the truth comes out
― max, Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
yah andy is a sweetheart - one of my old good friends
― 888 (ice crӕm), Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
max, sorry we took off right away. i realized how many drinks i'd had. damn early start.
― lauren, Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
ha no worries! i was several drinks "deep" at that point anyway just having a good time boogieing~~we left pretty early too cause ari had work. good to see u again briefly tho.
― max, Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, there was some good dancing.
i'm kind of "whoa" that jho was apparently always at plant bar when dan and i were always at plant bar.
― lauren, Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i am also kinda "whoa" abt that
is dan the guy who would always play love buzz
― 888 (ice crӕm), Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
no, i think that was probably kevin? luke would play it a lot, too.
― lauren, Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i djed there once when there was no one around - it was pretty triumphant if i do say so myself
― 888 (ice crӕm), Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
didn't we all!
― lauren, Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
ha
as i said to dan last night there are stories of people coming into the bar on monday nights, just hoping to get a drink, and leaving right away because there were half a dozen people dancing on tables to edge of seventeen with most of the lights turned off, plus no one would actually serve paying customers.
― lauren, Saturday, 1 November 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
lol business model
― 888 (ice crӕm), Saturday, 1 November 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
hey this has nothing to do with plant bar but it tangentially related to the lol original topic of this thread: what is up with ppl who every time their home state is mentioned (in a song, on tv, in conversation briefly, whatever) they like get excited and make a deal about it? is this some kind of overcompensation against the made-up dumbass strawman that n/a is really upset with or are there just some ppl really proud of the state college they didn't even attend or something? i have been thinking about this all morning, not tryna start a beef with anyone.
also: it is IMPOSSIBLE to navigate stuyvesant town. what the hell is with that place.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 1 November 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
vortex of confusionhttp://www.satellite-sightseer.com/id/11497
― ian, Saturday, 1 November 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
ya and the signs only tell you how to get to the odd numbered buildings and not how to get to the even numbered ones -- it's a nightmare maze!
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 1 November 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
they do have black squirrels all over stuyvesant town though which is kinda cool.
― ian, Saturday, 1 November 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/2316823225_cdc0cfa8e8.jpg
― ian, Saturday, 1 November 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KILLER cute!
ok so this is a weird question but is there a kind of boxed wine that is particular to new york
― corrie ham (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
my dad was born in stuyvesant town
― max, Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
cred alert
― corrie ham (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
the neighborhood has really changed since then
― 888 (ice crӕm), Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
i bet he could find his way around tho
― max, Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
this is the only thing i could find for ny boxed wine
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/opinion/18colman.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
hm.
― corrie ham (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
t is up with ppl who every time their home state is mentioned (in a song, on tv, in conversation briefly, whatever) they like get excited and make a deal about it?
hahaha! I definitely do this, I dunno why though. watching tv I'll be all "oh hey wau the st. louis arch" or "ooh look the Mizzou columns" when I'm WATCHING A MIZZOU GAME like duh of course they show the columns
― dmr, Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
boston is the least mentioned big american city in rap lyrics ever
― 888 (ice crӕm), Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
st. louis never used to get mentioned much except for "Jus Like Compton" and that one Ice Cube track. but now they've got Nelly and Chingy.
― dmr, Saturday, 1 November 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
"now" meaning five years ago
omg i totally forgot about nelly.
haha i mean i guess what i was thinking of was like, the last hold steady show i went to, the minneapolitans kept like knowingly looking at each other and loudly singing the mpls refs -- and i was like, we are at a hold steady show, how long are you guys gonna be entertained by minnesota references? the answer: a really long time!
then i was thinking, perhaps i am jaded because it is not very weird or unusual to hear/see ny references? but still.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 1 November 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks for coming those who came, it was an ok night, crowd came and went.
Andy was brought in to bartend when the Rapture started going on tour. He is great people. He was playing with White Magic for a bit then, what's he up to now?
I never played Love Buzz but probably everybody else who came around did. That was definitely a Fitz joint too.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 1 November 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
lol is the andy u guys are talking about "magic" andy m4cle0d? he drums for brightblack morning light now, or at least he used to. i met in him in LA two years ago. small world!
― max, Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah I think the hold steady draw that reaction more than most, though ..... they're kind of trying for it? I can hardly think of a show where craig didn't either wear a twins hat or jersey or both or at least talk about the twins onstage
we went to that dvd taping of theirs a month or so ago, it was pretty funny seeing a rock show in some weird fancy wall st. bank building the day after the stock market tanked
xposts
― dmr, Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
also black squirrels are kinda cool. I saw one last time I was in Sunnyside.
― dmr, Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
the last time i saw the hold steady was at terminal 5. the reason i have not yet purchased tix to their show in a few days is because it is, yet again, at terminal 5. that place can bite my ass.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
never seen a show there ... don't plan to if I can help it
― dmr, Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
it's TERRIBLE. i mean, you have to wait on a line to GO OUTSIDE. i'm not kidding!
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
it is my goddamned right as an american to go have a cigarette in the middle of "stevie nix" and i'll be damned if terminal 5 is going to stop me.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm going to the thursday show and anticipating suckage
― gabbneb, Saturday, 1 November 2008 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
that's the same andy, max. another "whoa" small world moment.
― lauren, Saturday, 1 November 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Terminal 5 won't let you outside to smoke?
Serves me right for going to see the Decemberists, then.
― James Mitchell, Saturday, 1 November 2008 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
bordoms in the round at terminal 5 was perfect - place cracked me up - i felt like i was abt to get into a dance fight the whole time
dan andys an indie session man now hes played w/like 1m bands - i cant keep track - maybe love is laughter and some other bands currently?? i just wore my og white magic tshirt yesterday - and yah max same guy
― 888 (ice crӕm), Saturday, 1 November 2008 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
you are allowed to go outside to smoke if you wait on a line because they only let like 3 ppl outside to smoke at one time -- it is in the middle of BFE, what is this about? thankfully it is really difficult and expensive to get a drink there so i wasn't really drinking at all = reduced interest in smoking anyway.
i can see how boredoms would be good there because, you know, it is a damn nightclub cavernous space, but seeing a rock show there sucks. it is just my least favorite show space and i've got issues with it.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 1 November 2008 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
tonight was a nice night to be out in new york.last day of summer?
i got a real goddamn bargain on a Nurse With Wound record, then I got drunk. wooooo.
― ian, Sunday, 2 November 2008 06:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I went to King Yum in Forest Meadows. New York's only 50+ year old american chinese and polynesian restaurant. I had an egg-drop and wonton soup, an egg roll, and a really good dish that involved white meat chicken, pineapple, and a "sweet and pungeant" sauce that was set on fire. It was actually really good. Friends got the chow mein, which was not as good. My lady-friend and I shared a drink called a "Taboo for Two". Yes, it was served in a bowl with two straws.
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/nyc-dining-king-yum/
only problem is we couldn't get seated in the tiki room, though the chinese room wasn't much less kitschy.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 2 November 2008 07:45 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry, "Tabu for Two".
― dan selzer, Sunday, 2 November 2008 07:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i would like to come to NY for like a week with nothing to do but hang out and see stuff. almost every time i've come to nyc it's been for something specific and i've had to be in a certain area and worry about being somewhere at a certain time and getting out of the city by a certain time to go somewhere else.
― metametadata (n/a), Monday, 3 November 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
we may not always see eye to eye, nick, but you can sleep on my couch for ONE (1) night and i'll take you to the best diner in brooklyn.
― ian, Monday, 3 November 2008 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link
awwww
― corrie ham (roxymuzak), Monday, 3 November 2008 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
r u talkin abt toms
― 888 (ice crӕm), Monday, 3 November 2008 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
hey this has nothing to do with plant bar but it tangentially related to the lol original topic of this thread: what is up with ppl who every time their home state is mentioned (in a song, on tv, in conversation briefly, whatever) they like get excited and make a deal about it?
Paul Simon's Live in Central Park record always reminds me of this. Every reference:
"There is a girl in New York City...""AGHGHGHGH!!!!!!"
― Eazy, Monday, 3 November 2008 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link