![]() ![]() John Benetti, a talent buyer for House Call Entertainment, who booked the current summer series and grew up attending and working shows at Fireside during its heyday, said it was both a reunion and a reinvention of the space, which has a quintessentially midcentury look after its 2004 renovation. It was an intergenerational mix of musicians, some of whom had played at the old Fireside and some of whom were playing there for the first time, but recalled their old days as patrons ripping tiles off the ceiling during particularly rowdy shows. ![]() On the bill were The Hundredaires, Days Off and The Blind Staggers. Those who remember the old days and those who had heard the lore came out to see the new Fireside last week. Even Fall Out Boy, with a dreadlocked Pete Wentz, rocked so hard the walls would drip with condensation. Most famously, the Alkaline Trio, Shellac, Tortoise, Sleater-Kinney, Ted Leo, the Dismemberment Plan and Los Crudos, a seminal hard-core punk band that defined Spanish-speaking punk music in Chicago and beyond, all played there. Regardless of the various criticisms, the SOH stands as one of the most iconic structures in the world and will always represent a moment of very progressive foresight which happened during an otherwise rather plain and pedestrian cultural landscape of late-1950s Australia.īy the way, the Peter Fitzsimons audiobook called “The Opera House” is a great listen if you’re a fan of books about architecture.“Everybody during the ’90s that did any touring at all, that was remotely independent or underground, played the Fireside,” said Martin Sorrondeguy, lead singer of Los Crudos, a Latino punk group from Pilsen and a Fireside regular. Some designers bemoan the somewhat lacking acoustics of the Opera House, but part of that reputation still exist because it didn’t get completed to the plans of original visionary Danish architect, Jørn Utzon. The construction was a massive struggle both technically and politically and it spanned over decades. When David Attenborough was just 24, he helped director John Weiley put the film together and it is a uniquely raw and honest look at the confounding mess that was the long, arduous buildout process. “Autopsy on a Dream” is an utterly fascinating, long lost (buried in archives for 50 years) BBC documentary about the building of the Sydney Opera House. The journey it retells is unforgettable and essential for those who reside in the world of music. If you are interested in music venues, urban planning, city politics, cultural wellness, or even just unlikely stories where great happenstances bring a lot smart folks together who actuate a huge project, I hightly recommend the new book “This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better.” A whopping 6 chapters detail the process with the city of Huntsville and tvg hospitality. It is an arduous process, but what is happening in Huntsville truly shows the value of their work. ![]() Then, after an immense amount of work on the front end, they connect cities and people who can help facilitate their recommendations. In the most over-simplified sense, the audits they do start with a deep research dive into what a city is lacking with venues and other music scene infrastructure. Shain was strikingly modest and genuine about all the work his company has been doing with Music Audits for cities around the world. Auf Discogs können Sie sich ansehen, wer an 1999 CDvon 4/18/97 (Fireside Bowl - Chicago, IL) mitgewirkt hat, Rezensionen und Titellisten lesen und auf dem Marktplatz nach der Veröffentlichung suchen. It took place at Jeff and Blues on the Orion campus and the evening had really warm vibes all around. I was genuinely blown away by the presentation and panel Shain Shapiro (the founder of Sound Diplomamcy) moderated with a few of the key people responsible for bringing the Orion Amphithear to Huntsville, Alabama. The Fireside Bowl: An unlikely place for punks of all ages By the way, a major shoutout to the Firehouse Community Center here in Birmingham - they do so many incredible to help foster young people through music.Īnyway, the story is worth the listen if you have the time. Having these outlets as prime entry points is essential to creating a thriving music scene in any particular city. Ultimately, and regardless of scale, live music is most predominantly about community. There is no telling how many legendary bands formed because the members were once kids who saw shows at spaces like these. Having all ages spaces like the Fireside in Chicago, the Einstein A-Go-Go in Jacksonville, and Jabberjaw in LA (to name a few) really opened the doors for such creative, vibrant music scenes. We started our band when we were still teenagers and often we couldn’t play at 21+ bars and venues. I was honored that Man or Astro-Man? got mentioned in this recent WBEZ Chicago radio story as one of the memorable shows that happened at the Fireside Bowl. ![]()
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