Venue Survey

[Drew_Kingsley]

I was just kind of wondering what everybody\'s opinions are about the various venues we\'ve seen PB play.

Best/worst venue to see a show:

Best/worst venue to drive to or to find:

Best/worst venue to drink:

Best/worst venue to get lit (in terms of getting caught):

Best/worst security:

Best/worst management:

Anything else?

[tiedyetoga]

Best/worst venue to see a show:
Best - Bowery Ballroom, NYC/ Puppet House Theatre, CT
Worst - Husky Blues, CT

Best/worst venue to drive to or to find:
Best - Toads Place, CT
Worst - No Moore Bar, NYC

Best/worst venue to drink:
Best - Tobacco Road, NYC
Worst - No Moore Bar, NYC

Best/worst venue to get lit (in terms of getting caught):
Best - Living Room, RI
Worst - Webster Theatre, CT

Best/worst security:
Best - Tobacco Road, NYC
Worst - Webster Theatre, CT

Best/worst management:
Best - Toads Place, CT
Worst - Palace Theatre, CT (They had no clue what was going on.)

[Drew_Kingsley]

Best/worst venue to see a show:
Best - Living Room, Providence, RI
Worst - Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT

Best/worst venue to drive to or to find:
Best - Toad\'s Place or Webster Theatre
Worst - La Cocina, Pittsfield, MA (generally north?)

Best/worst venue to drink:
Being a li\'l 18 year old, I couldn\'t tell you.

Best/worst venue to get lit (in terms of getting caught):
Best - Living Room, Providence, RI
Worst - Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT

Best/worst security:
Best - Chittenden Park, Guilford, CT
Worst - Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT (Fuckers asked me to narc on you guys)

Best/worst management:
Best - No idea...
Worst - Toad\'s Place, New Haven, CT (It seems they\'ve screwed with PB a couple of times)

[tiedyetoga]

For Best and worst management what aspect do you mean? How do they run the club, or how do they treat the crowd and the band?

[davepeck]

Originally posted by Drew_Kingsley
Best/worst venue to see a show:
:yack:Best - Living Room, Providence, RI
Worst - Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT

:hscratch:

i think you got those backwards, drew... :confused:

[tiedyetoga]

Thats right, the Living Room is a dump. They don\'t care about anything which is cool, but still its a shithole.

[davepeck]

right.. if you\'re going because you\'re young and wanna get messed up, it\'s great... but you can do that in your basement..

if you\'re going there for the music, the sound is shitty, the lights blow, and the place is a filthy shithole.. :poopself:

[Wolfman]

Best/worst venue to see a show:
Best:  Jess\' House in Chittendon Park or GAMH in San Fran, and Butterfield (R.I.P.)
Worst: Dying Room

Best/worst venue to drive to or to find:
Best: None.  (Woulda been Callahan\'s)  
Worst:  Everything else, esp. Dying Room

Best/worst venue to drink:
Best: CBC, or anyplace south of the Mason-Dixie line.
Worst: Tobacco Road ($$$)    


Best/worst venue to get lit (in terms of getting caught):
N/A

Best/worst security:
Best:  Powder Hollow Barn, Butterfield (R.I.P.), anything west of the Rockies.    
Worst:  Toad\'s.  By far.  2nd place Dying Room.

Best/worst management:
Best:  Club Soda on Block Island, anything run by Grillmaster Dave, anything west of the Rockies.
Worst:  Pearl Street/Iron Horse (Iron Horse Entertainment Group)

[Wolfman]

Here are some more categories for the venue survey!

Best/Worst Food

Best/Worst venue for entertainment besides the band (pool, video games, pinball, etc.)

Best/Worst place to meet a classy lady

Best/Worst place to meet a swallow

Best/Worse place to get head out back

Best/Worst lot

Best/Worst place to climb a fence

Best/Worst place to purchase/sell drugs

Best/Worst smelling venue

Best/Worst place to get in a fight

Best/Worst place to bring your underage cousin

[Drew_Kingsley]

I feel the need to explain my choice of The Living Room for "Best Venue To See A Show".  I don\'t drink or smoke, and I\'ve never been to most of the venues other people picked (Butterfield, Puppet House, Bowery Ballroom).  The best I figured two of my favorite shows (keep in mind I haven\'t been to hundreds of shows like the rest of you) were at The Living Room (05/09/2003 and 06/13/2003).  So it was on that basis that I chose The Living Room as my favorite PB venue.

And just in case, the other venues where I\'ve seen the band are:

Callahan\'s
Toad\'s Place (twice)
Common Grounds (Diesel Experiment)
Chittenden Park (twice)
Elm City Underground (Diesel Experiment)
Springdale Turn Hall (Diesel Experiment)
Funktion
Pearl Street (twice)
La Cocina

So maybe if I\'d been to Callahan\'s more often or if the nice folks at Pearl Street didn\'t throw me out into the freezing cold after a show while Chris packed up his recording gear, my answer would be different.  But for now it\'s The Living Room, and I stand by it.

By the way, I hope this didn\'t sound bitter.  I know The Living Room is a complete shithole.

[Drew_Kingsley]

Originally posted by tiedyetoga
For Best and worst management what aspect do you mean? How do they run the club, or how do they treat the crowd and the band?

I\'m not sure how to explain exactly what I meant by "management".  It\'s my opinion that you can tell who is running a class act and who has his thumb up his ass.  There are some disputes however.  For example is a venue that ends a show right on schedule a good venue or a bad venue.  Technically I suppose that shows a tight operation, but it\'s not good for us concert-goers.  I guess how you answer that is up to you.

[Wolfman]

Reloading this thread for some new people who haven\'t seen it, and for anyone who hasn\'t responded.  This is a core thread.  What do the people say?

[helluvahat]

Best/worst venue to see a show:
Best - Tobacco Rd - NYC
Worst - The Dying Room - Providence, RI

Best/worst venue to drive to or to find:
Best - Toad\'s Place - New Haven, CT
Worst - La Cocina - Armpittsfield, MA

Best/worst venue to drink:
Best - Cafe Nine - New Haven, CT
Worst - Anywhere in NYC - I\'m cheap!

Best/worst venue to get lit (in terms of getting caught):
Best - Tobacco Rd - NYC
Worst - Webster Theatre - Hartford , CT

Best/worst security:
Best - Chittenden Park, Guilford, CT (I\'m with Drew!)
Worst - Webster Theatre - Hartford, CT

Best/worst management:
Best - Cliffahan\'s!!  
Worst - The Dying Room - Providence, RI

[Stephengencs]

I was just kind of wondering what everybody\'s opinions are about the various venues we\'ve seen PB play.

Best/worst venue to see a show:
Best: Porters
Worst: The Webster

Best/worst venue to drive to or to find:
Best: Cafe9
Worst: The Webster

Best/worst venue to drink:
Best: Porters
Worst: The Webster

Best/worst venue to get lit (in terms of getting caught):
Best: Porters
Worst: The Webster

Best/worst security:
Best: Porters
Worst: The Webster

Best/worst management:
Best: Porters
Worst: The Webster

[weekapaug19]

I guess you like The Webster