Showing posts with label Station Square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Station Square. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Food for thought
I haven't been shy about my dislike of the Amphitheatre at Station Square as a place to hear live music, but PGH is a City offers some interesting points for non-musical consideration on the newly reopened ASS vs. the still-under-development North Shore complex. Be sure to read through the comments.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Gregg and Friends
It gets worse.As I was cruising through Homestead this weekend, breeze through the sunroof and the breezy vocals of Jason Lytle swirling around the car, I was confident I'd made the right decision about the goings-on of my July 31 (though not altogether over the bitterness of having to make a decision at all (shaking fist at Opus One)).
Then came this news: Girl Talk will be joined by Wiz Khalifa, Donora, Grand Buffet and more.
Well, damn you all. Me and Neko and her fiery locks will be chillin' by the riverside at Sandcastle, likely sipping tropical concoctions, kicked back on the comfort of the lawn while the rest of you will be confined like beasts in a cage by the chainlink and pavement that A.S.S. calls a live music venue.
Sure, it's got a view of the skyline now that they turned the stage around. But I'm still bitter.
Download:
Wiz Khalifa - "Shame"
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
A brief airing of grievances In re: Opus One/Girl Talk vs. Joker/Neko Case
Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) on a hill high above ASSGirl Talk's first local show in months has been announced for July 31 at the Amphitheatre at Station Square, i.e., the same night Neko Case and Jason Lytle will be at the Sandcastle Riverplex.
Their music may be different, but their fanbases likely overlap. For my part, I hereby poo-poo Opus One as second-in-line and, therefore, responsible for this blunderous conflict. If I hear he hands out free Taco Bell again, I'm gonna be pissed.
Their music may be different, but their fanbases likely overlap. For my part, I hereby poo-poo Opus One as second-in-line and, therefore, responsible for this blunderous conflict. If I hear he hands out free Taco Bell again, I'm gonna be pissed.
Download:
Girl Talk - "Pure Magic"
Thursday, February 12, 2009
New local venues on the horizon
The local papers (Trib here / P-G here) are reporting that PNC Entertainment Group (apparently unrelated to the bank) has filed an application with the City Planning Commission to resurrect the amphitheatre at Station Square, which has been closed since the summer of ‘06.
As the articles mention, the Chevrolet Amphitheatre left Station Square to develop a new venue at Sandcastle on the Monongahela. I’m a bit confused, though, as to why the P-G article reports that the venue at Sandcastle never opened; I attended the Pittsburgh Irish Festival there last fall. In fact, I watched a few of the Festival’s headliners perform on what seemed to be a completed amphitheatre stage, and it was a pretty cool place to catch a show: a grassy hill sloping toward the river, a meandering sidewalk leading to a concession and picnic area among some trees—a huge improvement, in my opinion, over the chainlink-enclosed pavement parking lot behind Station Square.
Let's hope that if this plan goes through, the developers put a little more effort into it than just throwing up some fences and a temporary tent and raising a stage frame beside the railroad tracks. I always considered the old Station Square amphitheatre the city’s worst venue, as its sole boon was ease of access.
Happier news comes from across the Ohio: not only does it appear that the North Shore riverfront amphitheatre should be open by summer 2010, but it’s also being reported that Toby Keith is interested in adding a link to his chain of I Love This Bar bars alongside the amphitheatre. Yeehaw. Both the North Shore and Station Square amphitheatres are projected to hold about 5,500 people. The northernmore of the two sounds like the nicer design, and if the financial mêlée between man and money, mud and machine known as the “bore to the shore” ever sees the light of Heinz Field, access to both would be comparable.
Despite any reservations about returning to the asphalt desert behind Station Square, I’m hopeful that competition from both shores will help to bring more mid-sized acts to the Burgh and keep ticket prices (reasonably) low. My curiosity remains piqued, though, as to the future of that stage by the waterslides. It’s on the Mon, mon.
As the articles mention, the Chevrolet Amphitheatre left Station Square to develop a new venue at Sandcastle on the Monongahela. I’m a bit confused, though, as to why the P-G article reports that the venue at Sandcastle never opened; I attended the Pittsburgh Irish Festival there last fall. In fact, I watched a few of the Festival’s headliners perform on what seemed to be a completed amphitheatre stage, and it was a pretty cool place to catch a show: a grassy hill sloping toward the river, a meandering sidewalk leading to a concession and picnic area among some trees—a huge improvement, in my opinion, over the chainlink-enclosed pavement parking lot behind Station Square.
Let's hope that if this plan goes through, the developers put a little more effort into it than just throwing up some fences and a temporary tent and raising a stage frame beside the railroad tracks. I always considered the old Station Square amphitheatre the city’s worst venue, as its sole boon was ease of access.
Happier news comes from across the Ohio: not only does it appear that the North Shore riverfront amphitheatre should be open by summer 2010, but it’s also being reported that Toby Keith is interested in adding a link to his chain of I Love This Bar bars alongside the amphitheatre. Yeehaw. Both the North Shore and Station Square amphitheatres are projected to hold about 5,500 people. The northernmore of the two sounds like the nicer design, and if the financial mêlée between man and money, mud and machine known as the “bore to the shore” ever sees the light of Heinz Field, access to both would be comparable.
Despite any reservations about returning to the asphalt desert behind Station Square, I’m hopeful that competition from both shores will help to bring more mid-sized acts to the Burgh and keep ticket prices (reasonably) low. My curiosity remains piqued, though, as to the future of that stage by the waterslides. It’s on the Mon, mon.
