Sigh, why can't we have a night like this...

[redsock]

So, I'm heading back to SF for work next week, looking for a show and I see the line-up for Wednesday night.
 
 Raconteurs at Bimbo's
 Yeasayer and Man Man at GAMH
 DCFC and Cave Singers at the Fillmore
 Caribou and Fuck Buttoms at the Independent
 The Verve @ Warfield
 
 Same night. Maybe DC could hit three of these at once, maybe. But, we're not SF.

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by redsock:
  So, I'm heading back to SF for work next week, looking for a show and I see the line-up for Wednesday night.
 
 Raconteurs at Bimbo's
 Yeasayer and Man Man at GAMH
 DCFC and Cave Singers at the Fillmore
 Caribou and Fuck Buttoms at the Independent
 The Verve @ Warfield
 
 Same night. Maybe DC could hit three of these at once, maybe. But, we're not SF.

Why do you want a night like this?  So everybody here can complain about having too many choices?

[redsock]

Fair enough on the complaining, but my point was that DC couldn't handle a night like this, either in fans or venues. And that makes me sad. And makes me wanna live in SF.

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by redsock:
  Fair enough on the complaining, but my point was that DC couldn't handle a night like this, either in fans or venues. And that makes me sad. And makes me wanna live in SF.

I know, I know - I was somewhat kidding.  

[beetsnotbeats]

I think the Bay Area has about three times as many people as Washington-Baltimore.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by callat703:
   So everybody here can complain about having too many choices?

people who complain about having too many choices are like, the worst kind of person, in my book.  i think only americans do this, btw.

[xneverwherex]

raconteurs at bimbos?? thats pretty sweet!
 
 heres another awesome show:
 April 23, 2008
 Wednesday
 
 Mr. Roboto and MEZZANINE present
 
 Midnight Juggernauts
 
 ACID GIRLS
 
 DJ sets by
 Miss Toats
 
 Rob No Borders
 
 Doors at 9:00 PM
 $12 Advance
 
 TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED AT URBAN OUTFITTERS, 80 POWELL STREET
 
 Presale tickets @ ticketweb.com

[walkonby]

i can't wait until worldwide riots take over our sense of style and execute our need to have this little thing called paid for entertainment.  the price of food will cause the low men to reach for the ones on the totem pole tops.
 
 i'm gonna have my fun before this whole shithouse goes up in flames.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Have you ever considered the the 9:30 Club's de facto monopoly on the mid-sized venue market in DC has more to do with us "not having a night like that" than anything else?
 
 I don't believe for one red second that DCFC, The Verve, and The Raconteurs couldn't all sell out on the same night in DC, there's just a lack of venues in which to put them.

[Cash is King]

Originally posted by redsock:
  Fair enough on the complaining, but my point was that DC couldn't handle a night like this, either in fans or venues. And that makes me sad. And makes me wanna live in SF.

Live in San Fran? Are you serious???  I know we would all like for DC to have a more vibrant music scene, but that doesn't mean you should want to move to the U.S.S.R in order to get it.

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
 I don't believe for one red second that DCFC, The Verve, and The Raconteurs couldn't all sell out on the same night in DC, there's just a lack of venues in which to put them.

Comparable venues for those SF venues would be 9:30, Warner and The Black Cat.    Why couldn't those 3 bands play those?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

I was under the impression that the 3 SF venues listed for those bands are all 1500-2000 person venues? Black Cat isn't comparable, and Warner rarely if ever books anything.

[Vas Deferens]

Redsock,
 
 That's the week before Coachella weekend. It happens to SF every year.
 
 But, SF gets some rare ones on Thursday, Friday and Saturday:
 
 Thursday - Calvin Harris at 330 Ritch
 Friday - Plasticines at Rickshaw Stop
 Saturday - Goldfrapp at Warfield (early)
 Saturday - Simian Mobile Disco / Cut Copy / Black Kids @ Mezzanine (late, doors at 10)
 
 bonus on Sunday: The Mae Shi with PRE and XBXRX at Bottom of the Hill.
 
 See you Saturday and Sunday?   :eek:  
 
 

Originally posted by redsock:
  So, I'm heading back to SF for work next week, looking for a show and I see the line-up for Wednesday night.
 
 Raconteurs at Bimbo's
 Yeasayer and Man Man at GAMH
 DCFC and Cave Singers at the Fillmore
 Caribou and Fuck Buttoms at the Independent
 The Verve @ Warfield
 
 Same night. Maybe DC could hit three of these at once, maybe. But, we're not SF.

[xneverwherex]

The Warfield is pretty large. Im sure it holds more than 1500-2000. And Bimbo's isnt all that big. There is no way it holds that many people. Id guess The Fillmore and GAMH hold around that many.

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
  Thursday - Calvin Harris at 330 Ritch
 

Btw - thats  popscene . Every Thursday night they usually have pretty great bands playing there.