[NewMusic] not much happening - same as it ever was?

[Michael Zelner]

On 5/29/09, Scott R. Looney wrote:

>i'll chime in here with my recollections and observations. i got here in '96
>and was absolutely amazed at the plethora of weekly series. Staring Tuesday
>there was Hotel Utah, then Wednesday Venue 9, Thursday Luggage Store,
>Friday/Saturday Radio Valencia and Sunday w/ Beanbenders. little did i know
>i was getting here at the zenith of the weekly series, and that we had
>nowhere else to go but down as far as that went, as either presenters or
>venues got tired of little to no audience and doing the show week after
>week.

Yes, sad -- now the only weekly series we have are Mondays at 
Kingman's Ivy Room, Thursdays at the Luggage Store Gallery, and 
Sundays at the Musicians Union Hall, plus the monthly series at 
Meridian Gallery, Make-Out Room, Uptown, sfSoundSeries at ODC, Flux 
53 Theater, and Tom's Place. (In most months, that's a mere 18 shows. 
. .)

MZ


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