Manning To Gig On, Despite All-Ages Ban
News posted Thursday, February 18 2010 at 12:00 PM.
Related: Manning Bar.
The University of Sydney Union (USU) has dismissed claims that gigs are no longer part of the agenda at its popular Manning Bar, despite acknowledging that it would assess the types of entertainment it provided.
In a letter circulated to M+N today (February 18), union chief executive Paul McJannett said the university had undertaken a formal review of its entertainment program and was committed to providing “entertainment to a wider audience of students and the university community”.
While it’s unclear what that means for Manning’s future – perhaps more piano sonatas and operettas to reflect the depth and breath of the university populous? – reports in today’s SMH suggest that the union is concerned about recent acts such as the rapper Necro, who reportedly raps about murder and devil worship, as well as “fetish” events such as Club Lush. It claims the university is rebranding itself as an “Ivy League” institution and the union is desperate not to undermine that image.
While McJannett would not be drawn on those claims, the letter confirmed that the union has decided to discontinue all-age licensed shows. The USU had recently taken on the chairperson’s role for the Liquor Accord on Campus, and saw itself as a leader in the responsible service of alcohol, event and entertainment management.
“All-age shows are typically where the licensee has to provide extra security controls and administration to ensure that no liquor licensing laws are breached,” the statement read. “USU will compensate this position by having additional entertainment at our non-licensed venues that cater for under-18 students.”
The Manning Bar is currently booked until late April. Upcoming shows include Converge (US), The Mess Hall, Club NME featuring Philadelphia Grand Jury and the “Monster Session” MS fundraiser featuring The Lime Spiders and The Hard-Ons.
(Photo by Jez Heywood)
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''assess the types of entertainment it provided''
marvellous. gigs by panel selection?
''Ivy League'' - should get Vampire Weekend.
Ok...can someone explain to me - without resorting to archaic class terminology - what this means exactly???
davey - the US has a small set of universities called ''Ivy League'' - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc - which are prestigious, very expensive to get into, and usually very competitive (i.e., the appeal of the place is half its networking opportunities and half its teaching/research). Most US presidents in some form have been to Ivy League universities. Dubya went to both Harvard and Yale, for example. Apparently most Ivy League graduates until recently were ending up in the kind of finance and banking jobs that, you know, caused the recent financial meltdown. Patrick Bateman in American Psycho went to Harvard.
I love the use of the term loose clientele. Too funny.
i don't like the sound of that. what term would be used to describe the opposite of Ivy League? like, no offense, it's a lovely place with ducks and swans wandering around, what would you label Wollongong Uni?
In US parlance, the opposite of an Ivy League institution is a community college (equivalent to TAFE). Australian universities are probably more broadly equivalent to US state universities, which are often partly subsided by the particular state (e.g., Louisiana) for people who grew up in it.
In my field, at least, Wollongong Uni has a reputation for being a much better teaching university than Sydney Uni - the quality of what students get taught at Wollongong is better than Sydney, but Sydney has more funding and resources for academic research.
Ivy League Colleges are famous for their marching bands
how about just not booking Necro again?