02-21-2009, 05:26 PM
The star of the show was the newly restored Fox. All that stuff you may have been hearing about how beautiful it is? True, all true. Its absolutely gorgeous. It's the most beautiful theater in the whole bay area now. You must see a show there just to see this house. It's amazing what $58 mill can do for a 1920's theater that's been closed since the summer of love.
This show was a shake of the tree - the leaves of which will be the healing of the nation - shake and see what falls out. RGMFN previously filled BGC, a 7000-seat house with large vendor sections. Fox is 3000, or so I'm told - and they couldn't sell it out. What's more, it's in the very heart of Oaksterdam, a block from Oaksterdam U itself and nestled within some half dozen compassionate medical clubs. If reggae can't sell in this 'hood, that economy is hurting.
Rootz Underground was good live, better than in previous listening, but Dm couldn't tune in because he was busy exploring the house and running the occasional call. Knaan, hell, wasn't even aware when he was on - must have been snooping or on calls or schmoozing or reconnecting. Julian, who dm was chastising earlier for being the only Marley bro that only imitates his dad, put out a good unique sound which dm only caught a tiny bit of. Must reevalute Julian. Scratch seemed on, doing some classic Marley riddems, but again, rm was busy and there was so much to see and do, it was hard to tune in properly. Stephen, who's known more for mixing, threw it down acoustic and it was awesome - had a great flute & sax accompaniment too. Really wish dm could have seen more of that. Dm almost wished he bought a ticket.
Rm was busy, mostly people getting lightheaded, nothing serious. There's this awesome floor vent system that shunts cool air in from the outside, so even in the thickest front of stage, it's relatively cool. That's amazing architecture. All theaters should have that. Why was that abandoned? The space for rm is awkward. There's no place to lie down a patient, which is a major oversight...duh. Right now, there's a neighboring area in construction to be a restaurant (scheduled to open in a year) and so patients can lie there next to the trash for now. :roll:
The Fox is set up to be the flagship venue for Another Planet. Dm imagines he might be crossing paths with Doom there soon. ED, tg, LB (anyone else go to live music here?) give dm a shout out if you plan to go.
This show was a shake of the tree - the leaves of which will be the healing of the nation - shake and see what falls out. RGMFN previously filled BGC, a 7000-seat house with large vendor sections. Fox is 3000, or so I'm told - and they couldn't sell it out. What's more, it's in the very heart of Oaksterdam, a block from Oaksterdam U itself and nestled within some half dozen compassionate medical clubs. If reggae can't sell in this 'hood, that economy is hurting.
Rootz Underground was good live, better than in previous listening, but Dm couldn't tune in because he was busy exploring the house and running the occasional call. Knaan, hell, wasn't even aware when he was on - must have been snooping or on calls or schmoozing or reconnecting. Julian, who dm was chastising earlier for being the only Marley bro that only imitates his dad, put out a good unique sound which dm only caught a tiny bit of. Must reevalute Julian. Scratch seemed on, doing some classic Marley riddems, but again, rm was busy and there was so much to see and do, it was hard to tune in properly. Stephen, who's known more for mixing, threw it down acoustic and it was awesome - had a great flute & sax accompaniment too. Really wish dm could have seen more of that. Dm almost wished he bought a ticket.
Rm was busy, mostly people getting lightheaded, nothing serious. There's this awesome floor vent system that shunts cool air in from the outside, so even in the thickest front of stage, it's relatively cool. That's amazing architecture. All theaters should have that. Why was that abandoned? The space for rm is awkward. There's no place to lie down a patient, which is a major oversight...duh. Right now, there's a neighboring area in construction to be a restaurant (scheduled to open in a year) and so patients can lie there next to the trash for now. :roll:
The Fox is set up to be the flagship venue for Another Planet. Dm imagines he might be crossing paths with Doom there soon. ED, tg, LB (anyone else go to live music here?) give dm a shout out if you plan to go.
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