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Date Posted: Sunday, March 21, 02:10:34am
Author: Joe
Subject: Re: Bleachers vs. Bridge St.
In reply to: Jen 's message, "Bleachers vs. Bridge St." on Thursday, March 18, 07:27:19pm

Take it from someone who dealt with bridge street on the same level as say JP would in booking there, its all bad! I honestly believe the place is closed now anyway, but I do agree with the comments about bleachers, the size isn't all there, but the people, Craig and crew are far better at running a show then anyone from BSMH!

>Hey, I was just wondering what was up with not playing
>@ the Bridge St. Music Hall anymore and booking all of
>your shows @ Bleachers. I supported you guys when
>Styleens/Armory High was "your joint", and then when
>that place fell through, I supported when Bridge St.
>embraced you. Bleachers was there all along, and yet
>Candid never played too many shows there, so I'm just
>wondering why now all of a sudden Bleachers seems to
>be the only place to see Candid. Bleachers, while a
>nice place, just doesn't seem practical to me for the
>local music scene. There aren't too many places in
>the bar you can be and be able to see the band to
>satisfaction, the bar is not all that accessible, and
>it can't seem to comfortably hold the amount of fans a
>Candid show draws in. Bridge St., on the other hand,
>never really had a bad seat in the house, everything
>was accessible, and it could store as many Candid fans
>as needed. I remember the cd release party for
>Traffic and Old Habits..... the place was packed to
>the walls, Bleachers could never hold that many. Just
>wondering what the deal was with the venue change, and
>if anyone else feels the same way as I do.

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Re: Bleachers vs. Bridge St. -- Jen, Sunday, March 21, 10:05:11pm