Tuesday, October 21, 2008


Thank You Providence! We Love You! Goodnight!

This past Friday, in a very fitting way, six local metal bands played a show at the Living Room. There were some newer bands, young and full of hopeful optimism, and some scene veterans, doing what they love as they have hundreds of times before on that stage. It was the kind of show that kept the doors of that club open for the last fifteen years, and it was the last show.

Randy always said the reason he loved musicians so much and why he kept the doors of the club open when logic and reason both probably dictated otherwise, is because musicians are the last great dreamers of the world. Randy felt it was a dream worth getting behind and he did so with a contagious optimism. The dreams of countless musicians were given a home inside The Living Room, and the scene flourished within its doors. From the hard working veterans of the local scene, to the touring acts, to the teenagers playing their first show on a Monday night in front of their girlfriends and parents, Randy made everyone feel welcome. He always encouraged and supported the bands and his employees in any way he could.

The current staff of The Living Room has taken an enormous amount of pride and put a lot of hard work into keeping Randy's dream alive. It is with heavy hearts and for reasons outside of our control that we will be unable to continue hosting shows at The Living Room. We sincerely apologize to any bands with shows booked that will not be able to take place. Please look for further announcements about shows that are being moved to other venues. We would also like to thank every single person that ever performed, drank, fought, danced, puked, sang along, worked or dared to dream within the walls of that club, or the two locations that preceded it.

What the future holds is still uncertain, maybe a new location and a new set of dreams. But in the mean time, if you see Papa Joe or Little Pete, any member of the Hien family, DJ Venom, Max Creek, or any of the people or bands that made The Living Room what it was to you over the course of the last thirty years, say thanks. A lot of blood, sweat and tears were shed on that stage and in that room, let's not forget why and who made it possible for us all to live the dream.

What dreams may come…

Aaron Jaehnig and Gregory Rourke

That's the bulletin that one of the biggest local clubs just posted, quite frankly I'm not that sad as it was one of the biggest shit holes in all of America and had some shitty staff, but where the fuck are smaller national shows and local shows going to happen?

for those of you that don't know we have Lupo's whose tickets range from 15 and up and host decently large acts to huge acts, and the Dunkin Donuts center which is our civic center, so nothing great ever plays there, luckily one of our smallest coolest places just reopened, the century lounge, but I've never seen a scene die this fast and hard

death by economy?

they probably just bit the preemptive bullet, I just don't know whether to stay and fight or get the fuck out of here, we have another really cool small club, AS220, but their new booker sucks so much ass

sound idea records in brandon (tampa) closed on saturday after 15 or so years. my first band played our first show there, and my new band played the last show... i have been moping around ever since

http://www.soundideadistribution.com

Haha, the living room blows.
Good riddance.

man, i got some stories about that place. I think the first time i played there was 9 or 10 years ago. We asked the bartender where a good place to smoke some weed would be, he said, "right here's a good a place as any" ha. We totally smoked a joint with the bartender at the bar. Then the bathroom...god the bathroom. I remember they didn't have urinals but a trough (sp?), and the first time we played there, there wasn't a door to the men's room, there was no hiding taking a leak in a trough right in front of the hole in the wall where a door should be. Our old bassist got a blowjob in the side room area, then found out it was one of the other band's girlfriends, then he cried about it. I could really ramble for days on the fucked up things that have happened to me at that club.

Century Lounge is 21+ now for all shows.
Bummer for the kids.

eh I got 5 months