9:30=good, neighborhood=bad

[Fico]

Originally posted by eddie:
  The lot has never sold out in advance.  So you can always buy a ticket for the parking lot in advance.  For tickets to the parking lot,  there is a $2 service charge through tickets.com and $0 from our box office.   There is no safer place to park around the club than the parking lot behind the  club.    The incident Saturday night at 8th and V had nothing to do with patrons of the 9:30 Club.

I never suggested it had anything to do with the patrons of 9:30. 9:30 is an outstanding venue..DC9 and Velvet are important music venues in their own right. Sadly none of the 3 are located in a particularly safe area and the idea behind this post was to ask around about parking areas where you could hedge, even if slightly, the possibility (a very real one) of having your car burglarized.

[hitman]

Originally posted by eddie:
  The lot has never sold out in advance.  So you can always buy a ticket for the parking lot in advance.  For tickets to the parking lot,  there is a $2 service charge through tickets.com and $0 from our box office.   There is no safer place to park around the club than the parking lot behind the  club.    The incident Saturday night at 8th and V had nothing to do with patrons of the 9:30 Club.

Can you divulge what happened at that intersection, or is it top secret?  I just wanted to know, because I was a bit worried.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Maybe you could stick to doing shows at Iota, Galaxy Hut, and the Grog and Tankard.
 
 
 

Originally posted by Fico:
   

Originally posted by eddie:
  The lot has never sold out in advance.  So you can always buy a ticket for the parking lot in advance.  For tickets to the parking lot,  there is a $2 service charge through tickets.com and $0 from our box office.   There is no safer place to park around the club than the parking lot behind the  club.    The incident Saturday night at 8th and V had nothing to do with patrons of the 9:30 Club.

I never suggested it had anything to do with the patrons of 9:30. 9:30 is an outstanding venue..DC9 and Velvet are important music venues in their own right. Sadly none of the 3 are located in a particularly safe area and the idea behind this post was to ask around about parking areas where you could hedge, even if slightly, the possibility (a very real one) of having your car burglarized. [/b]

[jkeisenh]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  or have a significant other     :p    
 
   

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  while we're at it, let's rehash the tickets.com service fee discussion.  and the discussion about security at the club.
 
 sorry i can't relate.  i don't own a windshield or car windows.

[/b]

please be forgiving.  i know it's chimbly-going-crazy day, but i'm so extremely underworked.  it's stressful, being this underworked.

[eddie]

Sorry Fico,  my original post was misleading.  I didn't think you were saying a patron broke into your friend's car.  There were two repsonses in my one post with no paragraph to separate the two.  
 As to the incident down at 8th and V involving the police,  we don't know what exactly happened but we can say that there were no ambulances and that dark blue Department of the Medical Examiner truck didn't show up so it could not have been too bad.

[kill]

Here's a thought, DON'T DRIVE!  Its totally metro accessable, or busable or walkable.  And don't leave crap in your car...yes swiffers are hot commodity on the black market these days.  If I'd had seen it I would have definitely thought twice about trading your swiffer in for some crack.

[thirsty moore]

Isn't a swiffer one of those vacuum cleaners?

[Random Citizen]

Originally posted by econo:
  Isn't a swiffer one of those vacuum cleaners?

It's more of a clothmop.
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[ggw]

I thought a swiffer was like a fluffer.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by kill:
  swiffers are hot commodity on the black market these days

racist

[RatBastard]

Been to MANY shows.  A vast majority of the time we park in the alley leading to the lot.  In some instances we will park in the lot.  NEVER had an issue.  Sorry for what went down with your car.  Four times seems a lot to be all by chance.  Not sure what to tell you other than maybe try parking in a different place.  The alley (or whatever street it is) that leads to the lot has always been safe for us.

[HoyaSaxa03]

not a particularly safe area??? u street corridor!?!?!?
 
 not to pull out the sheltered suburbanite dis, but this isn't 1991 ... i never feel unsafe walking around the 930 club, that area is perfectly fine, especially compared to other parts of our fine city.
 
 luckily, i live in adams morgan, don't own a car, and couldn't be happier.  i heard the grog and tankard has really cool bands, and glover park is squeeeeaky clean.
 
 

Originally posted by Fico:
  DC9 and Velvet are important music venues in their own right. Sadly none of the 3 are located in a particularly safe area ...

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Fico:
  what a shite neighborhood..it's gotten to the point where I don't invite friends to my band's gigs at DC9 or Velvet out of fear they'll break into their cars..
 

huh?!? "it's gotten to the point"?!? ... that area has improved immensely in just the last few years, anyone with eyes can see that ...

[eltee]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  not to pull out the sheltered suburbanite dis, but this isn't 1991 ... i never feel unsafe walking around the 930 club, that area is perfectly fine, especially compared to other parts of our fine city.
   

Originally posted by Fico:
  DC9 and Velvet are important music venues in their own right. Sadly none of the 3 are located in a particularly safe area ...

[/b]

Yes it's better than other parts of the city, but there are still car break-ins and muggings over there that people should just be aware of and seek alterations in how they do things.

[thirsty moore]

Let's not get into this.