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Due to an illness in the band, we’re sad to say that the DIRTY HEADS can’t play tonight. Feel better guys and we’ll make sure to have a drink in your honor. Good thing the rest of the crew is still ready to rock - see you all tonight for ANDRE LEGACY, DIRT NASTY, BEARDO and SPECIAL GUESTS!
How exciting! The fans have spoken, and we are so ecstatic to have won the VH1 Rock Honors Best Rock Venue Site. We can’t express enough how thrilled we were to even be nominated (i always thought people lied when they said that…turns out its true!), but winning is even more exciting! Thanks again to everyone who voted!
Please come vote for us and support our wee little blog. We’re so excited by the nomination (Best Rock Venue Site), and really want to rally the troops and win! For all our loyal patrons, rock n roll fanatics, and curious out of town-ers - please vote for The Roxy! We’ll owe you.
Details tomorrow!
Special shout out to fastcompany.com for their great write up on all things Roxy blog. As always, we’re flattered by the attention - and are really happy to be recognized as a forward moving club and social networking team. It’s because we’ve received the amount of feedback we have via the blog (both positive and negative) that we are able to really address the wants and needs of the club goers, fans, patrons, and the rest! We look forward to all good things in the future. Thanks again- please check out the full article here.
For the vast majority of people, “social media” means joining Facebook or LinkedIn and wondering why they joined. I asked Nic what he thought was the secret to his success. He said, “I got on board with this plan. Annie and I are each online 3-4 hours a day talking to customers and the community. This isn’t something we paid money for and farmed out.” He added, “We were really stuck in a rut for so long. Reaching out to our customers like this makes us more honest about who we are, where we stand, and what we need to do to change.”
A year ago, the Roxy had an increasingly bad reputation online and a website with a three year old calendar. On July 17th, VH1 fans will give them the vote for having the best rock venue website. By taking the time to learn and embrace the tools of social media and Web 2.0, Nic and his club went from zero to VH1 in 12 months flat.
Come join us on TWITTER and let us know about your daily shenanigans and we’ll tell you ours! It’s quite a fun (and powerful) social networking tool, and we’ve been having so much fun with it! We like to keep you updated on the inner workings of the Roxy world - and we love reading about the hot new blogs, who saw what last night, and what YOUR daily life is like. Come join and make sure you follow us. We’ve been in the giving mood lately, and give away tickets to shows veryyyyy veryyyy often. What’s not to love about that?
June Boom! The Sunset Strip was on fire this month. SSMF, Crystal Castles sold-out midnight show, TRVS+DJAM w/ Too Short and (last but not least)the return of Shuvel, all made June a hit. Coming off of May, we worried if we would be able to keep the great photos coming. We were not dissapointed. Great job everyone! A Special “what up!” goes out imnotuna, Never Cool in School, totallylikeduh! and letsflyawaythistime, all who are contributing members of The Roxy Theatre Flickr Group. Nice work, keep it coming. If you want to shoot at The Roxy contact us at theroxy@mac.om and we will try to accommodate you the best we can. Thanks again to everyone who added over 1000 shots to the group this month. Hit us with your best shot! Fire Away!!!
Pop Noir
Photo by Genie Sanchez
Frightened Rabbit
Photo by Leslie Kalohi
The Wombats
Photo by Una Zipagan
The Last Goodnight
Photo by Kevin Blades
Crystal Castles
Photo by Wei
Shuvel
Photo by Erik Voake
LA Riots at MSTRKFRT Video Shoot
Photo by Manny Adler
The Shys
Photo by Una Zipagan
DJ AM
Photo by Erik Voake
Cartel
Photo by Ashlie Waters
There’s nothing more exciting than a three day weekend. I’m sure most of you have a great BBQ planned tomorrow - maybe a little beach time - surfing maybe? Whatever you are up to, be safe and have fun!
We know we know. July 1st snuck up on us too! But you knoowwwww our lovely police officers ate their Wheaties this morning and plan on ticketing us alllllll dayyyy. So be good. Put the Iphone down. Enjoy the weather. Enjoy that new Weezer song that’s on every station. And just wait ’til you get to the office to get your chat on.
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This blog has turned into this little crazy phenomenon and we’re so flattered by the feedback we have received. Social networking is such a trial an error game, and we hope that we’ve found something unique in how we’ve built this site. As always, LAIST continues to be one of our favorite sites for really telling it how it is in so many facets of LA Living. We appreciate them as much for their support as for their constructive criticism! Check out what they have to say about the blog!
The Roxy website ditched their old-school site and moved to a blog format. Furthermore, Adler took the spirit of community and transparency a step further by including listings for other businesses and venues on the Strip. This radical departure from the competitive nature of the industry has made an impact, although few — if any — venues have followed suit with their internet presence. Adler is admittedly hooked on social media now and it’s apparent — The Roxy, which only years ago went after camera-wielding patrons, now has a massive presence on the web and even hosts user-generated photos and videos on the site. The Roxy is also one of four nominees for Best Rock Site for this month’s VH1 Rock Honors.
Please vote for us!
We’ve all been working so hard in preparation of the SSMF, that it’s easy to lose sight of what it’s REALLY all about. A true celebration! It’s almost impossible for most of us to remember a time before the legendary Sunset Strip existed, but last night we were able to honor the masterminds behind the place we call “home.” The event at the House of Blues was nothing short of amazing. So many legends in the house, wanting to pay respects and tell their one of a kind stories. Cheech and Chong were a highlight, Slash is always entertaining, and the beautiful Michelle Phillips were all very gracious in their intros. The event was hosted by our (always) favorite MC, Mark McGrath. We’ll always be thankful for what Lou Adler, Mario Maglieri, and Elmer Valentine have created for us all - now lets party!
Here’s a few pics so far, credit Erik Voake - more to come!
We are happy to announce that we have been nominated as BEST ROCK VENUE by VH1 Rock Honors! It’s been such an exciting year for us, and we couldn’t be happier to be in such great company! We have some pretty tough competition - the always cool Bowery Ballroom in NYC and historic Red Rocks in Colorado. So exciting!
Please take a minute to vote for us and pass it along to all your friends!
(Sorry, had too.) Our boys in Shuvel rocked the house Friday night. Ryan, Carlos and Issac you rock! Thanks guys and thanks to all the other bands as well. Death Pilot, Plastik and Maleva. Great to see a bunch of old friends and make some new ones.
Over the last couple weeks we have been spoiled by Dim Mak and Company. A MSTRKRFT video shoot with with Nore, LA Riots, Felix Cartal, Lazaro Casanova and Steve Aoki. Couple days later Aoki Played The Elements of Life Benefit. Then Crystal Castles came in and basically took over the club. Every email, comment and phone call we received over the last week was about them. So many that we were forced to add a Friday Midnight performance. Both shows were completely sold out. We can’t wait to have them back. It felt as we are starting to witness a change in the music scene and we love it. Check out some of the vids and pics the captured the fun over the last month.
Thanks to the guys at Club Soda Media, Darren Kim and Erik Voake for the pics.
MSTRKRFT Video Shoot
Steve Aoki at Elements of Life Benefit
Crystal Castles at The Roxy
Check out The Roxy’s new YouTube channel. Please add your videos to our new group, “The Roxy Theatre”, on YouTube. We love video! Especially if it’s taken here!! Check out our Video page or watch the player below which is loaded with our “Most Viewed” playlist.
