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dvegas said:
South Farms dunzo after this season (see you in court!) Outline - Read & annotate without distractions
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I'm involved with this a bit. This issuing a cease and desist that orders him to stop whenever the executive order expires is meaningless since he has to stop then (February) regardless. With Covid continuing on I could see Lamont extending the temporary order. The real fight could be post-Covid when Ben has to get approval from P&Z. He's having concerts like 5 nights a week now because these are incredibly unique circumstances. I think his plan post Covid is to have far less shows with way more people on the weekends. There shouldn't be trouble because it's completely in the best interest of the town, county & state and Ben is a great person, huge asset to the town, and a reasonable guy but I know how people are up there and I'm convinced they will give him trouble. If that's the case he will get everyone to come out and support him and or lawyer up if they want to make things difficult.
 
I played outside in RI last weekend. Checkout the sign they hung on my monitor

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August_West said:
He’s done at end of season
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He can have concerts there until February which was what the board agreed to in the first place. Things will have to be figured out for down the road. There will be concerts there in the future, they obviously won't be every night of the week.
 
superjohn said:
He can have concerts there until February which was what the board agreed to in the first place. Things will have to be figured out for down the road. There will be concerts there in the future, they obviously won't be every night of the week.
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I know some of his booking partners. They arent hopeful about the town voting to approve zoning for it on a go forward basis. I hope he gets approval. Its a great thing he is doing. But CT isnt known as ground zero for NIMBY'ism for nothing.

And hes realisitcally got four maybe 5 weeks left on the weather aspect of making it.
 
August_West said:
I know some of his booking partners. They arent hopeful about the town voting to approve zoning for it on a go forward basis. I hope he gets approval. Its a great thing he is doing. But CT isnt known as ground zero for NIMBY'ism for nothing.

And hes realisitcally got four maybe 5 weeks left on the weather aspect of making it.
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It's a small number of the old set in their way people up there who flip out about any sort of change, granted it's a big change with concerts most nights of the week right now but we're in a once in a century pandemic where people have to be creative to make money. It will no doubt be a fight because that area is so opposed to change, economic development, and fun but Ben has wanted to do this for years and I don't see him backing down on this. That farm is the best thing that ever happened to that town and he has the overwhelming support of the community, support of the businesses in the area, and support of some people with influence. He will work with them and their concerns but if they make things hell for him he'll threaten to sell and turn it into a subdivision which everyone will totally freak out about.
 
superjohn said:
It's a small number of the old set in their way people up there who flip out about any sort of change, granted it's a big change with concerts most nights of the week right now but we're in a once in a century pandemic where people have to be creative to make money. It will no doubt be a fight because that area is so opposed to change, economic development, and fun but Ben has wanted to do this for years and I don't see him backing down on this. That farm is the best thing that ever happened to that town and he has the overwhelming support of the community, support of the businesses in the area, and support of some people with influence. He will work with them and their concerns but if they make things hell for him he'll threaten to sell and turn it into a subdivision which everyone will totally freak out about.
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Probably a lot of Trump “open our states and give us our freedom!” votes up there voting against an economic boost to their area and a creative way to be “open”
 
The parking lot shows at the Klein are pretty much "anything reasonable" allowed, despite the email sent to all ticketholders the day before that outlined a long list of rules and regulations that supposedly would be enforced. Most went out the window (i.e., you could leave your "box", you could dance, you could go back and forth to your car), and people were pretty good about self-policing. Then again, it's Bridgeport.

Several reports back from South Farm indicated my friends all got "two strikes" before the music started but managed to avoid being thrown out. Of course, we are talking about 80's degenerate UConn grads . . .
 
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dvegas said:
The parking lot shows at the Klein are pretty much "anything reasonable" allowed, despite the email sent to all ticketholders the day before that outlined a long list of rules and regulations that supposedly would be enforced. Most went out the window (i.e., you could leave your "box", you could dance, you could go back and forth to your car), and people were pretty good about self-policing. Then again, it's Bridgeport.

Several reports back from South Farm indicated my friends all got "two strikes" before the music started but managed to avoid being thrown out. Of course, we are talking about 80's degenerate UConn grads . . .
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I love what south farm is doing in these times, but yeah it’s tight there. I mean you can’t smoke a cigarette outside tight.
 
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August_West said:
Very talented kids . They are killing it.

CT pride
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i've heard and some of the other message boards i've gone to, people are really into them. I haven't listened to too much of them but what is setting them apart?
 
August_West said:
1) unlike most jam bands they can sing
2) they are tight. The originals are good and the covers are inspired.
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They are super talented. I saw them a few times with Pigeons and thought they were the better band by far. Pigeons are super fun for the dance party, but Goose has way more talent, though Jeremy is a great guitarist, and the dudes in Pigeons are fun to.do balloons with in a Boston hotel room. Haha
 
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coloradohusky said:
Paradise is a good dude, he plays with my boy Dionne quite a bit.
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Mike Is an old friend. the vintage 70's fender amp I was playing the other night, I bought from him. Wonderful player too. And one of the best just human beings Ive ever met. Mike and I have played together .. Also, yes, Paradis can play too.
 
August_West said:
Mike Is an old friend. the vintage 70's fender amp I was playing the other night, I bought from him. Wonderful player too. And one of the best just human beings Ive ever met. Mike and I have played together .. Also, yes, Paradis can play too.
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Mike and I have been close friends since soph year hs. We used to go over to pick him up to go out partying, and he'd stay downstairs in his room practicing for an hour while we were upstairs chatting up his parents. Haha he is really a good dude, for sure. Aamof, when I was out in Colorado in 99, he was out there as well, and me, him and my wife watched UConn beat Duke for the NC in a bar in Denver. We were literally the only UConn fans anywhere to be found.
 
Does anyone know of any good live music in CT on February 20th? We are trying to have a small 6 person birthday dinner/music night for a friend.
 
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