ATLANTA show on May 15th!!

[strandinthewind]

Here is a website with some general info. on Chastain Park.

http://www.atlantaconcerts.com/chastain.asp

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I could hear fine...in the beginning of the show it was kinda low...and we couldnt really hear what stevie was sayin good when she would talk.... and a bunch of people in the crowd started yelling WE CANT HEAR...TURN IT UP!! so they finally did

I havent been there since June of 2002 for a Jewel concert...and now they have some kind of sound ordinance there, since its in a neighborhood...I'm not sure of the details tho...I think it only affects certain days of the week...etc

Chris

[mylittledemon]

Well if it's gonna be Chastain then I probably have NO CHANCES of getting front row seat in the pit. That stinks...usually those tickets are given away. Anyway...if anyone in the Atlanta area will be kind enough to sell theirs, here's the top bidder right here!

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by ShangriLaTroubl
I could hear fine...in the beginning of the show it was kinda low...and we couldnt really hear what stevie was sayin good when she would talk.... and a bunch of people in the crowd started yelling WE CANT HEAR...TURN IT UP!! so they finally did

I havent been there since June of 2002 for a Jewel concert...and now they have some kind of sound ordinance there, since its in a neighborhood...I'm not sure of the details tho...I think it only affects certain days of the week...etc

Chris

Cool - This is a Sat. night. So who knows?

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I did find a bit of info on the Chastain sound ordinance..There is a decibel ordinance in effect all days of the week at Chastain...while some smaller promoters have withdrawn contracts from Chastain...promoters like Clear Channel Entertainment (who is doing the Mac's shed shows this tour) have said they will, instead of lowering their sound....just pay the fines...

Chris

[ShangriLaTroubl]

:

"Quote: "The future of Chastain Park Amphitheatre -- an Atlanta institution that draws hundreds of thousands of concertgoers each summer -- remained unclear Tuesday after concert promoters said they don't think they can comply with new noise limits.

" 'It may be an impossible task,' said Rudi Schlegel of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, one of Chastain's two main promoters. 'We will try to conform, but rationally, I don't know how we're going to do that.'

" Schlegel and fellow promoter Peter Conlon, head of Clear Channel Entertainment's Atlanta concert promotion arm, said they expect to pay fines rather than reduce sound levels at the popular outdoor venue to 84 decibels -- the level set Monday by the Atlanta City Council for the 2003 Chastain season."

I so admire the headline for a deft turn of phrase--Music promoters may turn deaf ear to Chastain Park's noise limits --but it doesn't quite represent the strategy of the promotors.

Quote: " 'We're agreeing to a test level knowing it isn't workable,' said Conlon. 'If they had made that 84 level permanent, it would shut Chastain down.'

"He said he hopes to persuade the council before the 2004 season to set a more reasonable sound limit or work out other arrangements."

That's not turning a deaf ear--meant to mean "heedless of the consequences"--so this catchy headline might've been saved for a later occasion (sound ordinances never stop).

[strandinthewind]

If I may get on my soapbox here a minute

Chastain Park is an area of mostly 1950's ranch style houses on enoumous lots that are slowly being torn down to build McMansions as we refer to them here in Atlanta. The average house sells probably for about $500,000 for the unrenovated ranch up to several million for the 8,000 square foot McMansions in the sometimes gated communities. Something like 90% or more of the people that live anywhere near the ampitheater bought the property knowing that they were going to live next to it. Yet, they are all uo in arms about the traffic (there is little to no parking so people park on the side of the side streets, etc.) and the noise. A friend of mine is one of the complainers. After awhile I just had to rip into him and say "Look you bought this house knowing damn good and well where it was and what goes on here in the Summer - So shut up - I mean it like buying a house next to the Atlanta airport - you lose your right to complain about the sound pollution IMO" But, these people have solwly but surely tried to eradicate the ampitheater

[ShangriLaTroubl]

For anyone interested..I have posted an mp3 of HAEWAFY from 9-22-01 Atlanta - Chastain Park Amp...that can give u a little indicator of the venue and crowds, etc...if you've never been

www.bluecrystalmirror.com

then go to the DOWNLOADS section


Chris