Central Library
Red River Far From Dead
RECEIVED Tue., Nov. 9, 2004
Dear Chronicle,
I was very disappointed with Darcie Stevens' article "One Night on Red River" [Music, Nov. 5]. This article talks about the street as if every business is dying; however, she was down there on a Tuesday. Tuesdays are always dead all up and down Red River and Sixth Street – it's the slowest night of the week for all of downtown.
Why didn't she try going on a Thursday instead? Then it would have been much busier. Also, I was one of the two people in Beerland when she showed up. You know why there were only two people (in addition to the owner) in there? Because we were working, and the club wasn't even really open yet. Then Darcie claims that when she showed up seven hours later, eight more regulars had shown up. First off, those weren't regulars. It was a KVRX benefit night, and the regulars never show up for those. In fact, KVRX usually doesn't even get the lineup ready in time for the bands to be printed in the Chronicle. If she had been there just half an hour after she had first shown up, then she would have seen that 30 people had shown up for the movie. Thirty people at 7pm is pretty busy for any happy hour downtown.
Well, that's all. I just wanted to let your readers know that Red River is far from dying right now.
I was very disappointed with Darcie Stevens' article "One Night on Red River" [Music, Nov. 5]. This article talks about the street as if every business is dying; however, she was down there on a Tuesday. Tuesdays are always dead all up and down Red River and Sixth Street – it's the slowest night of the week for all of downtown.
Why didn't she try going on a Thursday instead? Then it would have been much busier. Also, I was one of the two people in Beerland when she showed up. You know why there were only two people (in addition to the owner) in there? Because we were working, and the club wasn't even really open yet. Then Darcie claims that when she showed up seven hours later, eight more regulars had shown up. First off, those weren't regulars. It was a KVRX benefit night, and the regulars never show up for those. In fact, KVRX usually doesn't even get the lineup ready in time for the bands to be printed in the Chronicle. If she had been there just half an hour after she had first shown up, then she would have seen that 30 people had shown up for the movie. Thirty people at 7pm is pretty busy for any happy hour downtown.
Well, that's all. I just wanted to let your readers know that Red River is far from dying right now.
Austin Moore
