Drowned in Sound - Community - Social - yet another shoreditch venue request

the area has been turned into an open prison for hipsters, if Vikram strays more than 50 metres from a visual artist a collar atached to his neck will explode!

Alex-in-Ciderland | 29 Feb '08, 13:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

sometimes i go to dalston!

and i've even been known to wander as far afield as soho, south bank, camden and ladbroke grove!

_vikram | 29 Feb '08, 13:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Seriously though

Isn't really silly to settle for a venue which may not be suitable, just because of its location?

The making or breaking gigs can often be the surroundings, sound etc, which are all dependent on the venue....

commandercool | 29 Feb '08, 13:19 | Send note | Report this | Reply

the location is more important

if it's not in shoreditch, the people we want to attend won't attend. simple as that. and shoreditch has so many venues - i don't even know how many, it must be getting on for a hundred - there has to be something suitable.

_vikram | 29 Feb '08, 13:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

This thread is making me annoyed

James out.

commandercool | 29 Feb '08, 13:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

why?

a badly located venue - even is it is ideal in other ways - will find it difficult to attract people, especially if those people are notoriously parochial

_vikram | 29 Feb '08, 13:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

well, that's true

but every single place that isn't Shoreditch isn't badly located.

nice_squirrel | 29 Feb '08, 13:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

it is for our purposes!

the people who come tend to live and / or work around here. and it's where they usually go out. they aren't gonna come to camden or even soho. i know i rarely go to gigs and tings if they aren't within walking distance - and i'm not alone in that. it's hassle, especially when there's so much on offer nearby.

_vikram | 29 Feb '08, 13:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

That depresses me massively

"Hello, I'm going to live in one of the biggest, most vibrant cities in the entire world for culture, leisure and opportunity. But I'm going to treat it like a local village and never leave one tiny pocket."

It's also got one of the best public transport systems around so it's not like getting to that private cinema in Soho (which would be ideal for you, by the way) is much of a problem.

TheoGB | 29 Feb '08, 14:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

yeah sure and it;'s not like i don't swan around london anyway

i go out A LOT (or used to anyway) so mostly i keep it local because getting home is a hassle and it's nie being ablr to just pop out to a gig or whatever for a bit. less of a mission. and one of the main reasons people live in shoreditch and certain other neighbourhoods is precisely because it is villagey...

_vikram | 29 Feb '08, 14:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

this sounds interesting

i'd like to check out one of these film nights. i won't come if it's not in shoreditch.

bleak | 29 Feb '08, 13:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

there was one last night!

the video artist dropped out two weeks before. ended up showing some hatcham social stuff - they were meant to perform too but there was a fuck up with the PA. hence wanting a venue that isn't 93 feet east. it's my friend's night, but i helped sort the replacement video/act and think i might get more involved in future ones!

_vikram | 29 Feb '08, 13:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply