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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Vas Deferens on May 25, 2006, 03:32:00 pm
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Mine is SF's Great American Music Hall:
http://www.musichallsf.com/private/pictures2.html (http://www.musichallsf.com/private/pictures2.html)
yours?
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Outside, Red Rocks
Inside, the Hippodrome in b'more, even though it's not technically a music venue.
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outside- the backyard in austin
inside- i prefer the fillmore to GAMH.
not including various opera houses and symphony halls in europe and the u.s.
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riverside lounge - georgetown university
they gave me a prompt and complete refund upon my polite request, fulfilling my #1 criteria for "beautiful"
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Hal Daddy's (RIP)
Baltimore
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Hal Daddy's is no more? Man, nothing beat the allure of seeing grandma bras strung up behind the bar.
Their website was the best; all pictures of woman bearing giant milkjugs at the bar. Classy.
Baltimore rules.
Originally posted by lbcardoni:
Hal Daddy's (RIP)
Baltimore
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The Stanley Theatre in lovely,downtown Pittsburgh!
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Coachella
Valle Giulia, Rome
Gaston Hall, Georgetown
The Warfield, SF
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
I just find the architecture of the Aragon fascinating...the turrets make you feel like you're in Casablanca, and the twinkling lights on the ceiling look like stars. I think it's a great place. And the Warfield seems to have a special vibe to it.
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i'm gonna have to say Coachella as well.
although having been at nightclubs and raves for many years, many a night i have seen "venues" transformed into way better venues.
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I think the music hall at Strathmore is gorgeous.
Chicago Theater
Tennessee Theater in Knoxville
Alpine Valley in Wisconsin
Grant Park in Chicago (to see Radiohead in 2001)
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The Fox Theater in Atlanta
Alpine Valley
The Warner Theater right here in DC is very nice - especially compared to what it looked like before the renovations.
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Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, MO. Drove across the country to see the last get up kids show ever this past July - had the time of my life. The venue was gorgeous, and i felt like it was more suitable for an opera or a high-class broadway show than a rock concert. had a seated balcony, and fantastic design/artwork/etc. def. the best looking venue i've ever been to.
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Radio City Music Hall. It has elevator addendants who don't just push the buttons for you, but actually operate the elevator!
Worst? Soldier Field. It doesn't have a horrible sound system, but since its renovations it looks like three different stadium designs thrown together.
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The Gorge (WA state)
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Originally posted by callat703:
I think the music hall at Strathmore is gorgeous.
Ditto. I also live sitting inside Wolf Trap.
And Warner.
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Jones Beach in Wantaugh, NY.
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Orchestra Hall and The Fox Theatre in Detroit are decked out rather nicely...
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Hollywood Bowl
Fort Reno (yes i said it)
Wiltern:
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The Derby in LA where they film the swing dancing scenes in Swingers is one of the nicest clubs I've ever been in. It's hard to believe that during the 70s they actually covered up it's ceiling. There was a ballroom in DC that would have been very nice if they ever restored it. It had a sprung floor like the Commorode Ballroom...
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Birchmere Bandstand
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
The Derby in LA where they film the swing dancing scenes in Swingers is one of the nicest clubs I've ever been in. It's hard to believe that during the 70s they actually covered up it's ceiling. There was a ballroom in DC that would have been very nice if they ever restored it. It had a sprung floor like the Commorode Ballroom...
SWINGERS!!
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The Barns at Wolf Trap
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Indoor - have to agree with Kosmo and Venerable: small club is the Derby, larger venue is The Filmore.
Outdoor - tie between to LA venues: The Hollywood Bowl is amazing and so is The Greek up by Griffith Park Observatory with the lights and the trees.
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i've got to put merriweather right up there...
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Indoor - have to agree with Kosmo and Venerable: small club is the Derby, larger venue is The Filmore.
Outdoor - tie between to LA venues: The Hollywood Bowl is amazing and so is The Greek up by Griffith Park Observatory with the lights and the trees.
How did I forget Greek Theatre? Such a great place to see a show. It's beautiful and outdoors and holds quite a good number of people, but it doesn't feel as huge as other outdoor venues...it's a pain to get in and out of there, but it beats Nissan any day, and is soooo gorgeous.
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Originally posted by you be betty:
...it's a pain to get in and out of there,
That's when you grab a blanket and a bottle of wine and go make out in the trees overlooking the city lights until the traffic clears.
I'm going to start charging you for these life-learned lessons someday...
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Life-learned lessons? I go to all my LA shows with my brother!!
...Now, if by chance I'm there again with someone else, that sounds good. It is very pretty up there.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by you be betty:
...it's a pain to get in and out of there,
That's when you grab a blanket and a bottle of wine and go make out in the trees[/b]
PS Strathmore's good for that sort of thing, too. But you didn't hear it from me.
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I'm so excited...I get to experience the Hollywood Bowl in just over a month!
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The Camden Palace, London?
Re: Merriwether -- that place is lovely on a starlit summer night with vague wisps of illicit smoke drifting over the picnic blankets....
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Originally posted by bearman:
I'm so excited...I get to experience the Hollywood Bowl in just over a month!
bring a hoodie. it gets cold up there after dark.
oh, and...edit...but, i'm going to give you another little tip here.
do NOT try and park by there. do not have someone drop you before a show unless you plan on going really early, or missing your show. there are a bunch of little shuttle-y type busses that go from around Hollywood and Highland - pay for parking around there, and then take the bus. it will save you a lot of grief.
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Wow...many thanks for the tip! I'll definitely do that.
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convocation hall at the university of toronto. it has a stained glass cupola dome that makes it absolutely breathtaking at nights when there is a full or nearly full moon shining thru it.
i also like the vintage feel of the state theatre. makes me feel like i'm in middle america in the 1920's. and joe's pub in nyc. just gorgeous pressed tin ceiling.
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Outside: Red Rocks, town park Telluride, Glasto at dusk on Friday
Inside: Royal Albert Hall
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I forgot the Riverside Church in NYC for Spiritualized.
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I'm going to say Wolf Trap, too.
As for indoors, I can't say I've been to too many places that I would consider "beautiful," but Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore is rather nice. The Strathmore looks great from the pictures though, but I've never been inside.
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Nissan.
the parking lot is fantastic.
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Coachella
Teatro Kursaal (San Sebastian)
Strathmore
And I thought Liberty State Park was amazing when I saw Radiohead there in '01
(Edit: Come to think of it, ANY venue is beautiful if Radiohead is playing :D )
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Originally posted by Big KC:
Nissan.
the parking lot is fantastic.
especially when you and all your friends decide to conduct mock tribal rituals around your minivan in a hillarious attempt to scare the drunkies
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I haven't see enough around the world...So, I guess Warner Theater is pretty cool.
Iota: artwork was done by Jane (co-owner), brick walls are cozy, NYCish, (although cumbersome for viewing); and the strewn lights help my photos look fantastic.
I used to think Strangeways was cool w/ all of the mirrors.
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The Gorge in George Washington (state).
There is a huge valley (gorge) in the background with the columbia river running in the middle. and when the sun sets... fucking amazing.
Imagine sunset with David Bowie playing ziggy stardust... My best memory of The Gorge.
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Saenger Theatre, New Orleans. I think it is still closed... but I did love it..
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Originally posted by aglanixp:
The Gorge in George Washington (state).
There is a huge valley (gorge) in the background with the columbia river running in the middle. and when the sun sets... fucking amazing.
Imagine sunset with David Bowie playing ziggy stardust... My best memory of The Gorge.
I saw a picture of this and soooo wanna go!
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The Russian embassy on Wisconsin Ave just up from G'towne.
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Bowie could play inside of a toilet and it would still be beautiful.
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The Fab Fox in Atlanta.
when bands get going and you can feel the balcony move up and down, totally great!
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Palau de la Musica Catalana (http://home.palaumusica.org/segle.html)
Saw Emmylou Harris there.
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Barcelona wins :D
the Fox theater balcony in Detroit does that to, although watching it bounce from underneath is a bit disconcerting..
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Barcelona wins :D
I agree. That place is absolutely gorgeous!
However, I question the acoustics with all of that glass.
Sir HC, care to speak to this?