Comments on: This is why I love First Avenue http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/ (And Sometimes Saint Paul) Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chris http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-308 Chris Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:45:39 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-308 I recently went to First Avenue for the first time in about six years, too. (Cloud Cult was awesome, btw.) Both the lack of smoke and the Strongbow made me blissful. Fortunately, I had my earplugs with me, but they used to sell earplugs at the bar or coat check. Since that info is about 12 years old, your mileage may vary... I recently went to First Avenue for the first time in about six years, too. (Cloud Cult was awesome, btw.) Both the lack of smoke and the Strongbow made me blissful. Fortunately, I had my earplugs with me, but they used to sell earplugs at the bar or coat check. Since that info is about 12 years old, your mileage may vary…

]]> By: Nayana Anthony http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-141 Nayana Anthony Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:24:30 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-141 A measure of how lame I am: I've lived in this fabulous city for 10 years... and have NEVER BEEN TO FIRST AVE. Shame on me. I'll do my best to rectify that. A measure of how lame I am:

I’ve lived in this fabulous city for 10 years… and have NEVER BEEN TO FIRST AVE.

Shame on me. I’ll do my best to rectify that.

]]> By: Leif http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-140 Leif Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:56:27 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-140 Joanna – Tell me about it sister. I very much wanted to flee the Ave that night, but I didn't want to leave my wheelchair-bound companion alone on the floor and we were packed in there too tight to get her out. Next time, ear plugs. Double ear plugs. Alexis – That, my almost-as-old-as-me friend is indisputable, but equally, shouldn't age have made my ears less acute? Shouldn't I have been more sensitive to freakish volume in my 20s? Yeah, they've jacked up the volume. To the detriment of the music. Dude. Joanna – Tell me about it sister. I very much wanted to flee the Ave that night, but I didn’t want to leave my wheelchair-bound companion alone on the floor and we were packed in there too tight to get her out. Next time, ear plugs. Double ear plugs.

Alexis – That, my almost-as-old-as-me friend is indisputable, but equally, shouldn’t age have made my ears less acute? Shouldn’t I have been more sensitive to freakish volume in my 20s? Yeah, they’ve jacked up the volume. To the detriment of the music. Dude.

]]> By: Alexis http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-139 Alexis Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:35:43 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-139 Newsflash: You're getting old. Newsflash: You’re getting old.

]]> By: Joanna http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-138 Joanna Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:52:11 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/this-is-why-i-love-first-avenue/#comment-138 When I first moved to Mpls 20 years ago, First Ave was a discovery. No Target Center yet. There was a period when every African musician seemed to stop here on the way from one coast to the other, and they always had great dancers on stage. Getting sweaty and stinky down on the concrete dance floor, right up next to the stage, was bliss. I haven't been back since the smoking ban, so I may have to make a point to go there just to see what it's like now that I don't have to burn my clothes after a show. Earplugs, man. For what it's worth, I had a similar experience at Northrup for a Caetano Veloso show. We actually had to leave it was so painful, and I love him. A little hearing loss the next day is the price of rock and roll, but sometimes your body just tells you "Flee! before you start bleeding from the ears!" and then you need to blame the sound man. When I first moved to Mpls 20 years ago, First Ave was a discovery. No Target Center yet. There was a period when every African musician seemed to stop here on the way from one coast to the other, and they always had great dancers on stage. Getting sweaty and stinky down on the concrete dance floor, right up next to the stage, was bliss. I haven’t been back since the smoking ban, so I may have to make a point to go there just to see what it’s like now that I don’t have to burn my clothes after a show.
Earplugs, man. For what it’s worth, I had a similar experience at Northrup for a Caetano Veloso show. We actually had to leave it was so painful, and I love him. A little hearing loss the next day is the price of rock and roll, but sometimes your body just tells you “Flee! before you start bleeding from the ears!” and then you need to blame the sound man.

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