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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: CoheedFan on May 04, 2010, 10:50:29 pm
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Yes, I am gearing up for a drive to the Club at the end of the month for "COHEED AND CAMBRIA" SHOW. And I know how to get there but just need tips and such so I won't get lost or get tickets?? Thanks
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haven't we already been through this? http://www.930.com/forum/index.php?topic=20336
if you're asking something new, i can't discern it... asking for "tips and such" isn't very helpful. as that other thread shows, we occasionally try to be helpful - but please meet us halfway. be clear in what you're asking.
street parking around the club is straight-forward: look at the signs. if it says no parking, don't park there. if it says no parking during business hours, and you get there after business hours, you're fine. another hint: look at what others are doing. if there are several cars parked along a street, you're probably ok (but check the signs to be sure).
driving in DC isn't much different than driving anywhere else except there might be more traffic and traffic lights, depending where you're from. i'm sure you'll do fine.
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somehow . . . i think you confused him/her even more. rule one with the club, buy a parking ticket for their lot. your vehicle will like you when you get out of the show, because all of it will still be there. getting to the club the easiest way (in my opinion, because i come from 66 west into the city) is to get onto constitution ave. and turn onto 7th street, northwest direction. as you head up 7th you will pass the verizon center, and make sure you pay attention to bus lanes, bike riders, people who think, "oh i'll just cross the street here; cars will stop for me." as you head up 7th in NW, you will pass e street, f street, so on and so on up to p street to s street. you are looking for this: s street, then t street, then florida ave., the v street. you turn left onto v street from 7th. go down two blocks, club in on left. turn right onto 9th street (small street almost big enough for only 1 car, right after club) to find parking lot on right.
yeah i helped.
oh, i reread what you said . . . if you don't have tickets, ignore what i said, you're not going anywhere.
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haven't we already been through this?
Seriously.
Two words for you: Common Sense. Either you've got it or you don't and no amount of advice from this board is going to change that.
Big cities eat people who lack common sense up, and not because the city is dangerous, but because people who lack common sense are fucking idiots and deserve a ticket/to have their car towed/have their car broken in to.
So think about that and then make a decision.
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rule one with the club, buy a parking ticket for their lot. your vehicle will like you when you get out of the show, because all of it will still be there.
from one country bumpkin to the next, i guess that's good advice.
i've driven to the club & parked for free on the nearby streets at least... uh, i dunno how many times. 30? 50? more? guess how many times i've been broken in to, or even gotten a ticket for that matter? yup, doughnuts.
another piece of advice: the shows are sold out so you won't be alone looking for parking. i'd recommend getting there on the early side (say, before the opening act) in order to get something nearby.
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haven't we already been through this? http://www.930.com/forum/index.php?topic=20336
if you're asking something new, i can't discern it... asking for "tips and such" isn't very helpful. as that other thread shows, we occasionally try to be helpful - but please meet us halfway. be clear in what you're asking.
street parking around the club is straight-forward: look at the signs. if it says no parking, don't park there. if it says no parking during business hours, and you get there after business hours, you're fine. another hint: look at what others are doing. if there are several cars parked along a street, you're probably ok (but check the signs to be sure).
driving in DC isn't much different than driving anywhere else except there might be more traffic and traffic lights, depending where you're from. i'm sure you'll do fine.
Damn. Sourcell!
Yes, get there early for parking. Free street parking opens up after 6:00PM. DC is notorious for it's unpunished smash and grabs so make sure nothing whatsoever is visible inside your car. Obviously, the odds of getting hit any given night are somewhat low, but do be aware that it does happen... a lot. Watch out for the street cleaning signs, especially along Georgia Ave.. Don't remember which nights they go to it. You will be ticketed.
Since it's your first time, you may want to buy a ticket for the parking lot which is guarded but not necessary if you get their early or are very diligent about driving around looking for a spot if it's a busy night. It will be if sold out.
If you do not already have tickets, you 'might' find something outside but be aware that they are only allowed to sell them at cost. So, DO NOT support the scalpers! Just in case you can't get tickets, have a back up plan since you'll be in town. Plenty of other options in the neighborhood or just beyond.
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Avoid leaving your iPod or large amounts of cash visible in the parked car.
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These people are all pulling your leg. Park anywhere, signs be damned, and leave all your nicest possessions on your windshield; you will make people smile by allowing them to see what nice things you own.
Oh, and DC recently got rid of one-way streets but is a little slow in taking down Do Not Enter signs and painting yellow lines down the middle, but go ahead with the insider knowledge that it's all 2-way now. Go get 'em tiger!
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Damn. Sourcell!
whaaa?!? i offered advice! i closed with encouraging words, telling him he'll do fine!
i played nice! and i was building character to boot!
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I've been parking in the club's lot since 2003, when I parked on 8th St. and came out to find my car had been broken into and they'd gotten the radio half out of the dash (it never did work right after that).
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The street parking is fine. I've been driving to the club since it practically opened, and I've never had a single issue with finding a spot or having it broken into. Smackie's right...common sense goes a long way. It also doesn't hurt that I drive a shitty car.
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Just have to say...dumb move by Jin last night. If they were childless, it would have been romantic. As it was, it left a little girl orphaned.
But really, who's going to care if they get off the island? All the people viewers cared about are dead. It's looking more and more like Sasquatch and myself are going to be the only ones left.
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Just have to say...dumb move by Jin last night.
dumb move by YOU to not listen to doc - the bomb would've been rendered harmless if you didn't touch it! (most likely.) i think half the viewers care about answers and half care about characters, and probably neither will be happy at the end.
THREADJACK!
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i played nice! and i was building character to boot!
(http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/calvin-on-building-character.jpg)
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a world according to calvin n hobbes . . . is a good world!
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sell your ticket on craigslist and stay home and watch tv.
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sell your ticket on craigslist and stay home and watch tv.
Actually, in all honesty, probably the best advice in the entire thread. I was disgusted with so many of you actually aiding someone in attending a Coheed And Cambria concert. I just got done watching the HBO biopic You Don't Know Jack, and let me tell you, its you people who should be spending 8.5 years in jail, not Kevorkian.
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Just have to say...dumb move by Jin last night. If they were childless, it would have been romantic. As it was, it left a little girl orphaned.
But really, who's going to care if they get off the island? All the people viewers cared about are dead. It's looking more and more like Sasquatch and myself are going to be the only ones left.
Orphaned and left with rich relatives, so I think she will survive. Plus i was pretty sure none of them were ever going to get off the island again. Maybe they will, but i have a feeling all will stay.
Also, ive been thinking the alternate timeline is some kind of weird heaven, and by the end of it all, all characters will be dead. But that doesnt factor in who might take over Jacobs job...
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Somehow I think the baby would be better off with it's daddy than with it's shady rich grandparents.
Just have to say...dumb move by Jin last night. If they were childless, it would have been romantic. As it was, it left a little girl orphaned.
But really, who's going to care if they get off the island? All the people viewers cared about are dead. It's looking more and more like Sasquatch and myself are going to be the only ones left.
Orphaned and left with rich relatives, so I think she will survive. Plus i was pretty sure none of them were ever going to get off the island again. Maybe they will, but i have a feeling all will stay.
Also, ive been thinking the alternate timeline is some kind of weird heaven, and by the end of it all, all characters will be dead. But that doesnt factor in who might take over Jacobs job...
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god i hate not being able to continue reading a good thread because you people won't stop talking about a show that i'm still on season 5 through netflix.
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Yeah. Thread jacks are bad enough, but thread jacks with spoilers?? C'mon, people!
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And to return the original poster's question... Driving in D.C. really isn't all that bad, but if you're new to it and stressing out about it, your best bet is to purchase a ticket for the 9:30 Club's parking lot.
When I first started going to the club after I moved to this area in 1998, I parked in the 9:30 Club's lot. (I didn't know how to parallel-park then, though, so I guess street parking wouldn't really have been an option anyway.)
After the first year or two, I parked on the street. I've never had any problems, but I always make sure that there is nothing visible inside my car. (And I try to park on better-traveled streets rather than true side streets, although that's really more for my safety than my car's.)
The neighborhood where the club is located is also a LOT less sketchy now than it used to be.
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The neighborhood where the club is located is also a LOT less sketchy now than it used to be.
Sooooo much less sketchy, my stepdad always scolded me for going to 930 by myself or with friends, he recently went through there and said it's wayyy better.
I blame the gay nightclub.
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The neighborhood where the club is located is also a LOT less sketchy now than it used to be.
Sooooo much less sketchy, my stepdad always scolded me for going to 930 by myself or with friends, he recently went through there and said it's wayyy better.
I blame the gay nightclub.
we do know how to stroke the mighty shaft of an area until it comes out clean.
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Just read they are adding 342 new speed cameras in DC (adding to the 140 already)
So what will dic do with the buckets of cash these will generate… maybe the gondolas to Arlington?
This made me chuckle from the mayor
"This is what I believe. We don't really – really – want to collect a dollar from those cameras" she said. "We want people to stop at red lights, stay out of bus lanes, don't run stop signs, and stop driving recklessly in our city. That's what we want."
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"We want people to stop at red lights, stay out of bus lanes, don't run stop signs, and stop driving recklessly in our city."
easy: ban drivers from Virginia.
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i usually run red lights, blow thru stop signs, ride on wrong side of road, go wrong way on one way street at least 100 x's a day. on a bicycle.