Hazzman
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Just read in the Mockery that The Musician is facing a deadline for the tenants to buy the land off the owner. The probelm is that the tenants dont have the money and secondly, the money the owner is set to get for selling towards flats is a lot more. This would now cut Leicester's music scene down to two venues, The Charlotte which is run-down and useless and The Shed which will forever remain somewhere Emo kids can detail their poor musicianship and even sad life. The Attik, DMU's Music Venue and Granby Halls have all closed, Leicester Uni becoming more erratic (rather having 'Brighton Beach' nights) and De Mont Hall snobbier.
Well, why does the blame lie? Hammersmith Palias (94 years old) and Astoria in London both have limited time periods as the attraction of the money received for housing is too great. But in the interest of Leicester, I think we have a far more potent case here. The blame lies at the council, too long have they ignored the enigma of a music venue in Leicester, they continue to spend millions of pounds improving the city with great granite slabs on Gallowtree Gate and Pink Granite benches, Halford Road being cleaned up and deciding to create a culture quarter which locates itself near knock shop and stripper joints. If the council want to create an attraction to Leicester, add a music venue. Leicester may well be a nice city and clean but when there is nothing to it, where's the attraction to live. Every piece of land in and around the City is swiftly converted into flats. Flats which in general are being left well alone as why would the young and upply-mobile want to come to place which is behind the times.
It's time to the council to earmark some land for the exculsive use of enterainments in particular music. This city for too long has had to live in shadow of Nottingham and Birmingham for a slice of culture. The idea of a cultural 'quarter' in Leicester is very good one, the probelm being the only attraction of it is a thearthe which IMO is very restricted and snobbish art. The Council need to add the city, not give it a fresh lick of paint, the chances have been there for the council to provide a music venue at the closed down Odeon cinema on Halford Street, providing an ideal place with the already built up stage and the slant with maintance work towards the back, it would make quite a sight. Below was two smaller screens which could work as one a downstairs bar and then having a smaller stage if the band were not going to fill out the bigger stage. They could have even added to the City's dying independant cinema, the Phoenix is fastly becoming outdated and needs a freshen-up. This includes their policy towards gaining films on first release.
Overall, if Leicester wants to better itself as a City and out-do its nearest rivals, it needs to become bigger and better. With unrealistic plans of a European drinking cafe culture, it would descent into a farce with British drinking culture. The Shires extension will be a white elephant apart from John Lewis and a spoken Cinema multiplex what will it boast? Empty units, already in the normal Shires is well know retailers of Charlie Browns, the Chinese Herbal Medicine Shop and the Gift Shop. It will do nothing to enhance a city or its outlook, infact it will make the same as Nottingham, Birmingham and Sheffield, and god forbid MK.
So add an enterainment attraction to the place, at a time when Indie bands have emblowed onto the charts and the youngsters of the UK are looking for a good, reasonable time. What more than to see their heroes in action in their home town. The indie clubs of Leicester are only testiment that there is a market out there for a music venue.
It's time to take a stand and try to get this noticed. I don't want my birthplace becoming another Coventry, do I want the next big Leicester personality to say its a shitehole and write a song about its blandness? Never! Leicester will only become a vibrant, interesting City once it offers itself an exciting and different prospect to that of now and other cities
Well, why does the blame lie? Hammersmith Palias (94 years old) and Astoria in London both have limited time periods as the attraction of the money received for housing is too great. But in the interest of Leicester, I think we have a far more potent case here. The blame lies at the council, too long have they ignored the enigma of a music venue in Leicester, they continue to spend millions of pounds improving the city with great granite slabs on Gallowtree Gate and Pink Granite benches, Halford Road being cleaned up and deciding to create a culture quarter which locates itself near knock shop and stripper joints. If the council want to create an attraction to Leicester, add a music venue. Leicester may well be a nice city and clean but when there is nothing to it, where's the attraction to live. Every piece of land in and around the City is swiftly converted into flats. Flats which in general are being left well alone as why would the young and upply-mobile want to come to place which is behind the times.
It's time to the council to earmark some land for the exculsive use of enterainments in particular music. This city for too long has had to live in shadow of Nottingham and Birmingham for a slice of culture. The idea of a cultural 'quarter' in Leicester is very good one, the probelm being the only attraction of it is a thearthe which IMO is very restricted and snobbish art. The Council need to add the city, not give it a fresh lick of paint, the chances have been there for the council to provide a music venue at the closed down Odeon cinema on Halford Street, providing an ideal place with the already built up stage and the slant with maintance work towards the back, it would make quite a sight. Below was two smaller screens which could work as one a downstairs bar and then having a smaller stage if the band were not going to fill out the bigger stage. They could have even added to the City's dying independant cinema, the Phoenix is fastly becoming outdated and needs a freshen-up. This includes their policy towards gaining films on first release.
Overall, if Leicester wants to better itself as a City and out-do its nearest rivals, it needs to become bigger and better. With unrealistic plans of a European drinking cafe culture, it would descent into a farce with British drinking culture. The Shires extension will be a white elephant apart from John Lewis and a spoken Cinema multiplex what will it boast? Empty units, already in the normal Shires is well know retailers of Charlie Browns, the Chinese Herbal Medicine Shop and the Gift Shop. It will do nothing to enhance a city or its outlook, infact it will make the same as Nottingham, Birmingham and Sheffield, and god forbid MK.
So add an enterainment attraction to the place, at a time when Indie bands have emblowed onto the charts and the youngsters of the UK are looking for a good, reasonable time. What more than to see their heroes in action in their home town. The indie clubs of Leicester are only testiment that there is a market out there for a music venue.
It's time to take a stand and try to get this noticed. I don't want my birthplace becoming another Coventry, do I want the next big Leicester personality to say its a shitehole and write a song about its blandness? Never! Leicester will only become a vibrant, interesting City once it offers itself an exciting and different prospect to that of now and other cities
