Fireside Bowl, Now Minus the Music
By Margaret Lyons in News on Aug 23, 2004 3:20PM
The Fireside Bowl housed its last show Saturday night; it will now be a bowling-only venue. The announcement came as a surprise to manyeven though patrons knew Fireside was going to stop having shows, few knew it was going to be this soon. The official announcement was made during a concert Saturday night, after which people kinda went monkeybutt and threw beer everywhere. Ah, the Fireside.
The Fireside was an all-ages venue, so if youre under 21, or especially if youre under 18, this really, really sucks for you. Yeah, sure, bowling, totally OK or something, but as far as contributing to the overall music culture and environment, knocking down some pins is just not going to cut it. We wish there had at least been a Good Bye Fireside show so we could get insanely sweaty alongside some 14-year-olds sucking down Camel lights just one more time. In any case, we bid the Fireside a fond farewell and hope an up-and-coming venue fills its slot as an all-ages, cheap place for great music. We're not exactly holding our breath.