The club must be lovin' the scene nowadays. Stadium acts are gone, and most arena acts have downsized to clubs… preferably bigger clubs. That's 9:30. So before, big pop acts played arenas… now the club is fair game. And now that I think about it, I have been venturing out the opposite end of the U-street metro en route to the black cat much more recently. I think the last time I was at 9:30 was the grandaddy show. That was ages ago.
Is 930 straying from it's roots?
I agree w/ Kosmo. Also, I'd much rather see a show at the 9:30 club than a larger venue such as MCI or Patriot Center, or MPP (pre-Seth).
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:See Pollstar Melissa Etheridge is doing several dates at larger clubs across the country. Perhaps she is tried of playing arenas but doesn't want to lock people out from seeing her in the smaller venues. So her dates are not unique to 9:30 club. The club also books lots of indie bands in the punk/emo vein, it maybe not the indie you want to hear. [/QB]
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:yeah, it's been worth all the free tickets and VIP treatment I get at the club….
Jeez, I wouldn't expect the suck ups who post on the 9:30 board to ever say anything bad about the club anyway. Except me and Cranky Mankie, and we're off in our own little middle aged worlds anyway.
elvis costello was on conan o'brien a while back. he told a story that i can't quote verbatim, but the gist of it began with him in new york at an indian food restaurant in the late 1970's. he was at a table by himself, and the place was empty except for one other table where he saw david bowie sitting at a table by himself. he said that they talk about that day now and laugh at themselves for thinking they were too fucking cool to say hello to each other.
it is just music. at the old club, you may have seen helmet, or tony bennett, or terminator x. in the current space, you might walk in and see my morning jacket, or melissa etheridge, or the roots. nothing has changed in terms of attitude except for the people who think they are precious and too fucking cool. get over it - or david bowie and elvis costello will laugh at you!!
it is just music. at the old club, you may have seen helmet, or tony bennett, or terminator x. in the current space, you might walk in and see my morning jacket, or melissa etheridge, or the roots. nothing has changed in terms of attitude except for the people who think they are precious and too fucking cool. get over it - or david bowie and elvis costello will laugh at you!!
Oh, who gives a rat's ass? I've been to a crapload of clubs (although mostly in the NE USA) and the 9:30 Club is the best by far, for more reasons than I care to mention. No, wait, I'll mention a few - great sound, great service at the bar, cool staff, and always a great view of the stage - even when its packed. Although I'm fairly new to this area, I've already seen great live shows by bands that no one will ever know about AND established artists there. It doesn't matter who plays there, its a great club. If someone is going to condemn the club for not having super-duper hip bands, I advise that person go somewhere else. I would too. The club is fairly large. Its going to have successful acts play there. get over it.
PigIron aned UrbanSprite: word.
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Originally posted by Samantha:I thought they all moved to Sudan.
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