OK, kids - it's back. Reopening tonight with GWAR ( http://www.gwar.net)
- wear a raincoat - and tomorrow with Los Lonely Boys (
http://www.loslonelyboys.org/ ). Also, a lunch show in The Entry tomorrow
at Noon w/ STNNNG ( http://www.falserumor.com/thestunning/ ).
I believe that this city - starting with R.T. Rybak, who has publicly
declared his love for the place on numerous occassions, and Natalie Johnson
Lee, the City Council rep. for the clubs address - right down to each and
every citizen, owes Steve McClellan, Jack Meyers and Byron Frank a sincere
thank you and a debt of gratitude for their undying dedication and
persistence to keep this landmark establishment open. Now in the ownership
of a hands-on operations staff, our city can look forward to the opportunity
of having many great local, national, and international acts putting on
tremendous shows (I've personally seen such acts as R.E.M. and U2 at the
venue, before they "made it big"). In addition, the philanthropy of DAMF,
events such as the annual Curtiss A. Tribute to John Lennon (every Dec. 8th,
dating back to 1980), and JC Superstar (every Good Friday), and the
occassional Holiday dinner for staff, family, and friends of the club, are
just a few of the reasons too numerous to mention here to get out there and
support "OUR' club.
There had been problems here for a few years - anyone who passed through
those doors knew it - and now they're finally settled. One of those
problems is larger corporations booking acts that had traditionally visited
First Ave. into other clubs, some say with a veiled threat that if they
played the Ave. in Mpls., they would not be supported in other cities.
These are only rumors, and nobody's talking.
But when time came around, there was a whole mess of talk - "Oh, that's
terrible. What are we going to do? I'm certainly not going to support that
OTHER club." "Why is that happening? It's the best place in the world to
see a show?" (Truth be told - it IS). "we should have a fundraiser to bail
them out of their financial problems."
Fine.
Starting today, we're at Ground Zero (pun intended). Everything is just
fine.
But, in order to ensure that these problems don't arise again, we need to
actually GET OUT THERE and support the place financially. Yes - Steve is
generous with comps. But if you can afford to actually pay money to see a
show, don't use them; give them to a friend who might like the show but just
can't afford it right now. Buy their merch. Tip your bartenders.
Volunteer to take tix, put up posters, run tix to vendors. Tell your
friends.
We dodged a bullet, folks - a REALLY big bullet. You only go around once
in life, so let's make this good. Lets make it work.
Don't let this ever happen again.
Oh, and Steve, Jack, and Byron... "Thanks"
-Kenneth J. Peterson
Downtown
"I'm Kenneth J. Peterson, and I approve of this email."
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/entertainment/10205221.htm?1c
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1371/5091681.html
http://www.citypages.com/databank/25/1249/article12657.asp
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vivafirstavenue?yguid=204346128
http://www.tcpunk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4156&start=225
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