Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-30 Thread Cyclone Wehner
What a shame, that was a nice lil' joint. On 29/12/2006, at 3:52 AM, John Sokolowski wrote: Oslo no more http://metrotimes.com/%5Ceditorial%5Cstory.asp?id=10006 First the sushi was gone, then the dance club went silent. Now the questions are piling up. Electronic music aficionados and fans

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-30 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
On 12/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: touch is open again in cleveland. they have been having quite a few shows there but they seem to have been poorly promoted. some in the past few months were ryan elliot, geoff white, greg gow. i had heard that they were opening again, bu

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-29 Thread diana potts
First- big cheers to Bethany. I always greatly value your input on here. What's happening in Detroit? I feel like the one I grew up with got sucked up and replaced. First, running any small business is HARD. The first five years are the roughest. I was at Oslo once and from what I remember it

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-29 Thread skept
touch is open again in cleveland. they have been having quite a few shows there but they seem to have been poorly promoted. some in the past few months were ryan elliot, geoff white, greg gow. > ive only been there twice, but it was definitely one of the perfect > dance music spots ive been to al

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-29 Thread bethany
It's a very sad time for Detroit, it feels like it is totally imploding in on itself. (Feels is putting it lightly...it *is*.) I will miss it as a venue to attend quality events, a restaurant, and a place to bring in world-class artists and not be embarrassed by crap sound, bad architecture, overz

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-29 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
On 12/28/06, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Seriously though, this is a loss. I was only there once, this year during DEMF and was struck by how perfect a venue for dance music it was. ive only been there twice, but it was definitely one of the perfect dance music spots ive been to a

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-29 Thread Patrick Wacher
Yeah I was thinking the same thing... bringing out that old defense is pretty tired. From the comments in that article it seemed like he was blaming everyone else other than himself for the closure. Peace, Patrick. On Dec 28, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Martin Dust wrote: Re Metro Article... How do

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread Martin Dust
Re Metro Article... How does "being a gay man" stop you paying your taxes and bills? m

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread Fred Heutte
I'm a bit of a contrarian on this. The booking policy at Oslo was certainly good, but the place was narrow upstairs, cramped downstairs, the sound never seemed quite right, and the cigarette smoke -- well, that's a problem everywhere, but the music room was pretty bad for that. I was only there m

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread skept
unless i missed it no one has mentioned how they like the food there. i thought it was ok but i read a lot of people on dluv saying they hated it. - Original Message - From: kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:30 pm Subject: Re: (313) Oslo Detroit

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread /0
kenT - Original Message - From: "kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "list 313" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:02 PM Subject: Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes And her name was El Oh El Ay Lola? On 12/28/06, /0 <[EMA

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread /0
rsday, December 28, 2006 2:02 PM Subject: Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes And her name was El Oh El Ay Lola? On 12/28/06, /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: she was a he - Original Message - From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursda

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread kent williams
And her name was El Oh El Ay Lola? On 12/28/06, /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: she was a he - Original Message - From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:39 PM Subject: Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Clos

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread kent williams
I feel sorry for Theakston's pug. Thank you, I'll be here all week. Seriously though, this is a loss. I was only there once, this year during DEMF and was struck by how perfect a venue for dance music it was. Smallish, very basic decor, dark, fantastic sound. It was the sort of place that had

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread /0
she was a he - Original Message - From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:39 PM Subject: Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes I'm only upset that I won't get another chance to hit on this girl that

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread David Powers
I'm only upset that I won't get another chance to hit on this girl that always worked there ;-) On 12/28/06, John Sokolowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oslo no more http://metrotimes.com/%5Ceditorial%5Cstory.asp?id=10006

Re: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread J.T.
thanks for that john... oslo was a cool place and this is sad news... ps ...'sco !? haha i like it -Original Message- >From: John Sokolowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 28, 2006 11:52 AM >To: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: (313) Oslo Detroit Closes > >Oslo n

(313) Oslo Detroit Closes

2006-12-28 Thread John Sokolowski
Oslo no more http://metrotimes.com/%5Ceditorial%5Cstory.asp?id=10006 First the sushi was gone, then the dance club went silent. Now the questions are piling up. Electronic music aficionados and fans of Japanese food (like the News Hits staff) are mourning the closing of Oslo, the downtown sus

[313] Oslo

2001-08-07 Thread james boylan
I'm off to Norway soon and was just wondering are there any clubs or record shops of note in Oslo? I'll be there on Sept 4, but I'm not sure how long I'll be staying yet (probably a few days). If anyone can help can they mail me back privately please. Cheers in advance, James