Later, in 1997, I created a remix project called Nighty-Night: Deep Soul in Dub which involved remixing soul and funk tracks in the classic King Tubbys Jamaican Dub style. :0. Club kid Ernie Glam at an outdoor party in Battery Park thrown by Susanne Bartsch, 1990. The Gil Bailey show was often scheduled close to the Hip Hop shows on 105.9 WHBI, as were some of the other reggae shows during the week. I cant remember when, though. Youre braver than I would have been in conveying contraband across the border. 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. Bar 13 121 University Pl. (EP12) This Is the Modern World: The Jam, April 10, 1979, 003. A pair of detectives enjoy a smoke break outside of their downtown offices. 2) with The Specials, The Waterboys, Animal Collective, Solange, and more, July 8-12, 177. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Sky sat next to Cabby, turning on the smarmncharm for the duration of the brief trip, with poor results. 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. Over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world. Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, Download the Clinton Lyndsay MP3 collection, Download the Studio One in Finestyle MP3 collection. Should you lose the battle to get past Area's front door, then go to Visage, 610 West 56th Street (247-0612). Take a look through these photos from Newsday's archives of some of the most popular night time haunts of the '80s, '90s and 2000s. 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 pair of detectives enjoy a smoke break outside of their downtown offices. It was a deal. Lightning: Ottawa Jazz Festival 2013 with David Byrne & St. Vincent and Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, June 23 & 29, 175. This Sunday, for instance, the annual Easter Bonnet contest will take place at 6 P.M., and the best-dressed head will win $200. lang and the Siss Boom Bang, June 25, 2011, 161. A group pose for a photograph in Brooklyn. I havent been since the 80s either Cublet and I keep planning a jaunt back but it keeps getting derailed by other plans. ". The Ritz was a New York City rock club in the 1980s and early 1990s. A reaction to the giant, airplane hangar-esque discos that had permeated the city during the 1970s, Nell's was a Jazz, Reggae and Hip-Hop dance club with a capacity of just 250. 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. Indeed, the Circle Jerks debut album, Group Sex, sported 14 songs in 15 minutes. Ethel & Fred Mertz (Vivian Vance & William Frawley) in a still from an I Love Lucy postcard that I bought while in NYC. 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. Admission is $6 for diners, $12 for others. A few more numbers on, and the soundsystm faded sharply as the rasta/skinhead rotation do-si-doh-ed at this punky reggae party, with the dreads now taking over the wall seats and the leatherednstudded mohicaned punques now swarming the floor as the Circle Jerks began making their way to the stage. On & On: Erykah Badu, The Tragically Hip, Shpongle, & more, July 9, 2011, 164. Black Flag at Reggae Lounge, NYC, 1984. Dr. Feelgood: Aretha Franklin, May 30, 2010, 146. It honestly felt like walking into Jamaica. Normally this would be a tad long for my interest, but you kept me humming along reading to see what adventures would come. 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. Everyone was a star, and everyone could be a star. Since most of us had come out of the punk community, wed had plenty of experience being knee deep in rough and energized (but not violent) front-of-stage pogoing and flailing minions, but this was something else altogether. Door Knocker. Got its nickname because it was at 800 on the AM dial. The quartet spent a couple of hours chatting, laughing, and otherwise boarding the trains ride prior to heading out, but before we did, there came a knock on the door. A family heads to the Coney Island Aquarium in 1983. Later, in 1997, I created a remix project called "Nighty . 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 were chuffed to discover a mini-mart of sorts across the street with basic food and even more importantly for us at that time alcohol. The Big 8 was CKLW in Windsor-Detroit, then owned by RKO, a 50,000-watt clear-channel station. 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). Sludgefeast: Dinosaur Jr., January 22, 2010, 104. 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. Clearly, there was no way the temporary-abode arrangements were going to fly. 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. National Archives and Records Administration, when the New York subway was the most dangerous place on earth. 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. The trip was put together by the University of Western Ontario art department where my pal M. Zeppelin was a student. 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. Shed somehow lost sight of us and there were no breadcrumbs to follow. First, I was finally in a city where everyone paced at my speed. Two other spots for casual fun and live progressive music are the Peppermint Lounge, 100 Fifth Avenue, at 15th Street (989-9505), and Danceteria, 300 West 21st Street (620-0790), which tends to attract a younger crowd. Admission is $10. I felt the pain. Hardcore was never a big thing for me but it was one of the key underground. I just loved this!!! With the filling being mushroom-heavy, they tasted awful although the chocolate went a long way towards making them palatable, proving Mary Poppins assertion that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down as correct. Better Things: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, May 11, 2011, 157. What remains constant in this city where the Roseland ballroom is still more popular than any disco is that the ultra-fashionable is not the sole attraction for people seeking a place to dance. 44 Berry St, Brooklyn. I borrowed some of the interstitial banter from Studio One: In Finestyle to use in it. What New York Was Like in the Early '80s Hour by Hour. I wonder what was with those weirdos who couldnt fathom that a fellow might want a Guinness from time to time. Abra: I agree with you, re: the reason behind the brisk pace. Another man, fleeing from the gunfire, was critically injured in the pandemonium when a panicked driver accidentally ran over him, the police said. Christopher's Credit: Newsday/Michael Petroske A line forms. (EP27) 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, 018. This commercial building was home to the Beach Haven, Staten Island's sole lesbian bar in the 1970s and early 1980s. It was like going to Chili's for the chips, salsa, and margaritas, minus the sometimes annoying parents with young kids crowd. As he walked into an upscale steakhouse in midtown Manhattan, a hit team shot and killed Castellano and his bodyguard. Back Against the Wall: Circle Jerks & NYC, Nov. 16, 1983, 22b. Can't wait til next month.". I have a stack of Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Upsetters, and other greats records thanks to Mr. Hudson. Good Sister/Bad Sister: Hole, Joan Jett, July 9, 2010, 149. 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. I couldnt tell you anything about what the CJs played because most hardcore sounds the same to me, so Ill just guestimate that they played 100 tunes in 25 minutes, or something like that. 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. And that shot of Bowie packing heat, dayum. Here are some suggestions on the best reggae clubs in NYC. I will never forget the first time I heard Jungle Drum n Bass. MP congregated on campus late that evening alongside a couple of dozen others for the NYC-bound bus. Benns hummed and hawed, diplomatically telling. Those were the only places he took photos. Of course, only our own little Betty Crocker knew how much of the Vitamin P resided in each nougatey product, but within about an hour it became clear to each of us that hed packed plenty into the rich snack. It was his hobby and passion. His day job was as a bookkeeper. . Admission for nondiners is $15. Yep, the radio station was/is CHRW, the university alternative station. No user attended. At Roseland, 239 West 52d Street (247-0200), where admission is $7 on Fridays, $10 on Saturdays and $8 on Sundays, a big band alternates with a Latin band on Thursdays and Sundays from 2:30 P.M. to midnight and on Saturdays until 11 P.M. Disco dancing is on Fridays. (EP5) Never Get Old: David Bowie & Polyphonic Spree, April 2, 2004, 084. "And this guy said: 'Ain't no problem. And, yes, musical excess or minimalism can depend on context. After a short disagreement over the woman on the dance floor, Mr. Bastien and the gunman went outside, said Allen Barksdale, one of his friends. Discopravity: Psychic TV, Danceteria, New York City, New York, November 17, 1983. Club kid Ernie Glam at an outdoor party in Battery Park thrown by Susanne Bartsch, 1990. I miss going every three months to NYC and have not been in over 22 years. Said former NYC DEA agent Robert Stutman, "Crack literally changed the entire face of the city. He says it was the first time D n B had been broadcast in the U.S., but I cant verify that (check about 2/3 of the way through the track for the banter). 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. NYC Reggae 1981 - 1991. 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. In their place, smaller clubs like Tunnel opened in Chelsea, and that's when Glam said the club kidsyoung, outlandishly dressed people who partied several times a weekemerged. He took them because he just loved drag queens and club kids, Glam said. Instead, we threw on some music, spending hours into dawn talking, joking, drinking, and toking until we all noticed the sun was rising. And there is a choice of ballroom music or heavy metal, Arabic folk songs or reggae. (I always associate Night Nurse with this trip as I ended up hearing it a few times throughout the weekend. Delivery & Pickup Options - 319 reviews of Sage Restaurant & Lounge "I explored this spot with some family one night before the whole conversion. The 1980s also gave rise to a new generation of Mafiosos who reveled in opulent lifestyles and media attention. There were a lot of incentives for being extravagant. Lining up plans in New York? We split a couple of cabs back to the Executive post-show, with Cousin Bennies quickly severing herself from us group of no-goodniks. In the volatile world that is this city's dance club scene, it is this mixed-media kind of club that has stolen the limelight from former hotspots like the flashy and glitzy Studio 54. 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. 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It has the best reggae and hip hop music in Manhattan. I love the venue it's spacious and everyone who attends has a mature personality, which is probably why I like going there. I havent been since the 80s either Cublet and I keep planning a jaunt back but it keeps getting derailed by other plans. When one appeared, we all crammed in: five of us in the back, Sky and Artist up front with the driver. What a great time you lot must have had. New York lost 500,000 manufacturing jobs and correspondingly, over a million people left New York over the course of the 1970s. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. A picnic in Central Park gets familiar in 1984. He was listed in critical condition at St. Vincent's Hospital last night with head injuries, the police said. (EP10) Once In A Lifetime: The Heatwave Festival (Part 3) with the Talking Heads and Elvis Costello & the Attractions, August 23, 1980, 008b. Also envious that you saw The Clash at Danceteria. Street Ragz Clothing Summer Collection. When Crack Was King: 1980s New York In Photos. Circle Jerks Reggae Lounge, New York, NY - Nov 16, 1983 Nov 16 1983; Following concerts. I take for granted the relatively short train ride I have to the city so its a reminder of how easy it is to get into NY as compared with the long bus ride you had. 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