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Dropping Like Flies: local venues

i am gay and i like cats
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Re: Dropping Like Flies: local venues February 14, 2013 at 11:06 PM UTC #
cool.  im glad you had such great times.  i mean somebody who writes that much has real passion for a place.  i thought it was boring the times i went there, but i demand a seperate kind of mental stimulation.  so theres that.  would you rather i said . . . jammin java?
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Re: Dropping Like Flies: local venues February 14, 2013 at 11:37 PM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
cool.  im glad you had such great times.  i mean somebody who writes that much has real passion for a place.  i thought it was boring the times i went there, but i demand a seperate kind of mental stimulation.  so theres that.  would you rather i said . . . jammin java?



Iota's ('s dedicated to James Ford) I think is on the ropes…. I wouldn't much mind seeing that place go…

the truth is that in the past year The Hamilton, Howard, Fillmore Silver Spring, Hill Country BBQ and many other places have opened up.. even the National Theatre i now having rock concerts…there are far too many venues for the area in relation to musical acts… which is why so many venues are now booking cover bands… some venues are struggling for sure.. I dont' think anyone expected the Fillmore to have such a bare lineup… the State Theatre is losing acts to these venues and if it wasn't for the Legwarmers two monthly sellouts I wonder how they would make it.

a lot of competition and more coming… people in DC (other than me) apparently have a lot of money to burn, are young etc…… I think I even heard a while back that the Madison Square Garden group was interested in coming to town…

I'm not sure what stimulation you are speaking of but I really don't want to know! :)


beetsnotbeats
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Re: Dropping Like Flies: local venues March 23, 2013 at 11:44 PM UTC #


The Ontario, for good (so to speak)
atomicfront
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Re: Dropping Like Flies: local venues March 25, 2013 at 03:52 AM UTC #
Ontario was a great place to see a show.  Shame it hadn't been used for so long and now it is gone forever :'(
chancegardener
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Re: Dropping Like Flies: local venues March 25, 2013 at 04:21 AM UTC #
Ontario classic: Thin Lizzy and Code Blue, 12/9/80, the day after John Lennon died.  The power went out mind-way thru "Boys Are Back in Town" but the drummer carried on and Phil Lynott had the crowd chanting "the boys are back, the boys are back" until the sound returned.  It was a great way to get thru a very sad time.
Yada
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Re: Dropping Like Flies: local venues March 25, 2013 at 01:17 PM UTC #
Has the Ontario even been used in the last 20 years?

Also, Iota is about my favorite place to see a show in this city, albeit not too often.
showlistdc
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Re: Dropping Like Flies: local venues March 25, 2013 at 02:12 PM UTC #
Yada wrote:
Also, Iota is about my favorite place to see a show in this city, albeit not too often.


Have you been recently?  Ever since the expansion, there's a lot of talking that goes on at shows, especially on the weekend– I think folks just view the ticket price as a cover and wander in to drink, not really knowing/caring much about the band performing.

Weeknight shows tend to be better– Neil Halstead a few months back was fantastic (and the crowd was respectfully quiet).
killsaly
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Re: Dropping Like Flies: local venues March 28, 2013 at 07:08 PM UTC #
What is up with Bell Foundry being raided? i cant find any more info than what was already mentioned on here.
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