Hey Seth

Seth wrote:
listen, I'll take care of the economics here

everyone go back to their homes, move along now

It all comes back to the value proposition.  Seth is (if I may be so bold) not trying to be the "cheapest soda guy in town".  If he were, he'd raise the price of other products to subsidize the price of a diet coke.  He's created IMHO the best damn club in the universe, where you can see great bands at great prices in an intimate setting with great sound and decent sight lines.  The staff is professional, serious and largely unintrusive.  Thats' what he's selling.  It doesn't appeal to everyone.  Maybe the Black Cat is better for you, since their soda is cheaper.  My experience there has been that the sound sucks, the lights are too bright and there's too much space, even for a sold out show.

Seth is competing on quality, not on soda price.  I think he pulls it off most of the time.

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Isn't that a little hyperbolic?  He can't even book these guys!

grateful wrote:
the best damn club in the universe

nkotb wrote:
Isn't that a little hyperbolic?  He can't even book these guys!

grateful wrote:
the best damn club in the universe

Cantina Band
6/17
$15

I was with you until the "there's too much space during a sold out show" part.

Does that mean that you're not smushed together with strangers? That you can actually stand in a normal posture? Where's the negative in that?

grateful wrote:

Seth wrote:
listen, I'll take care of the economics here

everyone go back to their homes, move along now

It all comes back to the value proposition.  Seth is (if I may be so bold) not trying to be the "cheapest soda guy in town".  If he were, he'd raise the price of other products to subsidize the price of a diet coke.  He's created IMHO the best damn club in the universe, where you can see great bands at great prices in an intimate setting with great sound and decent sight lines.  The staff is professional, serious and largely unintrusive.  Thats' what he's selling.  It doesn't appeal to everyone.  Maybe the Black Cat is better for you, since their soda is cheaper.  My experience there has been that the sound sucks, the lights are too bright and there's too much space, even for a sold out show.

Seth is competing on quality, not on soda price.  I think he pulls it off most of the time.

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James wrote:
I was with you until the "there's too much space during a sold out show" part.

Does that mean that you're not smushed together with strangers? That you can actually stand in a normal posture? Where's the negative in that?

grateful wrote:

Seth wrote:
listen, I'll take care of the economics here

everyone go back to their homes, move along now

It all comes back to the value proposition.  Seth is (if I may be so bold) not trying to be the "cheapest soda guy in town".  If he were, he'd raise the price of other products to subsidize the price of a diet coke.  He's created IMHO the best damn club in the universe, where you can see great bands at great prices in an intimate setting with great sound and decent sight lines.  The staff is professional, serious and largely unintrusive.  Thats' what he's selling.  It doesn't appeal to everyone.  Maybe the Black Cat is better for you, since their soda is cheaper.  My experience there has been that the sound sucks, the lights are too bright and there's too much space, even for a sold out show.

Seth is competing on quality, not on soda price.  I think he pulls it off most of the time.

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No, I don't love that part, but it does speak to the "feel" of a sold out show.  BC seems cavernous, especially at the back, most of the time.  It detracts from the excitement, roar of the crowd, etc. 

Part of the genius of 930 is the movable stage, which can be pushed back to create capacity when needed, or to be pushed forward to create more intimacy when a show doesn't sell as well.  I'm not sure if there's an industry standard for that, but I've never seen it anywhere but at 930.

grateful wrote:

No, I don't love that part, but it does speak to the "feel" of a sold out show.  BC seems cavernous, especially at the back, most of the time.  It detracts from the excitement, roar of the crowd, etc. 

Part of the genius of 930 is the movable stage, which can be pushed back to create capacity when needed, or to be pushed forward to create more intimacy when a show doesn't sell as well.  I'm not sure if there's an industry standard for that, but I've never seen it anywhere but at 930.

This reminds me of something I saw last week that you can Google Map inside a lot of clubs around the world. Fun if yer bored or curious…

9:30
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9:30+Club,+V+Street+Northwest,+Washington,+DC&layer=c&z=17&sll=38.917858,-77.023779&cid=3558403435247970744&panoid=-nWNAqVgZjtQsfGK4AoZow&cbp=13,54.801444043321368,,0,0&hl=en&ved=0CD4Q2wU&sa=X&ei=M1w5T7TQC4qwMpresKgB

Black Cat
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=black+cat+dc+google&layer=c&z=17&sll=38.914589,-77.031679&cid=12523793097918320182&panoid=8-CBHozsKzxlkxx97YqkpQ&cbp=13,90.42360769184873,,0,0&ved=0CBMQ2wU&sa=X&ei=8V05T5XOJYzONYaajKcJ


Fabric, London
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fabric,+Charterhouse+Street,+London,+UK&layer=c&z=17&sll=51.519556,-0.102529&cid=7438484590785131736&panoid=8Jmsfl3i2HQfGzeNVvPGZQ&cbp=13,355.125566274478,,0,0&hl=en&ved=0CCMQ2wU&sa=X&ei=g1w5T5LqKqWuMpuzvaIB

Knitting Factory, NYC
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=The+Knitting+Factory,+Metropolitan+Avenue,+Brooklyn,+NY&layer=c&z=17&sll=40.714169,-73.955625&cid=3420245593053661589&panoid=hp7sQHO3hQawkvpfhhkkxw&cbp=13,18.888016480590679,,0,0&hl=en&ved=0CBMQ2wU&sa=X&ei=Al05T9fLOKWuMpuzvaIB

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/10/say-that-to-my-face.html

Man, I remember that (non-) show.  Total bummer.

Hey Seth!  Jack White just announced a few solo dates….Any chance for a club show?

WEEEEEEEEEEN

Please do not follow suit with Bonnaroo and leave the Chili Shits off the V-Fest lineup.




Would rather not see this year turn into 2007 where those hacks headlined every major American festival.

Thank you.

travelinbeat wrote:
Bonnaroo announcement happened today (June 7-10, Manchester TN):

Radiohead - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Phish - Beach Boys (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks) - Bon Iver - The Avvett Brothers - The Shins - Foster the People - Skrillex - Aziz Ansari - Dispatch - Feist - The Roots - Alice Cooper - Superjam - Black Star - The Word (John Medeski, Robert Randolph, and North Mississippi Allstars) - Ludacris - Ben Folds Five - Flogging Molly - Spectrum Road (Cindy Blackman Santana, Jack Bruce, John Medeski, Vernon Reid) - Mac Miller - Childish Gambino - Major Lazer - Tune-Yards - Afrocubism - Flying Lotus - Umphrey's McGee - Little Dragon - St. Vincent - City and Color - The Civil Wars - Young the Giant - Two Door Cinema Club - Punch Brothers - Needtobreathe - Fitz and The Tantrums - Bad Brains - Yela Wolf Dawes - Battles - Danny Brown - The Black Lips - SKTRKT - Phantagram - Kendrick Lamar - Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaries - The Kooks - The Joys Formidable - The Antlers - Kathleen Edwards - Mimosa - Kurt Vile & The Violators - Alabama Shakes - Das Racist - Delta Spirit - Gary Clark Jr - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk - Laura Marling - Trampled by Turtles - Mogwai - The War on Drugs - Ben Howard - Grouplove - Blind Pilot - Alo - The Devil Makes Three - White Denim - EMA - Here We Go Magic - K-Flay - The Lonely Forest - Mariachi El Bronx - Big Freedia - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - The Soul Rebels - Kvelertak - Soja - Steven Bernstein's MTO Plays SLY - Big Giaganic - Sara Jarosz - Orgone - Darondo - Fruit Bats - Moon Taxi

Tickets on sale this Saturday
www.bonnaroo.com

Hey seth, at least a dozen bands you need to book coming or going from B-Roo.

hey seth and thatguy,

what did it take to make this happen?  nice one!



p.s. since i have your attention: a kraftwerk show, or 8, would be, like, cool with me.

sweetcell wrote:
hey seth and thatguy,

what did it take to make this happen?  nice one!

on my end, it went something like this:

"josh, bring your camera and your caps jersey to kettler on this day." 

i watched practice.  i took some pics.  i laid down on the ice to get good angles.  mike green tried to steal my sunglasses.  mike, slapshot, and the rocker ladies were all lovely to work with. 

the behind the scenes stuff is above my pay grade.

Hey, Seth…?

Garbage has announced that their fifth studio album, Not Your Kind Of People, will be released in the United States on May 15, 2012….https://www.facebook.com/GarbageOfficial?sk=events (add Edgefest on Apr 22 to their list of events)
(Please not at Rams Head, okay? Well, unless you have 930 on the round too. thanks!)

Codeine! (Tho this is maybe more of a Black Cat show)

I vote +1 for Garbage…

hey seth, tom jones has a new album coming out at the end of march….would love to see him again at the 930. was a fun fun fun fun show.

Hey Seth, Robyn is supporting Coldplay on their tour this summer through the Verizon Center date.  I would love a 9:30 Club show either after the Verizon dates, or the off day 7/7…

Hey Seth, John Scofield is about to make a "big announcement"!  Any chance of a club date?

Can we have a screening of this prior to a Pentagram gig?