Streetalk: Where is the worst venue to see your favorite band?
October 30, 2007 at 7:04 pm by Jeff Slate in Streetalk
Anna: The Roxy. Every time I walk in there, it’s the same crowd — the Buckhead Betties. You get in the bathroom line and you know your favorite song is going to come on while you’re waiting, and it does, and then you’re pissed off because all the little girls are putting on their lipstick real slow. Get some more bathrooms! And when you go to a rock concert, you’re rockin’ out, you get thirsty, and they get angry if you ask for a cup of ice water. I’m a SoPo (South Ponce) girl. The Roxy is just too fabricated.
Gene: Gwinnett Arena. I hate shows there. It’s too big and impersonal. The bands don’t enjoy themselves because they don’t sell as many seats as they would like to. Tool totally sucked there. The [security] guys at Gwinnett are dicks. That’s the biggest part of it. The kid sitting beside me lit up a cigarette and was kicked out. They could have just told him to put it out. If you light another one, then we’ll kick you out. Come on, it’s a rock show. We all rage against the machine.
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Sharon: HiFi Buys. If you’re on the lawn, you’re not going to see anything except the big screens. I saw Elton John there and I got a Coke thrown on my back because I wanted to stand up and dance to the songs. The sound is not very good. It’s loud but you can’t pick up the nuance of the music. I don’t go to shows there anymore. The ambiance is like going back to high school. And last time I was there, they frisked me down worse than the TSA.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:02 am
I think we need to get some nomenclature straight here:
SoPo means “South OF Ponce,” not “South Ponce”. Ponce runs east-west.
The tern “SoPo” has been around for at least five years, probably much longer, mimicking New York’s “SoHo” and San Francisco’s “SoMa.”
For what it’s worth, the signs erected by (I assume) the City of Atlanta in the Sweet Auburn area direct people to “SoNo” (South of North) which I have not heard an actual person use, ever. But can we figure it out, please? And while we’re at it can we put “Poncey-Highland” to bed forever?
That just doesn’t make any sense at all.