From: jojw@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (John J. Wood)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: The "cool venues" thread continues...
Date: 26 Sep 92 16:47:05 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)


Bill Andrejko writes...
>	How about The Carrier Dome in Syracuse?  Mediocre sound, for sure,
>but what about when they let the air out of it as you were leaving?  That
>alone was worth the price of admission!!!

Definitely neat, but the Carrier Dome has *horrible* acoustics, probably
the worst in an upstate NY venue.  Can you say "echo"?;-)  Put it this
way:  when the Roger Waters-less Pink Floyd played there in October '87,
the echo caused the voice tape loops to be completely out of sync with
the music.  However, that '84 Carrier Dome show ripped, with a driving
Shakedown and an Weir-inspired Smokestack, which had returned a few shows
prior.

>	Anyone remember the place they played at in Niagara Falls in '84?
>It had a roof that could be reached from the ground and as a result, the cops
>spent the whole afternoon chasing folks off the roof!

The Niagara Falls Convention Center - A neat old place that pretty much
gathers dust nowadays.  The show was sloppy but a lot of fun.  The roof
episodes were indeed amusing, although I didn't pay attention to them
much (and was in another state of mind that night*-).

>	Or how about the Rochester War Memorial?  Talk about a FUNKY venue...
>For some reason I think of that place as a giant toilet bowl.  Less than
>10,000 seats though, and most of the shows were G.A. if mind serves me.

Correct! The War Memorial days have long gone, but I'm thankful I
experienced shows there during my college years.  The 11/7-8/85 stand
remains fresh in my memory (featuring a second set Let It Grow that
just *peaked*, as well as Revolution, Sastifaction, Midnight Hour,
Dancin', High Time, She Belongs To Me, the last Baby What You Want Me
To Do, etc.:-), even though on tape, 9/2/80 clearly remains *the*
War Memorial show.

>	Probably my all time favorite venue was the Olympic Ice Rink in
>Lake Placid, N.Y. where they did one show.  Not one Security guard to be
>found and beer being served on THE FLOOR as well as in the outer hallways!

Unfortunately, I wasn't there (in college, y'know:-}), but that show
has an *amazing* Sugaree that I haven't seen eclipsed in my live
experiences, as well as meaty jams in Bird Song, Deal, and Terrapin.

Other cool venues:  Kingswood Music Theatre in Maple (outside Toronto),
which is connected to the nice amusement park, Canada's Wonderland.  A 
smaller but spacious setting not unlike Star Lake.  And of course, let's
not forget about Alpine Valley, which is certainly a few times the size
of the forementioned indoor venues, but has a special Wisconsin quality
that is all its own.:-)

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