Also envious that you saw The Clash at Danceteria. Virtually every night of the week, a crowd of superlatives - some of the most beautiful and famous, rich and crazy that New York can offer - jams the sidewalk outside the club, waiting to get inside. Id read an article in the Village Voice in September 82 when it was first being discovered. The subway system became a hotbed of crime. Ive only done that twice and both times it was accidental. I wonder what was with those weirdos who couldnt fathom that a fellow might want a Guinness from time to time. This is my wife. Mountaineer's Club at Vasmay Lounge, NYC, 1986. State officials said the club, which opened as the Reggae Lounge in 1982 and later. 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A more flamboyant crowd dances at an odyssey of a club called Paradise Garage, 84 King Street, near Varick Street (989-2975), which is open to the public on Friday nights only. The moment the Circle Jerks fled the stage, we headed back down and found the poor thing terrified out of her wits. Now if you really really know me, you know I love culture reggae and I always feel in my element when I'm in the atmosphere. Edwige Belmore, Bettina Kster, and Robert Paules' Mountaineer's Club celebrates opening two nights a week with a reception at Vasmay Lounge, 269 East Houston Street, New York City, October 21, 1986. We split a couple of cabs back to the Executive post-show, with Cousin Bennies quickly severing herself from us group of no-goodniks. Start spreading the news: at last I was on my way to New York, leaving on this day to be part of it. New York's Fabulous 1980s and '90s Club Scene. While stage diving, crowd surfing and body slamming are about as radical as a cup of earl grey and a shortbread these days, this was pretty out there 30 or so years ago. (EP17) 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, August 13, 1982, 010. While we had twisted senses of humour and sometimes played tricks on each other, we werent inherently mean. On Friday nights only, the Ethnic Folk Arts Center, 179 Varick Street, (691-9510), provides an international array of folk dances. Those familiar. (EP23) Connection: Keith Richards, December 8, 1988, 025. The Red Parrot, 617 West 57th Street (247-1530), is still fun to visit on Fridays and Saturdays, when a 16- piece orchestra plays the sounds of the 40's and 50's. 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. Boanerges: Aha, now I know what youre talking about. She had been with us downstairs and the crew assumed wed all stayed together and migrated up to the balcony. 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. $$$$. Miller. Child abuse had grown hugely. In the New York City area, there are many venues where you can go and enjoy a night of reggae music. Finding herself wandering the battlefield in search of us just as the CJs and their audience hit Lift Off, she hastily scampered to the rear of the crowd, pinning her back against the wall so thoroughly she probably almost merged with it. The Ritz was a New York City rock club in the 1980s and early 1990s. Not bad at all. Top 10 Best Reggae Lounge in New York, NY - January 2023 - Yelp New York, NY Nightlife Reggae lounge Best reggae lounge near me in New York, NY Sort:Recommended Price Offers Delivery Offers Takeout Reservations Hookah Bars 1. Clive Hudson, The Master Blaster,introduced me to original Ska and oldies classics. Myself, our pal Miss Bennies, M. Zeppelin and then-S.O. I went to the sound clash tonight after not going there for a while. ''It's a reflection of the times,'' said Steven Rubell, a former owner of Studio 54, who plans to feature exhibitions of art at Palladium, the club he is opening next month on the Lower East Side. Middle Eastern and Greek food is available, and for those who do not dine, the cover charge is $5. And now the style is spreading to other clubs in the city. Which meant that lil Sandy Duncan was down there somewhere, among the warring gladiators. This commercial building was home to the Beach Haven, Staten Island's sole lesbian bar in the 1970s and early 1980s. The cover charge is $10. 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. Reggae Party every Sunday@Bar 13. I havent been since the 80s either Cublet and I keep planning a jaunt back but it keeps getting derailed by other plans. The Big 8 was CKLW in Windsor-Detroit, then owned by RKO, a 50,000-watt clear-channel station. For one, he was older than most of the people out at the clubs, and with his salt-and-pepper hair, he looked it. Black Flag at Reggae Lounge, NYC, 1984. (EP 22) Suddenly: Caribou, London Music Hall, London, Ontario, Canada, Saturday November 20, 2021, 186. Some dancers today combine the smooth John Travolta-style disco steps with the punk rockers' jumping- bean style, while others barely move, seemingly entranced by the music. And so, after pouring through the Village Voice, it was agreed by committee that wed be heading to SoHo to see L.A. hardcore titans the Circle Jerks at The Reggae Lounge. There are clubs where one can dance to be seen, and others where one can let loose unnoticed. Following some pre-gig prepping, where there was much communal delight when I pulled out the aforementioned shrubbery, we skinned up and got dolled down in our ragged non-finest and off we went. 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Part Two is even more eventful and madcap. Although disk jockeys say that today's music is embracing more styles - mixing reggae and hard rock and new wave, for example - one can visit club after club and, with few exceptions, hear nothing but what is playing on the FM dial. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Can I come along? said Cuz, delivering her enquiry with a Sandy Duncan-level of perkiness. Slaying in June, A State Liquor Authority spokesman, Richard Chernela, said the agency formally filed charges to revoke the club's license on Thursday afternoon because the club had become "a focal point for police attention.". Walk Like A Giant: Neil Young and Crazy Horse with Patti Smith, November 24, 2012, 173. Enquiring Minds want to know! There's a bar, a nice sitting area with dim lighting.. the reggae party was going down upstairs. As for the photos, while I am still bestus pals with MZ, Ive lost track with several others, so didnt want to use any close up shots just to respect privacy. After a period of taking in the young hormonal morass of slam dancers, with red red robin mohawks bob-bob-bobbin along above the heads of the flailing-limb crowd like a percolating pit of pass the potato-punk-piatas, something suddenly occurred to one of us: where was Cousin Bennies? In 1985, Gotti ordered a hit on mob boss Paul Castellano. On Fridays, admission is $8 for women and $10 for men. We entered to a crew of dreadlocked males skanking to a bottom-heavy soundsystem while a endless ribbon of punks and skins sat chilling on the outer perimeter, awaiting the carnage. Yep, the radio station was/is CHRW, the university alternative station. OPEN NOW. As I had learned during the previous night, he was an avowed alcohol abstainer but loved the green stuff and other select stimulants mightily. Probably in the 1980s. In my opinion Reggae isn't all that popular in NYC like it was in the 70's and 80's. . The Juke Box is free and the other clubs charge from $5 to $10. After midnight, the younger Park Avenue set moves in, giving Regine's touches of a debutante ball. ''Eclectic'' describes not only the props at New York's more fashionable clubs, but also the patrons themselves and the way they are dancing. 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. I knew I was hit. I would like to plan a Saturday night outing for, Hi Everyone. Greenwich Village. Share or embed this setlist. By 1990, annual homicides in New York peaked at 2,245. Clinton Lyndsay had the most alluring program ID a sultry voice repeating his name several times: Clinton Lyndsay Clinton Lyndsay ahhhhh Clinton Lyndsay. He basically just went out to clubs or whatever types of events we were going to and took photos. Admission for nondiners is $15. (EP26) I Keep A Close Watch: John Cale, June 13, 1983, 017. It sounds like a Sly & Robbie production. A page for former employees, bands, fans and others to remember the days at the Peppermint Lounge in NYC in the early 80's.NO SPAMMERS ALLOWED.everyone else is welcome! In the late 1980s, many of New Yorks megaclubs closed down as a result of the economic crash of 1987. 44 Berry St, Brooklyn. Three men were shot early yesterday morning in Manhattan as they left a reggae nightclub, just 12 hours after the state moved to shut it down because three people had been killed there in the last two years, the authorities said. Said former NYC DEA agent Robert Stutman, "Crack literally changed the entire face of the city. All That's Interesting is a Brooklyn-based digital publisher that seeks out stories that illuminate the past, present, and future. 1990s: Saturday nights at the Roxy (515 W. 18th St.) give birth to the. Back at Area, it is 3 A.M. and the mime has hardly batted an eyelash. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. By the way, do you remember how much AIDS consciousness there was? The club features three Latin bands on Saturdays and attracts a spirited Latino and American crowd. He didn't take studio photography or anything like that.. A flower delivery arrives at the Guidetta Funeral Home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. In New York's nightclub scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Alexis Di Biasio stood out in the crowd. Poor Sandy Duncan, though. But then I saw it was coming through the back, through the back window. As a result of efforts by club owners to create environments that are comfortable for uptowners yet funky enough for downtowners, today's discos have become places where punkers and bankers, street kids and top recording artists whirl in one colorful blur. Ahead lay almost four days of Gotham adventures before heading back around dinner hour on Saturday. 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. A spliff did the rounds to shake out the cobwebs as cold ones were cracked and imbibed except in Skys case. Admission is $10 on weekends. (EP10) Once In A Lifetime: The Heatwave Festival (Part 3) with the Talking Heads and Elvis Costello & the Attractions, August 23, 1980, 008b. ARE YOU A PEOPLE PERSON? Please send me a message if you can direct me to some biographical information. Hello, Yelpers! 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. New York, NY 10003 Phone: 646-370-4189 . (EP21) I Found That Essence Rare: The Gang of Four with The Hoi Polloi, March 5, 1983, 014. (Photo: Cynthia Finch) Allen Ginsberg was at that Reggae Lounge show, I remember seeing him and there was also a Village Voice review of the show that confirmed it. Assuming that wed be roomed up with people grouped via personal familiarity, the gang of four were peeved to learn that wed been split up into quarters with other folks unknown. 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. Hanging Around: Hugh Cornwell from The Stranglers featuring Blondies Clem Burke, November 5, 2010, 154. 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 Normally this would be a tad long for my interest, but you kept me humming along reading to see what adventures would come. 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. ". All you had to do was throw some glitter on, Glam said. French cuisine is served until 10:30 P.M., when the club's scarlet and mirrored disco comes to life. There was still a wild abandon in New York. 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. If you know whos track this is, please send me a message. Puts the reader right into the action. Mona's East Village $$$$ 224 Avenue B, New York Earn 3X Points Even if you're someone who doesn't "get" jazz or finds it pretentious, give the jazz nights at Mona's a shot. When one appeared, we all crammed in: five of us in the back, Sky and Artist up front with the driver. I was particularly pleased that the store sold Guinness, of which I grabbed a few before heading over to the hotel. One night in 1995, I happen to catch the broadcast of Reggae Rhythms on WCKR 89.9 FM when the host returned from a trip to England. New York City during the 1980s was a very different place. As the crowd scattered from the gunman, Stonewall Bristol, 27, of Brooklyn, tried to flee but was hit by a white sedan as it backed up, the police said. Admission on weekends is $15. "Rush Hour" and "Biker Boys", both taken in 1980. Can't wait til next month.". Indeed, the Circle Jerks debut album, Group Sex, sported 14 songs in 15 minutes. Enjoy these photos of NYC from the 1980s, images that depict what New York City was like decades ago. Linda: I remember you saying about how you used to go to NYC every three months: envy, Linda, envy! 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. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. On & On: Erykah Badu, The Tragically Hip, Shpongle, & more, July 9, 2011, 164. VA, thanks for sharing this first part of your trip to the city! ''It takes a lot to impress New Yorkers these days,'' says the club's owner, Frank Lynch. For 50's and 60's music, there is the Heartbreak at 179 Varick Street (691- 2388), where not just the sounds are nostalgic. Off a colorful bar and lounge with a splendid view of midtown, the club's rather intimate-sized dance room gives the air of a lavish private party. I thanked him and promptly walkedmore, First I will say if you know me, you knowww I love reggae and soca and I usually know all the lyricsmore, Similar music as BOBs (top 40, old hip hop, some dancehall/reggae depending on the DJ).more, Stopped in expecting to hear a little reggae but indie rock or something like it was playing.more, Dance ClubsLoungesComedy Clubs$$Greenwich Village, Pros: music(Hip Hop/Reggae/Pop), diverse friendly fun crowd, versatility(bar/lounge/club),stiffmore, Compared to the other clubs I attend, they played the most soca, Indian, chutney, and reggae thatmore, Arrived at about 9:30 with a buddy of mine.. who is totally in to reggae so this place workedmore, if you're looking for somewhere to dance your ass off and hear a mix of reggae, hip hop, and socamore, There's a bar, a nice sitting area with dim lighting.. the reggae party was going down upstairs.more, music downstairs was schizopehrenic (They would go from 50 cent to roots reggae to 90s RnB to 80smore, We came here last night for their salsa and bachata party with Chino Pons. Bootzilla: Bootsy Collins, The Flaming Lips, and more, July 5 & 8, 2011, 163. I got hit!' They offered us to help ourselves to the fold-out couches and chairs if we wanted to crash in the living room, provided they each got to keep their beds in the other room. Amazing strip club in midtown! Over the course of the decade, New York set records for murder, rape, burglary, and car theft. Now, a selection of them has been collected in the book, Fabulousity: A Night Youll Never Forget or Remember, published by Wild Life Press. Abra: I agree with you, re: the reason behind the brisk pace. He entered, took a seat, introduced himself as Marcel (his real name, which I will have to use because well, keep reading) and confirmed that he was part of the journey down from Londonia. The clientele is a colorful blend of Rastafarians, Africans, Europeans and students, about 25 and older. I remember the frisson that overcame me on my first trip to NY, just a few years before your own. (EP6) Im Your Man: Leonard Cohen, December 7, 2012, 174. Alas, twas not the yelling friend he was to find behind closed doors, but instead all four of us in the throes of some serious tripping. Any night life recommendations? Fri, Feb 17, 10:00 PM + 169 more events. From the moment the Jerks took the stage, it was instant human smashnmash, with a Holy Doodles! look from our Provincial eyes. 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. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. 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. Yep, Sky had come down with about a half dozen chocolatey flavoured magic mushroom cookies. Contemporary music is featured during the band's breaks. In The Flesh: Blondie, July 10, 2014 (& their mid-70s birth), 178b. Mr. Barksdale and David Monroe, a friend, remained at Beth Israel last night with bullet wounds to their hands, the police said. I must have missed it. The second thing was how friendly I found everyone. Not bad. Sludgefeast: Dinosaur Jr., January 22, 2010, 104. See the original post on Slate with more photos. I cant remember how the next set of machinations came to play out but do know that in short order, all four of us were sitting in the living room of a top floor suite that two other guys on the trip had lucked into. These are some highly rated lounges in New York, NY: What are some lounges with a large number of reviews in New York, NY? 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I borrowed some of the interstitial banter from Studio One: In Finestyle to use in it. An hour before, a victim, Donald Bastien, 27, had danced with a woman who had gone to the club with the gunman, the police and witnesses said. 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. People also searched for these in New York: What are people saying about lounges in New York, NY? At the Peppermint, admission is $11; at Danceteria it is $8 before 11 P.M. and $12 after. The 1980s greatly tested New York Citys strength: residents fled the city in record numbers, government mismanagement caused near bankruptcy of the city, and the introduction of crack-cocaine unleashed an unprecedented wave of drug addiction and violence. Street violence had grown. Originally, the event was scheduled for Katch Astoria down the block but they moved the party to thismore. Good Sister/Bad Sister: Hole, Joan Jett, July 9, 2010, 149. He took them because he just loved drag queens and club kids, Glam said. To us, everyone seemed more than willing to be helpful New Yorkers, seeming to relish acting as city hosts when proffered to do so in sharp contrast to their reputation as cold and indifferent. : The Most Joyful, Protracted Job Exit of My Life, David Bowie 1947-2016: Often Copied, Never Equalled, The Velvet Underground & Nico @ 55: VAs Anniversary Playlists, RIP Lou Reed: Between Thought & Expression Lies A Lifetime, I Need A Fix: Beatles White Album @ 45/I Buy White Albums, June 1, 1974: Eno, Cale, Nico, Ayers 40th Anniversary, Picture This: VA Poster Collection Highlights. " Mr. Barksdale recalled. (EP13) Whats In the City: NFG, Regulators, and Sinners, November 2, 1979, 004. (1) (1147) 6.6. Meanwhile, down in her cell, Miss Bennies immediately began working on teasing out her bleach blonde hair, mortifying the slip of a lass shed been saddled with, describing her to me as waiting horrified and doe-eyed just outside the door until she could get in to plug in her sacred curling iron. There used to be a club called the Reggae Lounge but I think it's closed. But then most large cities move at a fast clip except Montreal (well, the traffic is fast there, if not the foot traffic). Sugar Buzz: k.d. At a former church down the street, colored lights flash against organ pipes and rock videos electrify the chapel. Required fields are marked *. 19 vintage photos that show what New York City looked like in the 1980s. Circle Jerks 9:30 Club, Washington, DC - Nov 17, 1983 Nov 17 1983; Last updated: 10 Feb 2023, 22:03 Etc/UTC. We eventually found it within ourselves to amble down to Madison Avenue, pile into the newspaper taxi that appeared on the shore climbing in the back with our heads in the clouds waiting to take us away for a delightfully funzy time with PTVs Genesis P. and the crew at Danceteria. That was part of the ethos of the day. 78-11 Roosevelt Avenue. The crime stories coming out of NYC were alarming in those days and only a bit exaggerated. It was a deal. The disco music here is interrupted at 1 A.M. on weekends for a half-hour rock video- type show by the club's own dancers. So, here I was in my first night in NYC, movin like liquid with a superbuzz on the dancefloor to Gregory Isaacs at a reggae club in SoHo. The shows were notoriously coupled with some of the roughest and most aggressive mosh pit action of the day. Granted, it was an earlier era, but we were plugged in 24/7 to the Big 8. koshersalaami: The music is only a small part about this one, its more about the youthful hijinks. (EP12) This Is the Modern World: The Jam, April 10, 1979, 003. Or Peggy Olson high-stepping it towards another day at her own agency in her power pantsuit. There were two distinct, but easily co-existing groups present: rastas here to dance to the reggae pumped out by the speakers and punks and skinheads making the scene for the live show. But she was nowhere to be seen. Sandy Duncan spent the rest of the week exiting speedily if she so much as saw any of us coming as one might avoid a vindictive Cyclops with Legionnaires Disease. Chameleon/Comedian: Kathleen Edwards, February 9, 2012, 170. Type show by the club, which opened as the Reggae party was going down upstairs ( ). In: five of us in the Village Voice in September 82 when it first. Lay almost four days of Gotham adventures before heading back around dinner hour on.. 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