Jail, no?
This image popped up on my FB feed this morning, reminds me of a time when the city was still wild. I still canāt believe the Limelight is a freaking mini-mall, and the Palladium an NYU building. Oh the fun we hadā¦
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For a little while for tax evasion, then he was deported to Canada.
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Those were some fun days. You guys are bringing back memories. Anyone hit AREA or danceteria in addition to the limelight? Those were all in the regular rotation & so much fun. AREA was really something else. Incredibly fun. I think we went to the opening of the Tunnel, I just canāt recall exactly (it was the opening of some club, and I recall hearing the āTunnelā was opening.). (Whatever the hell it was, that night was really fun too.). That whole time was really fun.
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My āeraā was 1994-2002ishā¦I always prided myself on going to different placesā¦some girlfriends from high school were into clubs so weād go to system on 4th Ave (now a Hyatt)ā¦tunnel. Some rave friends would go to nasa on Hubert street (now apartments no doubt). I was really into punk and hardcore so weād go to Coney Island high and wetlands.
Late 90s was centro-fly (19th or 21st street in flatiron) for electronic music. Around 9/11 it was apt in meatpacking and then I got older and gravitated to restaurants and bars.
9/11 was a real shift in nightlifeā¦more lounge and less club. More pop and less obscure electronic music. More jeans. I guess Covid was another game changer for nightlife.
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I went to Centro-Fly, Twilo, Baktun, Body & Soul, loved the early Warm Ups at PS1ā¦ Agree that the shift to lounge (dreaded ābottle serviceā) over club killed much of my interest. Iām excited about the scene in Brooklyn but donāt really participate, though I am seeing Underworld next week at Mirage.
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I was desperate to see underworld but my wife has a PTA meeting soā¦
Saw them at Hammerstein with Carl cox maybe 1998?
Iām guessing we crossed paths.
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OMG bringing back so many memories. I forgot about AREA and Dancetaria and System. Nellās and Au Bar come back to me too. Anyone remember Save the Robots? The after-hours club?
I saw that concert - 1999. Carl Cox! Last time I saw Underworld.
Their whole set is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ishIpc_KPDM
on ave b and 3rd-4th street.
funny and somehow not surprising that we all gravitated here.
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Michel - Donāt know/never went to Save the Robots, but Nellās was that club opening we went to that I referenced above (it was not Tunnel). It was so much fun! I still canāt believe some of my memories from AREA - it was so unbelievable. I think the first time I went in, there was a huge burning cross floating in a pool of water (on the main floor/center area), with all of these men and women (employees), topless, with full body paint, dressed as satyrs (i.e. with goat/fur legs & I think hornsā¦). And then when you went to the bathroom (upstairs/upper level) - this was true literally every time I went - the whole thing was co-ed, and it was so packed with people (just hanging out & doing āother thingsā) that it was like cramming into a Paris metro car during rush hour. It was incredible. We spent so many nights thereā¦ (and Danceteria, and Limelight, and Nells, etc., etc.). And then struggling/straggling in to breakfast at the Bagel in the West Village by 1 or 2 or 2:30 or ā¦
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I still periodically think about regularly grabbing a steak au poivre solo at the counter after a late night at work. One of the great NY spots.
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Second for Houseman. Good vibe, people, service, food. Very neighborhoody.
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Not to mention the loss of Julianās pool hall upstairs. Iām still mad at NYU for that.
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I think the same thing (I walk by the Limelight almost every day.)
Think the same thing when I walk by the wine shop occupying thisā¦
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I remember hitting Vinyl, Filter 14, Centro Fly, Sound Factory, and Exit
You guys clearly didnāt have as good a time as I had ā I canāt even remember the names of the places we went to.
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Some 43 years on, I think the bathroom @ The Bagel remains the smallest bathroom Iāve ever been in - and this includes Amtrak, Paris, Istanbul & Cambodia. (I donāt think men - or most women - could actually take a seat in it.)
So many new openings, itās relentlessā¦
On the Village front, has anybody been to Crevette or Laliko? Iām sure both good and should flip a coin, but trying to figure out a tie-breaker for dinner pre-Comedy Cellar.