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« Reply #60 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 18:59:11 » |
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swindon's music scene is served pefectly by the venues it has already.
No it's not. Swindon has barely any venues, most places of a similar size have about 10. Cardiff had the CIA, Barfly, Clwb Ifor Bach, Toucan, Moloko, Uwic SU, Solus, Cardiff Great Hall, the Millennium Stadium, The Point, Metros and the Coal Exchange which were all better than anything in Swindon. |
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« Reply #61 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 19:02:27 » |
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Cardiff is about 60% bigger and has a university, which boosts the population of the age groups such things are aimed for.
Swindon could probably do with a couple more but it couldn't sustain 10.
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« Reply #62 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 19:07:01 » |
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That is true but it is still ridiculous how big a difference there is, Swindon definitely needs one major venue and then a couple of smaller decent ones in addition to what there is now.
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« Reply #63 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 19:33:15 » |
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doesn't the oasis count as a major venue?
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« Reply #64 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 19:47:43 » |
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It's a nice idea in terms of character and making the place more picturesque. Character and picturesque are something that will never be associated with Swindon. |
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Bogus Dave
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« Reply #65 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 21:48:38 » |
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The oasis has done quite well recentley, pulling in some relatively big names. If we had one big central music venue theirs really no reason why it wouldn't work
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« Reply #66 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 21:48:32 » |
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« Reply #67 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 22:08:37 » |
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swindon is crying out for a decent concert venue-theatre.something like what bournemouth have i reckon.the oasis is shit and so is the wyvern.
the canal idea is nice but would cost to much,take ages to create,cause traffic chaos, would have piss heads drowning in it,rubbish lobbed in it etc.
that said, maybe it could work?other towns with canals are quite nice
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« Reply #68 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 22:14:01 » |
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a town needs to grow around a canal though, not just have a canal plonked slap bang in the middle of it.
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« Reply #69 on: Saturday, January 26, 2008, 23:41:28 » |
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doesn't the oasis count as a major venue? no, think of the accoustics in a gym hall. |
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Drink full and descend.
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« Reply #70 on: Sunday, January 27, 2008, 09:38:19 » |
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a town needs to grow around a canal though, not just have a canal plonked slap bang in the middle of it. But there was a canal there. It just got taken away. |
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« Reply #71 on: Sunday, January 27, 2008, 10:39:46 » |
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but now theres roads and stuff where the canal used to be. it would just ruin the infrastructure of the town, unless everyone went everywhere by boat
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« Reply #72 on: Sunday, January 27, 2008, 11:56:02 » |
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I can't really say on the canal as lived away for so long i don't know what impact it would have on traffic etc. It sounds a nice idea if it could bring some revenue to the town; and if looked after properly then i can't see it being a problem; it's just the effect building it would have on traffic etc. In Bedford we have the river Ouse going through; and also an Embankment. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b323/swindon12345/bedouse1.jpgIt definately adds to the town; we have a river festival every 2 years which attracts about 250,000 people. There is a definately a divide on house prices depending which side of the river you live on though. I live on the pricier side; i could get a house the other side for about £20/£30k cheaper. |
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« Reply #73 on: Sunday, January 27, 2008, 12:39:45 » |
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well said iffy's onion bhaji, an informed view there.
AMG have never, ever, built their own "carling academy" music venue or even started one from scratch. every single one has been as a result of AMG taking over an existing, successful venue, re-furbishing it, and then re-launching.
swindon's music scene is served pefectly by the venues it has already. they are starting one from scratch in brighton later this year. |
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« Reply #74 on: Sunday, January 27, 2008, 12:45:13 » |
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i thought the hippodrome was previously a music venue?
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