taking to his official Facebook page Lanzon wrote, “Do you know what grinds my gears like almost nothing else? People who move into a nightclub district and then seek to start active campaigns against the venues around them.”
“‘I should be able to sleep with my balcony door open in peace and quiet of a weekend.’ No, you shouldn’t. You relinquished your right to complain about noise when you sought out a lease next to a famous nightspot,” Lanzon adds.
“Unless you are a special sort of moronic ninny, I have to assume that you were aware that your property backed onto a bar or nightclub and it didn’t just appear one day as you were watching channel-7’s Sunrise while eating your almond-milk paleo gluten free porridge.”
Lanzon’s post has since accrued hundreds of supportive comments and likes, including as WA Today notes, from Perth city councillor Reece Harley, who wrote, “I completely agree with you. If you’re seeking peace and quiet don’t move next door to a nightclub. Period.'”
One resident of the apartment complex in question even responded to Lanzon’s post with a photo of his amendments to the note. “You probably shouldn’t have moved into the nightlife capital of WA,” the person scrawled on the note.
Unfortunately, it seems that as long as there’s live music and whinging yuppies, there’ll be whinging yuppies complaining about live music. Sometimes they even go beyond the pale and complain about buskers playing on busy promenades.
But so long as there’s people out there like Tim Lanzon, we can sleep easily at night (surrounded by venue noise) knowing there’s people out there fighting the good fight.
