Posts Tagged ‘venues’
Link: America’s Top 10 Outdoor Concert Venues
Listen up: America's top 10 outdoor concert venues [Gadling] Next time you want a little groove in your summer night, take a trip to one of the top outdoor music venues in America and enjoy the sounds of summer. I've only been to four out of the ten on this list: Greek... more
Video: David Byrne on How Music Venues Shape the Music
David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve [TED.com] As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation This video comes highly recommended... more
Irving Plaza Gets Renamed Back to Irving Plaza
Remember when they renamed Irving Plaza in New York City? Bad idea jeans. Rethinking, Irving Plaza Keeps Its Maiden Name [NYTimes.com] [via brooklynvegan] To build a replica of the old marquee, Live Nation hired Ken Lubin, a graphic designer who specializes in signs for Broadway theaters. (He removed the original Irving... more
