April 27, 2006
Soup Minus
What? No Soup!!
The other night at home I was searching the web to see what gigs were coming up on the Sydney Jazz scene and naturally I checked out Soup Plus, only to be shocked with the discovery that it had suddenly closed. Surely not. As it happens, the new Soup Plus venue (well it was new compared to the 30 years that the Soup was in George St) is across the road from my city office. So the next day I checked the bricks and mortar as opposed to the Soup's virtual presence in cyberspace. The posters were still there including one advertising What's on at the Soup in April.
But the door was shut and the red sign confirmed that one of my favourite jazz establishments had indeed closed.
Oh well, I guess it just goes to show that one of the few things one can rely on in this life is change. Hopefully Soup Plus will open again soon in another Sydney CBD location with an intimate atmosphere more akin to the old George St venue. Otherwise there would appear to be a niche in the market waiting to be filled.
Posted to Music by Keith PittyIts been in some trouble for a while. I heard last year that musicians were very unhappy with the place. Apparently one night Dale Barlow was playing there - he hadn't been paid for weeks - the sound guy was hopeless, and Dale just stopped playing, stood up and said "Fuck this" rather loudly and walked out. I wasn't there but it makes a good (bad) story...
Posted by: Jed Wesley-Smith at April 28, 2006 11:54 AMSo where are the good Jazz haunts in the city these days? In days gone by I used to be able to rely on The Basement but it has been many years since it reliably dished up quintessential jazz.
Posted by: Keith Pitty at April 28, 2006 12:22 PMNever mind the jazz, where am I going to get lunch on the occasions when I escape from the office for more than twenty minutes?
Posted by: Andy Todd at April 28, 2006 3:13 PMWine Bank seems to have a lot of good people playing there, but it ain't cheap...
Posted by: Jed Wesley-Smith at May 1, 2006 2:15 PM