Talk:La Luna (Portland, Oregon)

La Luna or LaLuna

Originally this article for La Luna (yes, that is the correct way of spelling it) was under LaLuna and cited the Lunatics Ball for that spelling. Lunatics Ball certainly does say LaLuna, but it also says La Luna at the beginning of the article. As having been to La Luna on three separate occasions, having a large collection of La Luna advertisements, concert listings, and poster memorabilia that all say La Luna, I think I can safely assume that the author of Lunatics Ball has never been to a show at La Luna or has even read any press on the venue. Most press, and internet searches, bring up La Luna. I think the misconception comes from the fact that it's two "L" words in quick succession and because "La" is so small, sometimes the kerning between La and Luna was small or nonexistant. Also, at times the La would be uncapitalized (because it's spanish) which would also confuse matters. The sign outside of the La Luna venue was also neon, that had the two words closely together, but that was most likely due to the fact it was a neon sign, and had little to do with the separation (or lack of) between the two words. I think if all else fails, you have to use simple logic. Back before the internet people didn't use creative license with words the way they do now. La Luna is spanish for "The Moon." It would make sense that it is two words, and not something like TheMoon, which makes no sense, let alone sense creatively. Leitmotiv (talk) 21:42, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Peteforsyth was convinced that the article as he wrote it had the correct spelling, and I trust him. He has been known to be wrong very occasionally, so unless his hunk of dead tree is the OLCC permit or something official, I think Leitmotiv might be right. Pete, come back from vacation! Katr67 (talk) 23:28, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Well I'm willing to admit I'm wrong too, but it would be because several advertising companies in the old Willamette Weekly and the defunct Rocket newspaper mislead me and several other thousands of people. I mean I've even gone through my collection of rock posters from La Luna and noted how each has a space between the two words. Me, and all those companies could be wrong, but it's unlikely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leitmotiv (talk • contribs) 03:38, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Found this posting of an old La Luna advertisement in an old Bohemia Afterdark show on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peI5x0-hNkw At 16:53 it has an advertisement for La Luna as "La-Luna." A hyphen denotes that there is at the very least a space between the two words, and the capitalization notes two separate words as well. Why the hyphen? I don't know. Leitmotiv (talk) 18:26, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect dates

The dates for the Pine Street Theater are off. I very clearly remember going to a show at the Pine Street Theater in the mid 1990's. I was 16, and it was my first club ever. The band was Gun Shy, and I have a poster from the show somewhere which clearly says Pine Street Theater. Their album was released in 1994, so the show would have been just before then.206.125.64.19 (talk) 07:48, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

It was definitely La Luna by 1993. Here are some posters: [1] [2]  Tabanger  08:56, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

It was also the Pine Street Theater again from 2000 to 2002 or 2003. In 2004 it was re-opened as Solid State. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parkman47 (talk • contribs) 00:07, 31 August 2010 (UTC)