Washington DC Venue of the Year

[palahniukkubrick]

...that it isn't the 9:30 club. My vote goes to D.A.R. simply because this year it has been host to Primus, R.E.M., Morrissey, and Pixies. Your choices?

[markie]

Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:
  ...that it isn't the 9:30 club. My vote goes to D.A.R. simply because this year it has been host to Primus, R.E.M., Morrissey, and Pixies. Your choices?

Unfortunately you must have lost 15 years of your life. This is the year 2004. All of those acts are now well passed their sell by date. Sorry.

[bellenseb]

By venue of the year, are you talking about the acts that play there, or the general feel/atmosphere of the venue itself?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
   

Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:
  ...that it isn't the 9:30 club. My vote goes to D.A.R. simply because this year it has been host to Primus, R.E.M., Morrissey, and Pixies. Your choices?

Unfortunately you must have lost 15 years of your life. This is the year 2004. All of those acts are now well passed their sell by date. Sorry. [/b]

Don't feel bad palahniukkubrick, I either went to, or am going, to every one of those.

[Guiny]

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
 

Unfortunately you must have lost 15 years of your life. This is the year 2004. All of those acts are now well passed their sell by date. Sorry. [/b]

Spoken like a true HFSer.

[markie]

Cannot say I have really listened to much over the airwaves american radio, but when I do it is riddled with old hits or RnB.
 
 I suspect the true HFSer likes listening to The same old overplayed U2, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins tracks which were such staples of the more than 10 years ago.
 
 
 Thing again.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
  The same old overplayed U2

I heard U2 is still making good music

[markie]

Originally posted by pollard:
   

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
  The same old overplayed U2

I heard U2 is still making good music [/b]

Where did you here that? Fox news?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
 Where did you here that? Fox news?

I think I heard it from a Canadian

[markie]

Originally posted by pollard:
  I think I heard it from a Canadian

did he go like a:  <img src="http://www.cplegacy.com/CP_Marketing/posters/The%20Canadian%20train%20poster%202.jpg" alt=" - " />

[eltee]

Originally posted by bellenseb:
  By venue of the year, are you talking about the acts that play there, or the general feel/atmosphere of the venue itself?

Yeah what bellenseb asked.
 If it's the acts that played there..um, yeah, DAR still would not win my vote.

[Bags]

Well, I have to vote for 9:30, as I love the venue's sound, size, vibe, etc, and I've been to 20 shows there in 2004, compared to 14 at Black Cat, 4 at Iota, 3 at MCI Center, 2 each at Warehouse, DC9, Warner, DAR, and the rest have been outta town. Wow, I haven't been to Velvet Lounge all year....scary.

[bellenseb]

I really like the concert space at DC9 and was hoping it would become something like a friendlier version of the old Metro Cafe, but so far they haven't booked many national acts (only one I can think of is the Ladybug Transistor/Essex Green show). Hopefully they'll get more.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by Bags:
  Well, I have to vote for 9:30

the original question was "what is your favorite venue that is not the 9:30."   :p

[eltee]

Originally posted by bellenseb:
  I really like the concert space at DC9 and was hoping it would become something like a friendlier version of the old Metro Cafe, but so far they haven't booked many national acts (only one I can think of is the Ladybug Transistor/Essex Green show). Hopefully they'll get more.

And are they friendlier?