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[chilli]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

yes he does book for perth ch but still books for the melon tree, therefore increasing his booking power

its not my place to say anything, and i wont say anything about his tactics

ha ha ha - I say subtle as a brick

onward

[Jim Stax]

I wonder how the restructuring of the 'Lemon Tree funding' is going to pan out for the place...

J

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by Twobackjoe

I wonder how the restructuring of the 'Lemon Tree funding' is going to pan out for the place...

I'm going to predict that nothing will change, except possibly a focus on more cultural things in an attempt to attract more funding. I don't believe for a second that the council would close the doors, not with an election coming up. Given that the EE gave front page headlines to the place before, any threat of closure would probably see the usual EE publicity machine campaigning to save it and so on.

Regardless of people's individual thoughts, a stable Lemon Tree seems pretty important to me.

I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see another victim elsewhere, though.

[Jim Stax]

Originally Posted by Cloud

I'm going to predict that nothing will change, except possibly a focus on more cultural things in an attempt to attract more funding. I don't believe for a second that the council would close the doors, not with an election coming up. Given that the EE gave front page headlines to the place before, any threat of closure would probably see the usual EE publicity machine campaigning to save it and so on.

Regardless of people's individual thoughts, a stable Lemon Tree seems pretty important to me.

I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see another victim elsewhere, though.

That's that sorted then...

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by Twobackjoe

That's that sorted then...

Time will tell.

[SuperMike!]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

yes he does book for perth ch but still books for the melon tree, therefore increasing his booking power

its not my place to say anything, and i wont say anything about his tactics

Ah, ok. Not something i know a great deal about anyway, just repeating what i thought i'd heard

[Flash@TMB]

It's been amusing revisiting this thread after all this time.

In the intervening period Snafu, Retro Rebels, and The Moorings Bar have collaborated on several events, and this has worked out very well for all parties. If you guys are reading this then "THANK YOU".

Until recently only Snafu, Drummonds, and The Moorings Bar were cooperating by taking each others gig posters and promo material. Unfortunately subsequent to it's takeover this is no longer the case with Drummonds.

Ironically The Tunnels, Drummonds, and Moshulu stood to gain most by participating in this as they typically host many more gigs than Snafu and The Moorings do.

After years of putting up anyones posters (and not seeing any detrimental effect from doing this) we shall now be refusing posters from The Tunnels, Drummonds, and Moshulu. That's their loss. If they ever see sense then we'll happily reinstate the open policy.

In the meantime we'll continue to accept posters from (most) other sources.

It was interesting to note that many of my predictions from earlier in the thread have since come to pass.

[Jeanette]

I salute you in the decision to not take their posters!

[Inkster]

The youth of Aberdeen is where things should now be aimed at. Places having over 18s policies does nobody any favours. Yes I realise everyone has a business to run but more and more local youngsters are being pushed out the door, especially on weekends when this is the time of the week they have more time and money than the rest. School nights quickly affect gig attendance as does transport home, take the risk of these factors away i.e. allowed to attend gigs on weekends and they're more likely to go.

This is a situation happening in most cities just now not just Aberdeen.

In my opinion something has to be done. I'm not suggesting all pubs open their doors to unders but at least have somewhere like a town hall or Lemon Tree type venue that is willing to help out and take them off the streets

[Flash@TMB]

Originally Posted by Inkster

The youth of Aberdeen is where things should now be aimed at. Places having over 18s policies does nobody any favours. Yes I realise everyone has a business to run but more and more local youngsters are being pushed out the door, especially on weekends when this is the time of the week they have more time and money than the rest. School nights quickly affect gig attendance as does transport home, take the risk of these factors away i.e. allowed to attend gigs on weekends and they're more likely to go.

This is a situation happening in most cities just now not just Aberdeen.

In my opinion something has to be done. I'm not suggesting all pubs open their doors to unders but at least have somewhere like a town hall or Lemon Tree type venue that is willing to help out and take them off the streets

I couldn't disagree more. Having an 18+ policy has some minor benefits, you know little things, like being economically viable. Oh - and avoiding going to jail for life because some kid has drunk itself to death in the toilets.