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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: killsaly on April 25, 2013, 05:23:57 pm
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-best-big-rooms-in-america-20130425/9-30-club-in-washington-d-c-19691231
All was revealed.
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Those that were whining so badly now can say they are sorry to Rolling Stone. Wait a second they are totally irrelevant these days so you won't care about this list.
I have been to three of the top 4. I liked the Fillmore. Not crazy about the Metro.
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Perhaps had RS stated their criteria for "rock club" vs. "big room" there would have been less animosity.
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All shall be revealed
Voilą
Oh, and congrats, 930 staph! And Seth!
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Perhaps had RS stated their criteria for "rock club" vs. "big room" there would have been less animosity.
Why do you care enough to be angry?
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Video looks familiar
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Video looks familiar
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nice!
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Exactly. And they are still irrelevant.
Perhaps had RS stated their criteria for "rock club" vs. "big room" there would have been less animosity.
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It is too bad that they aren't more relevant, their political reporting is great these days.
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that's always been top-notch... probably more-so than it is today, no?
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That might be fair, though I think they've particularly shined covering the Wall Street bailout and the aftermath.
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but do we agree with Rolling Stone, much as it pains us, or not?
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Someone gave me a 2 year subscription to Rolling Stone about 10 years ago. I don't if it is changed much since then but it didn't seem much of a music magazine. It seemed to be trying to appeal to people in their 60's. Their music reviews were dreadful and basically stuck on bands of the past with an occaisonal bad newer band praised like Wilco. Their political stuff was so slanted that it wasn't even close to being journalism. Even their movie reviews seem to be from the view of what a 70 year old man would lke. I stopped reading them before the first year was up.
I wonder why british magazines are so much better? On every subject and not just music. Like motorcycle magazines. The British magazines have much more content, written at a higher level and are less biased.
Only american music magazine I read is "Under the Radar".. They actually do write articles and the bands are actually pretty good that they have features on.
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Cool!
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Their political stuff was so slanted that it wasn't even close to being journalism.
You're confusing opinion with reporting. Both fall under the rubric of journalism.
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but do we agree with Rolling Stone, much as it pains us, or not?
I've been to a bunch of the rooms on that list and I'd take the 9:30 club any day.
First of all, it remains an all ages venue. I cannot express how great it was to be able to go to shows when I was 14 and 15 and to see music that I liked and how sad I was when I moved away for college and I wasn't old enough to see live music anymore. I'm really glad that DC remains largely an all ages town; I think it really kept me out of trouble as a kid.
As for what I want now, the sound at the club is really excellent. They continue to bring interesting acts that I want to see and big acts like Paul Simon come to the club when they want to play a rare club gig. The prices remain largely reasonable even as the cost of live music has exploded on the high end.
It isn't the dive on F street that I frequented as a kid, but it has matured as I have. It is tops for me, no doubt.
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Taibbi is awesome.
It is too bad that they aren't more relevant, their political reporting is great these days.
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MPP is the 4th best shed.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-best-amphitheaters-in-america-20130620/merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-maryland-19691231 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-best-amphitheaters-in-america-20130620/merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-maryland-19691231)
I'd have Wolftrap in the top 10 but looking at the list of voters, I doubt very few have ever played there. I don't think any of them should be in the same category as Red Rocks and the Gorge.