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9:30 world's fair....?!

kmdobrz
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 04, 2016 at 02:26 PM UTC #
Seth on with Elliott - DC101 - right now
challenged
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 04, 2016 at 05:58 PM UTC #
I have a few extras.
1 for Tuesday 11 PM
3 for Thursday 8 PM
May also post them on the facebook event page.
PM me and I will email to you…
bunnyman
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 04, 2016 at 07:09 PM UTC #
http://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/35-years-at-930.htm

Really nice piece. Wonderful words about Josh. And what's this about the Lincoln Theater being haunted? Cool. I 'd love to hear more about that one. I know that the Metro in Chicago is supposedly haunted as well.
kbone
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 04, 2016 at 07:53 PM UTC #
bearman wrote:
http://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/35-years-at-930.htm

Really nice piece. Wonderful words about Josh. And what's this about the Lincoln Theater being haunted? Cool. I 'd love to hear more about that one. I know that the Metro in Chicago is supposedly haunted as well.


You left out the best part: "It was Dark Star Orchestra, which is a Grateful Dead cover band. Apparently there was a gentleman ? and I use that term loosely here ? who turned out to be a New Jersey State Senator, who had relieved himself in public from the second floor, and turned it into a ?VIPee? section."
El Tee
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 04, 2016 at 09:24 PM UTC #
I have two tickets for Wed. at 8 pm  available.
grateful
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 02:06 AM UTC #
eltee wrote:
I have two tickets for Wed. at 8 pm  available.


Sent you a PM
lily1
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 02:27 AM UTC #
I have an extra for tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 9pm. Give a holler if you want in on the party.
mekmad
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 04:26 AM UTC #
I have 2 for Saturday at 2pm if anyone wants them.
DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 04:08 PM UTC #
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!
bunnyman
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 04:14 PM UTC #
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!


My one thought was "how can you recreate the old club without the smell?"
Sidehatch
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 05:03 PM UTC #
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!

#humblebrag
Sidehatch
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 05:04 PM UTC #
bearman wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!


My one thought was "how can you recreate the old club without the smell?"

Have a good friend who took one of the bathroom stall doors installed in his stair well
smell went away after a few years
Seth Hurwitz
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 05:11 PM UTC #
bearman wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!


My one thought was "how can you recreate the old club without the smell?"


well that's easy

we will make it smell
DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 06:14 PM UTC #
Sidehatch wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!

#humblebrag

Hey, I've performed on that stage, let me be proud!
bunnyman
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 06:17 PM UTC #
Seth wrote:
bearman wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!


My one thought was "how can you recreate the old club without the smell?"


well that's easy

we will make it smell


I can still remember the old Club smell vividly. That odor would cling to me for days, like the Seinfeld BO episode. It was like a cross between sweat, smoke, stale beer, and something incredibly acrid…maybe rat piss. And yet I'll never forget how excited I was coming from a city like Chicago to see bands on that tiny stage. The first time I saw the 9:30 stage I laughed. It was so low, the place was so intimate. But to see Helmet, Oasis, Urge Overkill, Lloyd Cole, Bob Mould, Teenage Fanclub, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Catherine Wheel in that tiny space was so fun, so amazing. In a few years I felt like I was there every week…it was like a second home. The musicians often had just as good a time as the audience. I'm bummed I wasn't living in DC when Iggy Pop played there. It was one of the first places I had ever been in where you could lock eyes with a musician and they'd sing to you, and that changed the way concerts felt to me. I cannot wait for tonight.

And yes, the rats really were that out of control. I went backstage when Bob Mould played in 1993 and was let out the back of the club and I had to walk around to F Street. It was like something out of Indiana Jones. There were dead rats littering the alley, but also dozens of live ones that I was running through and stepping on to try to get away from them. It's not an exaggeration.
Sidehatch
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 06:20 PM UTC #
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Sidehatch wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!

#humblebrag

Hey, I've performed on that stage, let me be proud!


Well, I too had 2 performances on the stage as well…both unpaid
I shook my keys with a gaggle of teens at a Ben Kweller show
and shook my rump at Fat Boy Slim show

#beproud
Got Haggis?
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 06:32 PM UTC #
Saw quite a few shows at the old club - mainly industrial type bands. Saw Cop Shoot Cop there on my 21st bd.
DeathFromAbove1979
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 08:11 PM UTC #
Sidehatch wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Sidehatch wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!

#humblebrag

Hey, I've performed on that stage, let me be proud!


Well, I too had 2 performances on the stage as well…both unpaid
I shook my keys with a gaggle of teens at a Ben Kweller show
and shook my rump at Fat Boy Slim show

#beproud

Interestingly enough the first time I went into the "main" green room was just about 2 weeks ago when my buddy Willy played. Other than that I ended up in the smaller green rooms. I like the semi-catwalk-ish that overlooks the left side of the stage. Cool little vantage point. Can't wait to check out the tour!
challenged
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Re: 9:30 world's fair....?! January 05, 2016 at 09:03 PM UTC #
Seth wrote:
bearman wrote:
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Any feedback? I got the email saying they're doing t shirt printing of famous concert posters, offering free 930 Club tattoos, rebuilding parts of the old 930 Club and doing tour of the backstage? This sounds so cool!

Even though I've been backstage a few times  ::) :P I'm stoked!!


My one thought was "how can you recreate the old club without the smell?"


well that's easy

we will make it smell


I will be bringing enough Claritin to share then….
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