A volunteer organization sprung out of this maelstrom to combat the growing crime. And there was a lot of AIDS consciousness in NYC by that time, although much was still unknown (how it happened, no treatment options, etc.). ''People want a challenging environment.''. (EP15) The Boiler: Police Picnic 81 with The Police, Specials, Iggy Pop, Killing Joke, The Go-Gos, Nash the Slash, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, The Payola$, Oingo Boingo, and The David Bendeth Band, August 23, 1981, 008d. I recall the Reggae Lounge as being like an old dance hall, holding perhaps 1,000, with a stage at the far end of a big open space, a balcony up top, with seats or ledges where people were sitting lining the walls of the club. I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere in the downstairs bar area. I havent been since the 80s either Cublet and I keep planning a jaunt back but it keeps getting derailed by other plans. My girl best friend and I will be in Manhattan this week Thursday-Sunday. It was the launchpad for the global Twist craze in the early 1960s. Door Knocker. They were the third largest market station in Canada and the US, and broke the record scene wide open in the 60s and early 70s with everything from Motown to Bob Seger and back again under musical director Rosalie Tremblay. This collection of playlists provides a wide sample of reggae shows with particular attention to Gil Bailey. Enjoy Yourself: Ottawa Bluesfest 2013 (Pt. So Here I Am: UB40, March 7, 1984 and March 14, 1985, 024. Its resident DJ was Don Letts, who played dub and reggae to a crowd that included The Clash, Sex Pistols. I knew I was hit. Middle Eastern and Greek food is available, and for those who do not dine, the cover charge is $5. What a great time you lot must have had. BAR 13 HOURS OF OPERATION: Monday: Closed Tuesday: Closed Wednesday . This is a review for lounges in New York, NY: "I went to Madame X about 2 weeks ago, shoutout to Yelp for waiving my cover fee when I checked in. (1) (1147) 6.6. #6: I Believe In Father Christmas, or: Brown Shoes Dont Make It, #5: Christmas Advertising: LIFE Magazine, Nov. 30, 1959, #4: KA-CHING-A-LING: Christmas Advertising Highlights 1949-2011, #3: Ludicrous Seasonal TV: Star Wars Holiday Special, #2: Twisted Seasonal Sounds: A John Waters Christmas. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Bar 13 121 University Pl. The clubs mainly offer recorded music unless otherwise noted, and some have dress codes. (EP8) This Years Model: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, November 6, 1978, 002. Admission is $15. Activism & Politics Bars & Nightlife Staten Island 1970s 1980s Lesbian Bars, Clubs & Restaurants. The shooting occurred about 4 A.M. outside the Island Club at 285 West Broadway, south of Canal Street. The moment the Circle Jerks fled the stage, we headed back down and found the poor thing terrified out of her wits. Except that these cookies were more like chocolate hockey pucks rather than anything the Keebler elves may have whipped up. A man passes out on top of and inside a trash can in Times Square. (EP10) Once In A Lifetime: The Heatwave Festival (Part 3) with the Talking Heads and Elvis Costello & the Attractions, August 23, 1980, 008b. We felt like wed been entrusted to look after our kid sister only to find that wed neglectfully let her slip into the hands of Karla Homolka. Spots so unpretentious that they could pass as college fraternity parties include Trax, 100 West 72d Street (799-1448); 5's, at 555 West 57th Street (757-4303); Juke Box N.Y.C., 304 East 39th Street (685-1556), and Kangaroo Club, 334 East 73d Street (570-1116). (EP 11) You Wont See Me: 20 Acts I Wish Id Seen (1920s-1980) featuring Billie Holiday, The Sex Pistols, Fela Kuti, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles and more + 1 Honorary Mention, 019. Instead, we threw on some music, spending hours into dawn talking, joking, drinking, and toking until we all noticed the sun was rising. The 1980s also gave rise to a new generation of Mafiosos who reveled in opulent lifestyles and media attention. My hair stood up on end blown away. Pictured, undercover cops arrest a drug dealer in Times Square. The head behind the Nebula is no stranger: Richie Romero runs, among others, the 1Oak Club, which has attracted many celebrities for years. Undaunted, we made our way over to Bank St. in the West Village and had lunch at a cute place I had a meal at the previous year. Incredibly, his entire countenance turned on a dime. On Fridays and Saturdays, there is dancing from 8 P.M. to 2 A.M. Until 11:30 on those nights, only those who have come for dinner may dance. Below, we look at the decade that came to define the city as the Rotten Apple for a generation of Americans: The police force had dwindled down significantly in response to the city's dire economic recession and budget cuts, which meant that New York was ill-equipped to handle the subsequent barrage of criminal activity that plagued the streets. We Can Get Together: The Hold Steady, Night of the Living Dead Live featuring The Hilotrons, July 17, 2010, 153. It is here that Boy George and street kids mingle in a jumble of black rooms that feature rock videos, smoke- spewing machines and one of the most sophisticated sound systems in town. I can feel the energy in this one, VA. Its an excellent set up for whatevers coming next. Ahead lay almost four days of Gotham adventures before heading back around dinner hour on Saturday. Called the Guardian Angels, members patrolled public transportation and streets to deter criminal activity. These photos, from the early 80s into the late 90s, give glimpses of what it was like at iconic clubs such as the Limelight and Wetlands Preserve. I need to spend a good long relaxing hour with your post, but already I know its gonna be great. For tonight, anyway. Said former NYC DEA agent Robert Stutman, "Crack literally changed the entire face of the city. Katra Lounge The Katra Lounge is inspired by an Middle Eastern influence. Not bad. As it happened, she had decided to come on this trip alone, was wanting to go out and do something, but wasnt sure of what and was reasonably a bit nervous about heading out into nighttime Manhattan on her own. The subway system became a hotbed of crime. (EP29b) Lets Dance: David Bowie with Rough Trade, September 3, 1983, 22a. Jouvay Night Club Queens, NY. No user attended. NYC radio during the 1970s and '80s was loaded with variety, especially on the left end of the dial and at 105.9 WHBI/WNWK FM. There are clubs where one can dance to be seen, and others where one can let loose unnoticed. Glitz is the operative word at Regine's, 502 Park Avenue at 60th Street (826-0990), which offers dinner and disco dancing to an American and European crowd generally 30 and older. Youre braver than I would have been in conveying contraband across the border. The Rain Song: Robert Plant & the Band of Joy, June 23, 2011, 159. The Big 8 was CKLW in Windsor-Detroit, then owned by RKO, a 50,000-watt clear-channel station. Christopher's Credit: Newsday/Michael Petroske A line forms. She had been with us downstairs and the crew assumed wed all stayed together and migrated up to the balcony. Times Square is home to a new club in NYC, Nebula. 3 Men Are Shot At Reggae Club, Site of Slayings, https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/17/nyregion/3-men-are-shot-at-reggae-club-site-of-slayings.html. What are some highly rated lounges in New York, NY? This Global Rock Showcase featured Sister Nancy, Aunt Esther, Sister Charmaine and King D'Jango at S.O.B's in New York City Oct. 29, 2002. Enquiring Minds want to know! The opening of Area more than a year ago gave birth to a new breed of dance club, where music and dance compete with architectural pizazz, where venturesome New Yorkers go almost more to see the latest in props than to listen or move. I cant remember when, though. I should mention it was very cold that day and even started to snow for a while when we were having luncha typical winter day for that period of the 80s. Want more historical New York? Now the theme is carnival, and the club features games and an arcade of bizarre side shows. While we had twisted senses of humour and sometimes played tricks on each other, we werent inherently mean. After that we headed uptown to visit a classmate at her design office and then headed over to the West Side and had a hamburger at Burger King before we parted company for the day and I headed back to catch a bus back to CT. (EP 29a) Changes: Bowie, The 70s, and Me (A Prelude to EP29B), 021. . I was particularly pleased that the store sold Guinness, of which I grabbed a few before heading over to the hotel. The crime stories coming out of NYC were alarming in those days and only a bit exaggerated. I checked into my room to discover that Id been put in a multi-bed space with a couple of doofi who were inexplicably irked that I was drinking Guinness. The nightclubs of the 1980s and 90s were often wild landscapes that attracted unique nocturnal animals. #1: December 1986: MY 3 XMAS WEEKENDS FROM HELL! Lining up plans in New York? Whether you're a local, new in town, or just passing through, you'll be sure to find something on Eventbrite that piques your interest. He didn't take studio photography or anything like that.. The clientele is a colorful blend of Rastafarians, Africans, Europeans and students, about 25 and older. Linda: I remember you saying about how you used to go to NYC every three months: envy, Linda, envy! (EP14) The Fine Art of Surfacing: The Boomtown Rats, March 19, 1980, 005. Looking forward to more. The shooting occurred about 4 A.M. outside the Island Club at 285 West Broadway, south of Canal Street. I am trying to discover hip hop or reggae clubs in Manhattan. I remember the frisson that overcame me on my first trip to NY, just a few years before your own. I was car-accident-like fixated upon this seemingly post-apocalyptic, Eventually, Jerseyian gloom gave way to Manhattan splendor as we emerged from the tunnel. And instead of these luvin-from-the-oven nibbly baked goods being enriched with thiamin, niacin or riboflavin, they instead had a different kind of secret ingredient: psilocybin. It's even rumored that the term crack comes from the fact that the drug looks like . Youre drinking STOUT! It turned out that TA was, in addition to being a big jazz head, very into a lot of groove-based music as was I, including reggae, and we we wanted to jump in and join the gang. I wouldn't remember the clubs as well if he didn't take the photos.. It really shouldnt have surprised me for, as a terminal outsider, Ive always found the social mix of cities as welcoming places vs the received notions of small homey towns as the be-all end-all of welcoming friendliness. Clive Hudson, The Master Blaster,introduced me to original Ska and oldies classics. You make it easy to jones for your stuff! The trip was put together by the University of Western Ontario art department where my pal M. Zeppelin was a student. Admission for nondiners is $15. Nowadays I imagine the border crossing takes far longer, too. A Live Memoir & Podcast by Host Various Artists. I cannot, however, find the backing track which is a dubbed-out version of Flashdance (What a feeling). 6. There is no one step sweeping the clubs as in the disco-days of ''Saturday Night Fever,'' when couples would co-ordinate their every dip, or the punk-rock days, when heads of spiked hair would bop up and down in one place. Admission on weekends is $15. There were a lot of eccentrically dressed people, and those were the people Alexis adored, Glam said. I havent been since the 80s either Cublet and I keep planning a jaunt back but it keeps getting derailed by other plans. New York lost 500,000 manufacturing jobs and correspondingly, over a million people left New York over the course of the 1970s. (EP 29a) Changes: Bowie, The 70s, and Me (A Prelude to EP29B, Lets Dance: Bowie @ the CNE in 83), 3 for 23: mylifeinconcert.coms THIRD PODCAST ANNIVERSARY, 2022: VAS FAVE MUSIC & MEDIA OF THE YEAR, (Xmas#9) KA-CHING-A-LING II: More Christmas Advertising Highlights 1936-2003, EP 29b (no.22b) Lets Dance: David Bowie with Rough Trade, CNE Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Saturday September 3, 1983, EP 29a (no.22a) Changes: Bowie, The 70s, and Me (A Prelude to EP29B, Lets Dance: Bowie @ the CNE in 83), EP 28 (no.21) Dangerous Acquaintances: Marianne Faithfull, London, Ontario, Canada, August 15, 1983, EP 27 (no.19) Walking on the Moon: Police Picnic 83 with The Police, Peter Tosh, James Brown, King Sunny Ad, Blue Peter, & The Fixx, CNE Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Friday August 5, 1983, EP 26 (no.18) I Keep A Close Watch: John Cale, Fryfogles, London, Ontario, Canada, Monday June 13, 1983, EP 25 (no.17) Fucked Up Once Again: Flipper, Fryfogles, London, Ontario, Canada, Monday May 30, 1983, EP 24 ( no.16) End of the Party: The (English) Beat with R.E.M., Alumni Hall, UWO, London, Ontario, Canada, Tuesday April 12, 1983, EP 23 (no.51) Connection: Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos, Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Thursday December 8, 1988, EP 22 (no.205) Suddenly: Caribou, London Music Hall, London, Ontario, Canada, Saturday November 20, 2021, EP 21 (no.15) I Found That Essence Rare: The Gang of Four with The Hoi Polloi, Wonderland Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada, Saturday March 5, 1983, EP 20 (no.14) Gimme Danger: Iggy Pop with Nash the Slash, Wonderland Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada, Wednesday October 27, 1982, EP 19 (no.13) Night & Day: Joe Jackson, Alumni Hall, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Monday October 4, 1982, EP 18 (no.12) Clash City Rockers: The Clash with Black Uhuru, CNE Grandstand, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sunday September 5, 1982, EP 17 (no.11) What A Day That Was: Police Picnic 82 with The Police, Talking Heads, The (English) Beat, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, A Flock of Seagulls, & The Spoons, CNE Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Friday August 13, 1982, EP 16 (no.10) Electricity: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark with Mettle, Centennial Hall, London, Ontario, Canada, Tuesday March 9, 1982, EP 15 (no.9) The Boiler: The Police Picnic 81with The Police, The Specials, Iggy Pop, Killing Joke, The Go-Gos, Nash the Slash, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, The Payola$, Oingo Boingo, and the David Bendeth Band, The Grove, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, August 23, 1981, EP 14 (no.6) The Fine Art of Surfacing: The Boomtown Rats with B.B. Your email address will not be published. Anyone can read what you share. ". Check out this footage of the South Bronx in 1982: And then this documentary short, A Most Violent Year, which explores the multifaceted problems New York City faced in 1981: And if you're fascinated by the history of New York, check out our other posts on when the New York subway was the most dangerous place on earth and startling images of 1970s New York. The Mean Fiddler. MajorStage Presents: Live Hip Hop & R&B 9:00 pm MajorStage Presents: Keenan TreVon 7:00 pm 01 MajorStage Presents: Scorey 7:00 pm 02 KiDi: The Golden Boy North American Tour 7:00 pm 03 More Love Less Ego: Afrobeats 11:00 pm Mannywellz 7:00 pm 04 Rhythm Revue 6:00 pm Caribbean Saturdays Flag Fest NYC 11:00 pm '', See the article in its original context from. The shooting yesterday came as the club was closing and patrons were walking into the street, the police said. New York's Fabulous 1980s and '90s Club Scene. nyc: any decent hip hop / reggae (dancehall) clubs in manhattan. But prep paradise is surely the Surf Club, 415 East 91st Street (410-1360), where navy blue suits have been cast aside for the party uniform: black skirts or pants and white shirts. This Sunday, for instance, the annual Easter Bonnet contest will take place at 6 P.M., and the best-dressed head will win $200. ''It takes a lot to impress New Yorkers these days,'' says the club's owner, Frank Lynch. Wed be driving through the dark of this cool, late fall night, the 8-9 hour trip plopping us down in Manhattan in the early morning. I would definitely recommend!! A man en route to a birthday celebration takes the subway in the mid-1980s. Sky kindly and thoughtfully shared his homemade bounty, with each of us diving into Skys biscuits of enchantment which certainly would have won Best In Show at a Crystal Magic Bake Sale. I was with a RISD friend of mine and we took in a Chihuly show at a small art gallery on West Broadway and then walked over to Cooper Union where we were going to have lunch on East 7th St. at a place owned by another friend, but it was closed for the day. Over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world. Manhattan & Edie Sedgwick: My Life In Conversation EP001, My Life in Conversation: Discussions with Creatives, VA presents 14 Interesting David Bowie Vinyl Releases for His 75th Birthday, See Every David Bowie 1967-2003 Studio LP Cover Sequentially Morphing Into Each Other: mylifeinconcert.com Video, STIV BATORS Starring in THE ULTIMATE 3-MINUTE ROCKNROLL INTERVIEW, 1983 (A mylifeinconcert.com Video Capture), The Spoons Surprise Shocked Student Supporters in 1983: mylifeinconcert.com Video, Bootsy Collins Headbutts Various Artists: MONDAY VIDEO #001 (July 13 2020). It was a deal. Not my music but thats ok (Im a bit older). He was listed in critical condition at St. Vincent's Hospital last night with head injuries, the police said. A chance . "When it first started going off, nobody knew where it was coming from. Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, Download the Clinton Lyndsay MP3 collection, Download the Studio One in Finestyle MP3 collection. Most Sundays the club is closed, but this Sunday it is open from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M., with admission $10 for all. discreetly tucking stashes of pills and shrubbery into nooks and crannies so as not to have them on-person should anything come to light when it came time to cross the border. Miller. I was immediately hooked, and later collaborated with my sister Julie Covelloin 2002 as the editor and co-writer of her Jojo Mayer documentary Prohibited Beatz. Benns hummed and hawed, diplomatically telling. Magic Chords: Ottawa Bluesfest 2013 (Pt. Your email address will not be published. 17 Things You Didn't Know About Walt Whitman, Laurent Chehere's Flying Houses Speak To Your Inner Child, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. If you want to be driven anywhere while youre here, get a hold of me and Ill take you there no problem, you can all climb in. It was an otherworldly sound, yet its makings were so easily understood: its just sped up to a point of absurdity, and then turned into music. And, yes, musical excess or minimalism can depend on context. (EP19) Night & Day: Joe Jackson, October 4, 1982, 012. The second thing was how friendly I found everyone. Thinking back to my time on that day (which I also remember well) and then reading your account from the previous month is an added bonus for me! Originally, the event was scheduled for Katch Astoria down the block but they moved the party to thismore. Reviews on Reggae Night Clubs in New York, NY - Reggae Retro Dance Party, Lovers Rock, Lounge 247, The Village Underground, Elevate Sky Lounge, Rooftop 760, The Delancey, Kingston Hall, Madame X, Negril Village Now I feel like I can start dancing. (EP20) Gimme Danger: Iggy Pop with Nash the Slash, October 27, 1982, 013. Back Against the Wall: Circle Jerks, Reggae Lounge, New York City, New York, November 16, 1983, $ n/a NOTE: While this first part of a two-part entry will touch on the Circle Jerks' show and 024 will cover Psychic TV at the Danceteria these two entries are more about the hijinks, buffoonery and events experienced among my friends and . [ 1 ] "Needle Park" View fullsize. (EP14) The Fine Art of Surfacing: The Boomtown Rats with B.B. Off we went, eyes bleary but agape, energized to simply be here (ok, and maybe some of those black pills got our empty gas tanks non-organically refilled). 285 West Broadway, south of Canal Street as we emerged from the fact that store! 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