The High Stool

O'B

that place is full of **** :eek:
it smells like butterboxes

frantic_mel

O'B wrote:

that place is full of **** :eek:
it smells like butterboxes

at the moment there doing the stool up...i think there even starting to have playstation nights etc.

billy the squid

Is this like a LAN where you bring your own playstation or have they got some set up where people can play playstation games in the pub.

frantic_mel

Im not sure...a message was left on the amc guestbook about it...there also looking for suggestions etc on how to change the pub. I think it was taken over...not exactly sure.

billy the squid

considering the last time i was in it one of the bands that were on stage a member of the band wanted to go down to the bar and break someone up because they said they were crap, only suggestion i could think of would be to close it down and burn it to the ground.

The place was dark, filthy and closing time was a concept alien to them.

Dave

I used to be a regular. I liked the place. I haven't been in it for a good few months now though.

frantic_mel

i love the high stool. its dark because its supposed to give the rock impression. The drawings on the doors and walls are preety amazing. They give great opportunities to young bands starting out, they have bands come from all over the world. they have now got brilliant light and smoke effects, the stage for bands are alot bigger. So far i have no complaints....

Zapho

Yeah, I'm also a fan of the place. Even if there isn't a band playing, the music is always good, compared to that dance music rubbish they play almost everywhere else. And the crowd it has is good too, everybody is pretty sound. And they sure do keep it open late!

echomadman

The place was dark, filthy and closing time was a concept alien to them.

and whats the problem? to quote karl from the simpsons,
"Yeah, but the dank, Moe. The dank!"

I'm not a huge high stool fan, mostly due to some of the clientele, but at least its not another ****ing mollys/mcdaids/charlies/clougheseys generic rugby jock ****hole.

OLDYELLAR

it used a be deadly , where i met my bf over two years ago and were still together , used a be great when they had the pool table and stayed open all night
last time i was in there tho they hunted us out around half twelve or something , how is it these days>?used be a great metal pub

moshpit77

billy the squid wrote:

considering the last time i was in it one of the bands that were on stage a member of the band wanted to go down to the bar and break someone up because they said they were crap, only suggestion i could think of would be to close it down and burn it to the ground.

The place was dark, filthy and closing time was a concept alien to them.

isnt freedom of speech a good thing?

and is it bad that a place should challenge the licencing laws and stay open an extra half hour???

frantic_mel

OLDYELLAR wrote:

it used a be deadly , where i met my bf over two years ago and were still together , used a be great when they had the pool table and stayed open all night
last time i was in there tho they hunted us out around half twelve or something , how is it these days>?used be a great metal pub

You still get a mixture of people in there now. But everyone really sound. It all depends if bands are playing etc.

Last Sat all pints were 3 euros and bottles only 4, so i cant complain.

OLDYELLAR

nice one , how are they on closing hours now ?

frantic_mel

OLDYELLAR wrote:

nice one , how are they on closing hours now ?

my boyfriend plays in a band and regularly plays there, the main bands dont go on until 11.30, but i think it closes around 2.00 there abouts.

OLDYELLAR

ah thats not too bad , mus head in some night be like the good old days , no flippin metal pubs of any description around waterford

billy the squid

moshpit77 wrote:

isnt freedom of speech a good thing?

and is it bad that a place should challenge the licencing laws and stay open an extra half hour???

actually they were up before the district court earlier this year for staying open until after 4am.

OLDYELLAR

ha deadly , thats the way pubs should be , open all night

frantic_mel

Muoahahahahaha

edson

actually, there was a great gig there sat night, roper and psyatica were playing
some excellent stuff by the two of them
the place is pretty cool, there was a bit of a smell alright though

beedge

Fair enough its not everyones cup of tea, but then again no place is....

Pints are €3 bottles are 4, the music venue part is being done up and relaunched in the new year, and its the only decent late bar in Limerick...

If you dont like it, f**k off to Daffys!

http://thehighstool.ie

billy the squid

beedge

thanks for the Link. I will add that to the resources sticky for the future reference of the boards users.

spoon

the high stool used to be a great ol place, it was a little like my cheers (where everyone knew my name etcetc)
it was the only place we could go for a decently priced pint and some good music, and a lot of the time we got good live music. now that it has gone crap, theres very few poeple there, there's very few places like it in limerick, and to a lot of people it will be missed, and the people that wont miss it, probably didnt fit in there at all.

Sheol

beedge wrote:

Fair enough its not everyones cup of tea, but then again no place is....

Pints are €3 bottles are 4, the music venue part is being done up and relaunched in the new year, and its the only decent late bar in Limerick...

If you dont like it, f**k off to Daffys!

*hrhr* right on! love da stool!