Tuesday Jan 16th 2001 will be the
biggest Q+A to date - aparantly it will never be the same again. The
whole format is changing, the organisers have told us that the club is
getting so popular they were tempted to make it more frequent, either
weekly or twice weekly. However due to the huge work involved with the
club and the annoyance of a full time 9 to 5 job this isnt possible.
What is going to happen is still a
bit of a mystery and the Q+A lads are keeping their plans firmly under
lock and key. It looks as if the Q+A family is going to grow tho' with
different music styles creeping in. Soon Q+A will dwelve in to the back
catalouges of music and pick out the best tunes of the 70's, 80's and
90's - sounds a bit like classic hits 98fm to us but Q+A promise that the
club will still keep its alternative music policy.
The promotors are also hoping to
change the night of Q+A - while Tuesdays are popular with the student
crowd (the club attracts on average 200 people a night) it is a bad
night for the promotors, who treat the club as a hobby.
Interview
Q: Why did you start Q+A
A: Every gay venue in Dublin
practically plays the same music, you could go to any club, any night and
hear the same music either dance or camp disco. Dont get me wrong, I love
dance music and am a big fan of classic pop but I love alternative, rock
and indie and felt the scene could do with a bit of variety.
Q: What styles of music does Q+A
play
A: Exactly what it says on our
adverts - rock, indie and pop, well with some dance, funk, goth and
a tiny bit of metal thrown in. At the begining it was very hard to judge
what the crowd would be into, we decided to keep it fairly light at
first, altho we got a lot of requests for heavier bands like NIN, Green
day etc.. We also got a lot of requests for older bands so we've added
the pixies, the undertones, the buzzcocks, the clash, the Jam etc.. to
our setlist
Q: What are the big crowd pleasers
at Q+A
A: It's hard to say - the nosier
the tune the busier the dance floor, the cure surprisingly are very
popular, popular 80's hits from EMF etc.. also go down well. Song 2 by
blur and Teen Spirit by nirvana always have people running to the dance
floor.
Q: who are your favourite bands
A: Have 100's of favourite bands -
infact my music taste has varied a lot since starting Q+A - one night we
had a suggestion box for people to reccomend tunes for us to play - I
ended up hearing a lot of music I hadnt heard before, i'm now a big cure
fan and I wasnt before. Personal favorites tho are Suede, Pearl Jam, NIN,
Stone Roses, Nirvana.
Q: Where do you see Q+A going from
here
A: After January, we're probably
not going to do any more Tuesday nights - we're either going to move to a
more sociable night (for our own sanity) or we're going to do less
frequent but larger Q+A parties. Kind of like a super club. It's funny in
a way that the club is getting bigger every month but we're deciding to
make it less frequent, normally it would be the other way around. I
expect to do the first Q+A party night in March - it will be like 2 clubs
in 1, something like 'popstars' in London but i'll wait until January
16th before even thinking about that.
The next Q+A is
on Tuesday Jan 16th - Eamonn Dorans - Temple Bar (from 11.15)
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