bovvers

[Joel Young]

On Oct 22, 2003, at 1:01 PM, manny at telerama.com wrote:

> it was always there. it used to be called a military surplus store, 
> owned
> by the same guy as bovvers. he just consolidated the two operations.
> oakland rents are getting astronomical. kunst bakery is gone, telaropa
> is about to shut. all indie stores are slowly being
> forced out, only chains are coming in. looks to me like ron levick 
> might
> also be trying to adapt to this reality - if oakland is being de-punked
> then the punk audience leaves with it.
>
> PENN AVENUE BABY.

Shit yes. Penn Ave is already where it's at -- Project 1877, Modern 
Formations, Quiet Storm, Roboto (just off Penn), and I know there are a 
bunch others that I can't think of off the top of my head. Well, and 
the North Side (Warhol and Mattress Factory) and the South Side (The 
Rex and others). So fuck UPitt and all their idiocy.

As the P-G article mentioned, though, Laga is really the only place 
left to host shows with ~500 attendees, and I wonder what's gonna take 
its place. It would be a damned shame to have that whole segment of 
bands (too big for the small venues, not yet consumed by Clear Channel) 
just skip over Pgh because there's nowhere at all to play.


Joel Young
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