are we less of a night owl city than we once were?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Dude, not everyone works 9 to 5.
 
 

Originally posted by bellenseb:
  Late nite weeknight shows are a drag. I went to see Alasdair Roberts at the Warehouse and he went on about 1:15 on a Tuesday.
 
 We don't need afternoon shows, but it'd be nice if the show could be over by midnight on a weeknight. The Black Cat varies, sometimes this is the case but other times the headliner waits til 11:30 to hit the stage.

[BookerT]

if shows started earlier and had no opening bands no clubs would be in business. if you have people in the club from, say, 8 pm to 10 pm, you sure aren't going to sell as many $5 beers as if you had people in the club from 9:30 pm to 1:30 a.m.

[redsock]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I'll bet a lot more people would go to shows if they started at 8 and ended by 11.  

DC9 had a big problem with folks not wanting to come to an early show on weekends, and have since changed their policy. Kinda rebuffs your point.

[chaz]

Originally posted by BookerT:
  if shows started earlier and had no opening bands no clubs would be in business. if you have people in the club from, say, 8 pm to 10 pm, you sure aren't going to sell as many $5 beers as if you had people in the club from 9:30 pm to 1:30 a.m.

Ding ding ding ding ding!  
 Rhett maybe you should boycott the capitalist concert system.
 Sure my legs back and eyes are a lot more tired by midnight one or two AM than they used to be, but Rock and Roll is a young man's (and woman's    ) game.  I don't expect it to grow old with me.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Well DC9 is caters to an under 25- I don't have a professional job crowd anyway.
 
 I'll bet if the Birchmere tried to keep the hours of DC9, they'd be out of business.
 
 

Originally posted by redsock:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I'll bet a lot more people would go to shows if they started at 8 and ended by 11.  

DC9 had a big problem with folks not wanting to come to an early show on weekends, and have since changed their policy. Kinda rebuffs your point. [/b]

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

well the dual sets concept kinda nicely fits the some-people-work-nine-to-five-but-other-people-don't rubric, as well.    
 
 I think Rhett should stick to Crosby Stills & Nash concerts at Merriwether Post Pavillion  

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Well DC9 is caters to an under 25- I don't have a professional job crowd anyway.
 
 I'll bet if the Birchmere tried to keep the hours of DC9, they'd be out of business.
 
 And as I said, the 9:30 and Iota, both venues with a lot of appeal to the 25+ crowd, both get their weeknight headliners on at a fairly reasonable hour.
 
   

Originally posted by redsock:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I'll bet a lot more people would go to shows if they started at 8 and ended by 11.  

DC9 had a big problem with folks not wanting to come to an early show on weekends, and have since changed their policy. Kinda rebuffs your point. [/b]

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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Who drinks more than onebeer at 11:30 on a worknight anyway?
 
 

Originally posted by BookerT:
  if shows started earlier and had no opening bands no clubs would be in business. if you have people in the club from, say, 8 pm to 10 pm, you sure aren't going to sell as many $5 beers as if you had people in the club from 9:30 pm to 1:30 a.m.

[bellenseb]

I think the DC9 thing was just backwards... earlier shows on the weekends than on the weeknights? I realize it was because of DJs, but still.

[chaz]

Mostly just loser-alcoholics, which most of us clearly are.    
 
 
 

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Who drinks more than onebeer at 11:30 on a worknight anyway?
 
   

Originally posted by BookerT:
  if shows started earlier and had no opening bands no clubs would be in business. if you have people in the club from, say, 8 pm to 10 pm, you sure aren't going to sell as many $5 beers as if you had people in the club from 9:30 pm to 1:30 a.m.

[/b]

[Guiny]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
 yup nobody gave a fuck about tommy keene    :roll:  [/QB]

And I still don't know who he is.

[redsock]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Well DC9 is caters to an under 25- I don't have a professional job crowd anyway.
 
 I'll bet if the Birchmere tried to keep the hours of DC9, they'd be out of business.
 
 

Well, since they are 21+ it seems unlikely they are looking for such a small niche as the 21-24 non-professional job crowd. The birchmere and DC9 couldn't be further apart musically. Perhaps we should just leave it at the venues should cater to their audience. The in bed by 11 set should frequent Birchmere, and the night owls (regardless of their careers) should hit Warehouse next door and VL.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

If I were a Tommy Keene fan, I'd go see him do a headlining gig at an intimate place like Iota, not doing an opening stint at 9:30.
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  There's no reason for shows to go on as late as they do. I'll bet a lot more people would go to shows if they started at 8 and ended by 11. Also, there's really no reason to have an opening act. Nobody gives a fuck about the opener. And if they do, they should just go see the opener when they have a headlining gig.

yup nobody gave a fuck about tommy keene    :roll:  [/b]

[chaz]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  If I were a Tommy Keene fan, I'd go see him do a headlining gig at an intimate place like Iota, not doing an opening stint at 9:30.
 
   

You are in truly rare form today Rhett.  I salute you.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Well thank you.
 
 But honestly, how many of the people who attended the GBV show could honestly say that the deciding factor in going was the fact that the great Tommy Keene was opening?
 
 
 

Originally posted by chaz:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  If I were a Tommy Keene fan, I'd go see him do a headlining gig at an intimate place like Iota, not doing an opening stint at 9:30.
 
   

You are in truly rare form today Rhett.  I salute you. [/b]