tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post6537737366184466558..comments2024-02-12T06:10:14.590-08:00Comments on Culture Shock: Rockin' and Rollin' in Southeast Portland?culturejockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14263465772349376129noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-12630906204575024932008-11-19T17:17:00.000-08:002008-11-19T17:17:00.000-08:00Randy Rapaport has left a long trail of bad debt, ...Randy Rapaport has left a long trail of bad debt, at the Clinton. To bad he is headlining this show.headsUphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09695355022630909733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-43759612217797277822008-10-27T20:31:00.000-07:002008-10-27T20:31:00.000-07:00A rock venue in that neighborhood would certainly ...A rock venue in that neighborhood would certainly add some interesting late-night verve. We went to AudioCinema (226 SE Madison) a few years ago when PICA held its TBA afterhours party there. After parking, we walked the shadowy blocks to the venue, across the railroad tracks, past open loading bay doors spilling light and revealing the late-night activity that makes it a true working neighborhood. A fog machine spewing knee-high plumes of smoke was all that was needed to turn it into a film noir film set.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be cool if there was a music venue on the industrial waterfront with a retractable roof for summer concerts? I imagine that retractable roofs don't come cheap. I think an outdoor venue for a few thousand people close to downtown would be a hit (except for the rainy season). Ten years ago, somebody set up a temporary venue in NW Portland on Front-- the River Queen Showplace. Nothing fancy about it, but it was outdoors and not a bad place for a concert on a nice summer night(we saw John Fogerty there).MightyToyCannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523823158706838012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-67944924026758877682008-10-27T11:46:00.000-07:002008-10-27T11:46:00.000-07:00As an owner of design firm within a few blocks of ...As an owner of design firm within a few blocks of this venue, I think it would be an exciting addition to the neighborhood, and an appropriate one. Housing has been legislated out of this district entirely, so performance venues, especially rock venues, work down here. No one will be bothered by the noise or the late night crowds. <BR/><BR/>The parking is a big question, though. This is still a "working" neighborhood, with plenty of loading and unloading going on in the wee hours. Maybe the venue could work out in an off-hours arrangement with OMSI, who has acres of parking in the district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-10423283791776150492008-10-24T12:41:00.000-07:002008-10-24T12:41:00.000-07:00PSU’s Architecture Department is hosting a “Praxi...PSU’s Architecture Department is hosting a “Praxis” lecture featuring Venue 300b next Wednesday, October 29th, 5:30 in the recently refurbished Shattuck Hall Annex at PSU. I'm going to try and attend!culturejockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14263465772349376129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-44024134495495767862008-10-23T17:15:00.000-07:002008-10-23T17:15:00.000-07:00Please do post about Milepost 5. I'm interested in...Please do post about Milepost 5. I'm interested in how that's going. I presume sales are tough in our current economic environment, and I understand the definition of "artist" has been loosened. Also, its website refers to people as "creatives" too much.<BR/><BR/>As to whether the planned SE PDX rock venue could also serve the "fine arts," I'm guessing that would depend on economics of rental rates and schedule availability. I believe the PCPA likes to book rock concerts into the Schnitz because they can charge a higher rent than the standard non-profit, resident company rate. Plus, rock acts are able to load-in, sound-check, perform, party with groupies, load-out and move on down the road in less than 24 hours. I doubt a rock hall's operators would be willing to commit a block of time for an extended theater run that would also include teching. Perhaps White Bird would be interested in presenting dance there -- they're used to short runs at the Schnitz, though the companies will also need tech time in advance. I can't remember if the 2,000 person capacity of the new venue's design assumes seated or standing audiences. <BR/><BR/>Still, I like the idea of having a facility of that size that is used by a variety of audiences experiencing the arts in diverse ways.MightyToyCannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523823158706838012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-28963475783700184482008-10-22T11:20:00.000-07:002008-10-22T11:20:00.000-07:00I find this fascinating. BEAM is doing some intere...I find this fascinating. BEAM is doing some interesting work right now, and they're the same folks behind MILEPOST 5, a live/work artists community in Montavilla that has had its own ups and downs. (Been wanting to blog on that for a while now... one of these days I'll get around to it!)<BR/><BR/>But to bring the discussion solidly into Culture Shock territory, several arts organizations have been expressing the need for a 1,500 to 2,000 seat venue for years, and while this doesn't eliminate the need for the opera, the ballet, and the symphony to have the kind of facility that suits those fine art forms (see Bob Hicks' very fine analysis at http://www.artscatter.com/?s=PCPA), I wonder what opportunities exist to incorporate features into THIS that would make the venue conducive for some performing arts (a contemporary dance piece comes to mind) as well as live music. <BR/><BR/>Or imagine catching the Decemberists one night, and taking your kids to Charlotte's Web the next afternoon. Ha! Don't mind that stale beer smell, kids. <BR/><BR/>But seriously... any synergies to be realized?culturejockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14263465772349376129noreply@blogger.com