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[elzie5000]

Welly well well well. Busters is reopening on Manchester in the old Old Tar.

http://barefootandprogressive.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-busters-opening-in-distillery.html#links

CLANK!

[brokebike]

Here's the email I received from Jessica late this afternoon:

[miss ability]

whe i first saw the headline that buster's was reopeing, i was a little bit down (just for a second). i have been completely unimpressed with dame1A. it made me sad to think of Buster's going the same route. but after reading the whole article, i think this sounds brilliant and like such a good sign for our fair city. good luck to them. i feel like they can make it into a positive place to be.

any word if the concert hall would be all-ages or 21+? it is my hope that they will be all ages, but i realize that is easier said than done.

[brokebike]

with the size of the Old Tarr building as a bar/venue, that finally gives Lexington a music venue that has the capacity to rival other big clubs in nearby cities.

Distillery District Busters would be twice the capacity of Headliners and Southgate House, and nearly as big as Bogarts.

The option for NO COVER is VERY WELCOME.
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[mcrib]

My first response is that place is huge. It is hard for me to reimagine busters as first a music venue and well busters second. I am excited that there is something else out there but I guess a little nervous at the same time.
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[brokebike]

I agree. The intimacy of Busters and the laidbackness of it is what I will always miss, and I doubt you'll ever be able to achieve that with a building as big as Old Tarr.

But... it could kinda sorta maybe simulate the dynamic that existed with Busters and the Dame back in the good old days... hang out and drink beers in one part, and if you want to pay a cover to see a band in another part, you can... without having to walk but a few feet.

I dunno.
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[Rowbear]

why are they keeping the name buster's? It's not fucking Buster's. No Johnny Shipley and no B right?
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[chadwick2wheels]

either way it's literally a 25 second bike ride from my house (spring st) so I'm hoping that i can host some backyard bbq's and cornhole before the shows for us.
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[caine1975]

he said cornhole...
well...gotta say @ least they are doin something with that space and seein as how teh powers that be wanted us out of downtown so bad they tore down the places we went to hang out, drink, and listen to tunes while leaving a gaping eyesore for teh other folks to enjoy...
i say fuk it, why not man. not into dame1a either and have to say if we have a venue that has real capacity and a better vibe then shoot ya!!!
whatever i can do to help...i am always down
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[brokebike]

As much as I love Johnny and B, they weren't what made Busters what it was, they were just a small part of a larger whole. Of course those of us who called the place home know that there will never be another place in Lexington like what Busters was. Never.

Why not keep the name? The Cases bought the business and can do as they wish, and frankly I think it's kinda smart to keep the name, since the familiarity of a long-time Lexington establishment can go a long ways. You are reopening a business that was ripped away unscrupulously from it's patrons. Keeping the name means you attract those who were already familiar with the business - maybe not all of them, but I bet you'd be surprised. I'm no marketing expert, but I'd say it's a pretty smart move.

Hell, if I owned it, I'd keep the name just to spite all the bullshit that happened downtown this past summer.
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[Rowbear]

how is it the same business when it's in a different location, new building, different type of venue, different owners, and more than likely they'll sell booze which means frat boys and sorostitutes will over-run the place. Maybe we could compromise and they could call it Famous Busters (as in Ray's pizza v. Famous Ray's). Not saying I'm not going to check it out and hope it does well but should the modern day Misfits really be called the Misfits or are they just trying to ride the wave of the original line-up? Think about it.
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[brokebike]

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make because no one is saying that it is going to be the same as old Busters.

You can argue over semantics all you want, but you're preaching to the choir here.
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[elzie5000]

[brokebike]

I've only briefly met them, and that was right at the end of the old Busters era. I have no idea what the extent of their experience is. More than likely, I'd say they saw an opportunity, and took advantage of it... time will tell.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not carrying the torch for Busters and I'm still just as pissed now about what happened this past summer. It has also made me about 100% more pessimistic as I was before. But I get the feeling that folks on here generally want to see the Distillery District become a good thing for Lexington, right? So what is it? Would you rather see an attempt at making a reopened, reconstituted Busters make a new start there - no matter what the outcome, or would you guys rather see some fucking piano bar or some art gallery that none of us will ever go to more than once move into Old Tarr?

I'll side with the former.
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[elzie5000]