Not the New Follies but still a Good Time

Unlike some cities where the post-lockdown club scene can be expected to return to something very close to a pre-pandemic state (looking at you, metro Detroit), between the navigation of new rules and the possibly permanent closure of Follies Atlanta's club landscape is shaping up to be a very different world by 2021.

The Oasis Good Time Emporium has been around a relatively long time and traditionally had a reputation as a place where the titular good, albeit not necessarily great, time can indeed be had.  In the past several years, probably in large part due to battles with the local municipality that seem to plague most Atlanta metro clubs, the trend has seemed to be toward a little less fun, but the club still seems to draw good crowds,  and dancers will always follow the bank robbers' maxim to go where the money's at.

Tucked into a large commercial parcel just north of the I-285 perimeter highway, Oasis is easy to find and offers a vast amount of free parking.  The lot on this particular visit was more full than I expected for a weekday evening, but still had plenty of free spaces.  Approaching the door I noticed the first change: an airport-style metal detector archway, manned by the same bored guy whose only job used to be watching the parking lot.  I asked if there had been some sort of trouble recently, and he implied it had something to do with the recent protests/riots (which seems about as logical as injecting bleach to kill a virus).  In any case, after I emptied my pockets of keys, cell, etc but still set off the alarm, he just waved me through. Maybe in a mask I look more like a 17-year old with an AR than I thought, or maybe he figured the complete lack of sanitation for the plastic baskets holding my loose items would do me before I could start something.