Bostonist: RETROVILLE: Paradise Lost

Middleman

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:49:05 -0500

It's cool, soon the only live music you'll be able to see will be in Cambridge I'm getting out while the getting's good.

Ryan of the RSL Music Blog

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:13:29 -0500

If anyone has ever attended an over-packed summer show in the Paradise Lounge, they know how horribly bad the ventilation was in this joint. I went to a show there last summer where everybody lost five pounds of sweat. To be honest, losing a live music spot of the size of the Paradise Lounge really isn't the end of the world. We have those places and there will be more. Ironically- One of the downfalls of the Lounge was that it was adjacent to the Rock Club. Sound pollution was often an issue (- as it can sometimes be between the Middle East Up, Down and TTs in Central Square.) Just ask solo talent David Ford who recently tried to play a quiet set in the Lounge through the sounds of the Stooges next door! Please consider this an invitation to investors here in Boston to do it better next time and soon!

barmy

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:44:50 -0500

Seriously, this is appallingly poorly written. The Paradise LOUNGE is closing, not the Paradise Rock Club. The Paradise Lounge has been open for no more than four or five years at most -- it was a trashy Euro-dance club before this incarnation -- and its closing is no great loss. I think I saw two shows there (Nellie McKay and Jenny Owen Youngs) in all that time, and I only live like six blocks from the place!

Victoria Welch

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:26:10 -0500

I'm disappointed - I've taken in a slew of shows in the Lounge and found it a nice contrast to the main room. It was a good space for artists in a transitional stage of their careers - not quite armed with the fanbase for a larger room, but still able to deliver a good crowd and then say that they played on Comm Ave in Boston. We need more rooms like that in town, not less. Besides, pre-show eats are best at T's Pub anyway.

pezbeth

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:18:18 -0500

Has the person who wrote this post actually been to the Paradise Lounge? Paradise and Paradise Lounge, albeit connected, are two totally different venues. Yes, the Paradise has been around for 30 years, but the Lounge, if I recall correctly, has been open for less than five. Yeah, it was a fun little joint, but it's not a tragic loss. Your mixing up the two in your post. The Paradise isn't in trouble. Sheesh, I almost had a heart attack reading this.

Sizzledra

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:16:06 -0500

April Fool's? The next two months are booked.

ichheissederek

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:06:21 -0500

Is this for real? What a shock!

r_dorissa

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:52:51 -0500

Damn! I thought it was only closing for "renovations"...