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Rugbyman
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Post Number: 59
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Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 12:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I meant to post this the other day after I got back from the DSO. We were walking back to Symphony Hall from Union Street and noticed a pair of "members only, no trespassing" signs over the doorway of a building about a block north of Symphony Hall on the west side of Woodward. The building looked pretty nondescript and in some disrepair.

The only identifying mark I saw anywhere on the building was a T enclosed in a circle on the "Members Only" sign. I'm pretty sure it was a T anyway. Pretty vague, I know, but any ideas what this mystery spot is/was?
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Chitaku
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Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 12:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Trenchtown, underground reggae/ dancehall bar.
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Mcpd1300
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Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 12:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

interesting, on a side note, did you just see Scheherazade at the DSO?
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Rugbyman
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Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 12:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No, it was the Mozart vs. Salieri concert. Pretty good, not their best performance though. The clarinet soloist was likely the best I've ever heard.

Not to threadjack my own thread, but I'm pretty disappointed in their concert selections this season. Last season's was pretty solid, and the season before that's performance of Carmina Burana was epic. Wonder what gives?
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Iheartthed
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Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 3:28 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Trenchtown is the spot.
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Traxus
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Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 9:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I've had my eye on this place for awhile?

How does a college kid find his way in?

aw9789@wayne.edu

(Message edited by Traxus on September 24, 2006)
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Chitaku
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Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 9:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

wak in the door
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Adamjab19
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 7:04 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

actually i would say thats the nicest doorway in that block of woodward.
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Itsjeff
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 8:35 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You heard the man. Start waking!
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Viziondetroit
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 9:01 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's a legit after hours Raggae spot. Just go in after 2am..it's usually open.
I hear it's a pretty nice lil club.
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Chris_rohn
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 9:51 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This building is the Garden Theater, originally opened in 1912. There was an announcement to renovate the theater and redevelop the entire block in 2004, but that project seems to have fallen through.
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Harmonie
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 11:01 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

MCPD,
I saw Scheherazade on Thursday...I thought it was fantastic.
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Psewick
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 12:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Rugbyman,

Yeah, I agree with you about this season. I had season tickets last time and really enjoyed every concert--but I didn't even bother renewing my subscription for this season. I MIGHT see John Adams' violin concerto, but probably nothing else.
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Lakesuperior
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 1:54 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

well, y'all really missed out on the lang lang concerts (opening weekend), they were incredible!

full disclosure: i work for the DSO. lang lang was fantastic by any measure though.

threadjack alert: i'm curious, why are you disappointed in the DSO line-up this season?
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Superduperman
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Post Number: 150
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 4:10 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Its free before 2 a.m.(not many people know this) and it cost $12 after 2.
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Iheartthed
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 4:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I thought it didn't open until 2:30am? Hmmm.
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Wmuchris
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 5:09 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Do they serve drinks afterhours?
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Superduperman
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 5:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

nope,they have ginger soda,bottled water and gatorade...
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Rhymeswithrawk
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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:08 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

nope,they have ginger soda,bottled water and gatorade...

...and a whole lotta reggae.

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