Drew2
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Post by Drew2 on Apr 6, 2004 19:44:58 GMT -5
Well Drew, since you are in Louisville and all, how about heading down to the Brown Theatre ticket office and purchase a large block for all of us? This would save all of us from those exhorbitant TMaster fees! Since that's not likely, can you share what the better watering holes are around the Brown Theatre district? I really don't like drinking in Hotel bars if I don't have to. You know, something with a decent jukebox and cheap beer? I'd hate to promise tix w/no service charge and be unable to deliver. If it's not raining on Saturday, my dad is coming up to help me fix a very large hole in my yard, so I wouldn't be able to get down to the Brown (ha!) at 10. I'll let you know later in the week on that one. Some of the better watering holes include: (from www.louisville.com/leobarguide.ihtml) My comments in italicsAkiko’s, 1123 Bardstown Road, 459-8020. Open daily 9:30pm-4am. Beer $2-$4.25. Wine $3.75 Karaoke bar/dance floor. Cool bartender: Minhee. Best karaoke bar in townThe Back Door, 1250 Bardstown Road, 451-0659. Open daily 4pm-4am. Mixed drinks: $2-$3.75. Beer $1.75-$4. Highlands neighborhood bar. Cool bartenders: Carrie, Mary Ann and Dave. Very Cheap Booze, and Jagermeister on tapFlanagan’s Ale House, 934 Baxter Ave., 585-3700. Open daily 5pm-4am. Mixed drinks $3.50-$7. Beer $2.50-$16. Pizza pub. Cool bartenders: Joe and Dave. Best beer club in the city. The wife and I both have mugs there. Good pizza too. Our favorite place to hang out.Magnolia Bar and Grill, 1398 S. Second St., 637-9052. Open daily 2pm-4am. Mixed drinks $2-$4. Beer $1.25-$3. Old Louisville alternative rock bar. Cool bartender: Maggie. Best jukebox in town. Good luck getting a song on in under 3 hours.Stevie Ray’s, 230 E. Main St., 582-9945. Open Mon-Fri 4pm-?, Sat 6pm-? Mixed drinks $3-$6.50. Beer $3-$5. Blues bar; live music nightly. Cool bartenders: all of them. Wick’s Pizza Pub, 973 Baxter Ave., 479-3000; Open Mon-Fri 11am-4am, Sat noon-4am, Sun 1pm-4am. Mixed drinks $2.50-$5.75. Beer $1.50-$4.75. Pizza pub; live music most nights. Best Pizza in townThe Mag Bar and Stevie Ray's are both downtown (But not within walking distance of the Brown) The others are all in a small area of the Highlands, where I used to live. (Again, not within walking distance of the Brown, but definitely within a 5-10min car/cab ride). Speaking of the bar at the Brown: Brown Hotel Bar, 335 W. Broadway, 583-1234. Open daily 3pm-2am. Mixed drinks $7-$9 and up. Beer $4-$5. Luxury hotel bar. Cool bartenders: Kim and Ellen. Yikes on the prices. I've only been there for the christmas party of a former employer and booze was gratisHope the info helps. Of course, these are all places I would go to (except maybe Stevie Ray's - not a real blues fan), but all of them should be realtively safe (especially the ones in the Highlands).
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Drew2
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Post by Drew2 on Apr 6, 2004 19:49:51 GMT -5
I'm in the Midwest and about 4 miles from KY, so I think there is some kind of reciprocity agreement.. This whole topic has me wondering the furthest distance anyone here has travelled only to see a concert? Can anyone top the Board Mistress flying from Beantown to MPLS for the guthrie shows? Kentucky is the ultimate "tweener" state. Nobody wants to claim us (because of the cousin thing I suppose), but we're mostly viewed as a Southern State. Of course, anyone from TN, MS, AL or GA, calls us a "Yankee" state. Louisville is really a great city to travel from because if you draw a 6 hour drive radius around it you get: Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, etc. Furthest I've travelled for a concert is Chicago for Farm Aid in 96 or 97 (Damn lost brain cells).
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Post by A Regular on Apr 6, 2004 19:59:15 GMT -5
thanks Drew...just kidding about buying a bunch of tickets. I wouldn't trust these people to pay up!
Magnolia, Flanagans, and Backdoor all sound good, though I'm not sure about a place that sells Jager on tap...that sounds dangerous! I'm not posting anyone's bail!
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HotUn
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Post by HotUn on Apr 7, 2004 0:56:16 GMT -5
If we can spend all day Sunday at Churchill Downs kitten and I may fly down from Duluth, MN for the weekend. Does anyone have a compulsive gamblers guide to a Paul/Pony show?
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Post by elgoodo on Apr 7, 2004 5:56:03 GMT -5
how many plan on buying tickets for the Friday show, as well ?...
(Blasty - does this mean you plan on making the trip?..)
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Post by A Regular on Apr 7, 2004 6:34:55 GMT -5
I'm going Friday evening too. Plan on cutting out a little early from work, making it around 4 or 5.
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Drew2
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Post by Drew2 on Apr 7, 2004 16:49:32 GMT -5
I'm also planning on attending both nights. Ben Folds is a BLAST live.
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Post by A Regular on Apr 7, 2004 17:34:52 GMT -5
where oh where has media25 gone. S/he almost promised to put a Hootenanny together for the group that makes it there. I figure that may be better than any other after concert show.
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Post by Kathy on Apr 8, 2004 18:51:54 GMT -5
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Post by prozach on Apr 9, 2004 13:32:45 GMT -5
Click on the link Kathy posted and you can get to a bio page that describes his TONES as "Bitter, Cynical/Sarcastic, Ironic, Literate, Rowdy"
All they left off was boring enormous.
(Also, named Gin Blossoms as a related artist)
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Post by prozach on Apr 9, 2004 13:35:16 GMT -5
Also, does anyone have any idea/info on what final Ticketmaster price might be and if/when it might sell out?
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Post by revolvingradio on Apr 9, 2004 13:58:04 GMT -5
Hello Everyone! My first post here, just wanted to drop a line to say that me and 3 friends-in-Paul will be making the trip from Chicago. I will be arriving Thursday night by air since I am attending the conference for my internet radio station. The rest of the 'em are scheduled to arrive Friday night. We all are going to both shows and we're all staying at the Brown Hotel. One thing I should mention, if you'd like to get tickets TODAY instead of waiting for the regular sale, I found out from a very helpful person at WHPK that you can become a member and get the presale password. I don't know what the minimum donation is but if you're interested in finding out, you can all 502-814-6565. And make sure you call instead of doing it over the web because they may not process it in time. Also, if no one answers, leave a message with your # and they will promptly call you back. (This is what my non-conference attendees did to score there tix ahead of time) As for it selling out, the WFPK woman said that she didn't think it likely it would sell out during the pre-sale but that it probably will sell out eventually. The pre-sale password was emailed to 2500 subscribers, but you gotta figure that most public radio subscribers are not Sonic Youth/Westerberg fans. Thanks Drew2 for providing that list of bars. Is anyone organizing a meet-up for Paul fans? Maybe we could all meet before the show Saturday for a pre-show cocktail? See ya all there!! ;D Best, Angelique dj@revolvingradio.net www.revolvingradio.net
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Post by elgoodo on Apr 9, 2004 15:59:23 GMT -5
mrs radio, I think most of the out-of-towners are staying at the Brown hotel, which is right next to the venue... so, I figured that since the shows start at 7pm (doors open at 6:30) we could meet up at the bar at the Brown hotel (at least Friday night) beforehand, and then, after the show, go wherever Freddy suggests... does anyone know the seating capacity of the Brown Theater?... p.s. as per your radio program, my band should be wrapping up our new record within the month... what are the chances of being added to the rotation?.. (I am an avid palm-greaser... ) yer pal, el goodo
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Post by A Regular on Apr 9, 2004 17:57:25 GMT -5
I read that the Brown seats 1400, and the seats are general admission according to Dan at the radio station in Louisville.
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Post by FeelinLike100Bucks on Apr 9, 2004 20:06:20 GMT -5
Anybody have info. on band or no band for Westerberg?
And, does somebody want to trade disks? I haven't kept up with Sonic Youth since the early 90's. I could make a pretty good Patti Smith comp. disk in exchange for a SY.
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Post by A Regular on Apr 10, 2004 9:19:17 GMT -5
Ticketmaster can EAt ME.
$24.30 for a $15 ticket, times 2? They make twenty bucks for 3 minutes worth of transaction. At least the postage was "free".
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Post by prozach on Apr 10, 2004 15:55:21 GMT -5
mmm . . . is it me, or are they sold out?
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Post by elgoodo on Apr 10, 2004 16:13:58 GMT -5
wow, prozach.. for once it looks like you're right...
as of 4:00 pm cst, it appears that the Saturday night show with Paul is indeed sold out... still tickets available for the Friday night show...
goodo thing I secured some tickets this morning for myself, swinginp, and the gtrplyr....
anyone else score?..
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Post by prozach on Apr 10, 2004 16:22:47 GMT -5
And prozach has screwed up yet again. Anybody hear of any other way to get one or any tickets up for grabs let me know.
I thought it wasn't suposed to sell out for days ? ! ?
grrr mrbfghsgovhoi!!!!!
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Post by revolvingradio on Apr 10, 2004 16:48:10 GMT -5
I figured that since the shows start at 7pm (doors open at 6:30) we could meet up at the bar at the Brown hotel (at least Friday night) beforehand, and then, after the show, go wherever Freddy suggests... sounds good to me! p.s. as per your radio program, my band should be wrapping up our new record within the month... what are the chances of being added to the rotation?.. (I am an avid palm-greaser... ) i would be happy to check it out el goodo. you can get the radio station mailing address off the web site or you could just bring a copy to louisville. and about saturday's show selling out...that sucks! one option if you're really desperate and have the $...attendees of the conference get tickets to all the events. i probably would not pay $150 myself just to get the tickets but thought i'd throw it out anyway.
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