... I'll second that. I have some friends who were doing various nights there when they first opened, but they want to get a more hipster crowd in, and so they...
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Bob Falesch
rfalesch
Mar 1, 2002 8:00 pm
i encourage everyone's idealism and optimism, but i think those venue owners who would practice capitalism in its full-flowering competitive form in tough...
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John Kannenberg
jwinstonk
Mar 1, 2002 8:39 pm
Hi all, sorry for the cross post... ... Tonight, brave the winter weather (which shouldn't hit until after the show!) and make the trek up to Milwaukee, ...
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neil jendon
n2eil
Mar 1, 2002 8:40 pm
... Hi, (long-time reader; first-time poster) Maybe it comes down to house parties, basements and lofts? It's obvious the audience exists (for experimental ...
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Davis, Walter
davisw@...
Mar 1, 2002 8:59 pm
Well, I don't want to over-generalize from the small number of house shows that we've done, but so far they haven't been a smashing success. For a while they...
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Bob Falesch
rfalesch
Mar 1, 2002 9:15 pm
the house concerts i've been to here would be SRO if, say, more than twelve people showed up :-) -- so it feels pretty good to have a half-full house at one...
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David Maddox
davidcmaddox@...
Mar 1, 2002 9:39 pm
I think Neil gets at an important issue as relates to this sort of music (whatever that is). It is not clear that old concepts of performer and audience ...
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DM Pecoraro
dpec42
Mar 1, 2002 10:35 pm
as a near constant presence at the nervous center, i've been asking myself a lot of these questions as well. i've been tossing around vague ideas about a ...
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GrantStrombeck
grantstrombeck@...
Mar 1, 2002 10:36 pm
Yeah bob, "open up our living rooms for a house concert now and then." You mean like the house concerts at Bob Marsh's place. They were wonderful and so was...
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DM Pecoraro
dpec42
Mar 1, 2002 10:38 pm
Tonight is the last ever performance of the in-house band known at different times as Basic Food Group, Beneath Fertile Ground and Blinded From Glue. Tommorow...
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Rob Ray
rob@...
Mar 1, 2002 11:02 pm
I'm running on 3 years without recouping. I, personally, am going to try to become an Elks Lodge or something... Maybe I should just become a Unitarian Church...
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Woody
deadceo
Mar 1, 2002 11:05 pm
I think we're back to the old "how do we build audiences" debate. I think part of the problem stems from calling these musics more special, more "creative";...
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command_shift_kill
command_shif...
Mar 1, 2002 11:28 pm
i've been watching all the hubbub about venues and such, has anyone asked brian over at fireside bowl, i used to work there and we had all kinds of music going...
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weasel walter
weaselwalter...
Mar 1, 2002 11:36 pm
Once again, we also have to think in terms of the actual reality based APPEAL of the music. If the music doesn't demand venues that says something about the...
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HotHouse
avantgarde60605
Mar 2, 2002 12:42 am
To reiterate we would be interested in hosting a series as we did last year when Phil Mosberg did an excellent job of curating - what we need to justify the...
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neil jendon
n2eil
Mar 2, 2002 12:52 am
Hi, Wow, glad to see everyone's gears turning. I'm really enjoying this. Anyway, my thoughts on whatall: -House shows and neighbors: This is something we can ...
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Bob Falesch
rfalesch
Mar 2, 2002 1:02 am
ok weasel... your place, or mine?...
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Bob Falesch
rfalesch
Mar 2, 2002 1:08 am
on second thought, can't be my place -- unless we're doing the music of or in the spirit of john cage -- neighbors' dogs and boomy stereos will make for...
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weasel walter
weaselwalter...
Mar 2, 2002 2:25 am
My landlord hates noise!!! Not mine!!! Sorry I'm talking in the first person, but it's easier to speak in terms of my own perspective and not make some dumb...
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weasel walter
weaselwalter...
Mar 2, 2002 2:25 am
The only thing with Fireside is that their overhead is a bit high -- basically a show has to make about 150 bucks to just break even on expenses. Same with...
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Christopher Sorg
csorg@...
Mar 2, 2002 4:43 am
Just my .02 cents.. I started putting together a "support" list of venues & organizations which have been receptive to improvised sound/new media work in...
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Chris Forsyth
ccf@...
Mar 2, 2002 9:27 pm
Greetings Friends, Family, Fans, Press, and Promoters, Ernesto Diaz-Infante and I will be embarking on a exciting tour of Germany and the U.K. in March, and...
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Bob Falesch
rfalesch
Mar 2, 2002 11:01 pm
weasel, part of your reply resonates. ... the dissatisfaction i had after a long string of ad-hoc groupings a couple years ago put me into period of...
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weasel walter
weaselwalter...
Mar 2, 2002 11:11 pm
... Well, let's just say that both my sense of extremity and my personal desire to cross the boundaries of what's prevalently accepted as "correct" improvising...
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Seth Tisue
sethtisue
Mar 3, 2002 2:06 am
For links and other additional information, consult: http://tisue.net/chicagonow/ New and updated listings: Thursdays (no cover) Jeff Parker Trio @ Pete...
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Vision Festival (Marg...
musicmargaret
Mar 3, 2002 10:22 am
ARTS FOR ART PRESENTS New York Cityıs seventh annual VISION FESTIVAL, "A Vision Against Violence" revealed and shared through concerts, dance, film, spoken...
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weasel walter
weaselwalter...
Mar 4, 2002 9:51 am
if I'm bumming anyone out by talking about myself again on this board, sorry. A friend told me that last week he was listening to the Jazz show on WNUR in the...
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david rempis
drempi
Mar 5, 2002 5:21 pm
Hi everyone, A minor correction to the Velvet Lounge website, and Chicago Now: the Triage gig listed as Saturday, March 9th is actually happening on this ...
3403
mlsv@...
Mar 5, 2002 8:22 pm
THE CANDLESTICK MAKER 4432 N. KEDZIE AVE. (Just north of Montrose. Kedzie stop on the Brown Line, 3 blks. south.) {The sign above the door reads "PERFECT...
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mlsv@...
Mar 5, 2002 9:43 pm
THE CANDLESTICK MAKER 4432 N. KEDZIE AVE. (Just north of Montrose. Kedzie stop on the Brown Line, 3 blks. south.) {The sign above the door reads "PERFECT...
