i go to new york

i'll be busy in Astoria til 9:20 or so. anyone after that?

unrelated to tonight/alcohol, etc., but drop me a line if interested in catching "at berkeley" at some point? fair warning: it's four hours.

I have it on my laptop...

did you screen it yet?

no, of course not! 4:1 I don't get to it before Critics Voting Day (Dec 9).

ha yeah i can't say i'm excited, but i liked boxing gym and i feel like i "should" watch this one for work. not sure i can face it in a theater tho. looking for moral support.

So...Elvis T is here now, Local Garda arrives on the 13th, and I don't know when cozen gets here. Anyone? Anyone else?? gbx???

Yeah I arrive Wednesday, am around till 23rd so plenty of time to do something if some of you are free.

morbs what critics voting guild syndcate thingy are you a part of?
who is going to wfmu fri or sat?

I go (back) to new york 20th/21st-ish

i'm not gonna be at WFMU at all this weekend, sadly. working all weekend. adamrl, where are you staying this time? ;)

Haven't figured out a place to stay yet, but probably I'll look in the same hood as last time. I'm in town solo until wifey flies into JFK from business trip that weekend.

Then we're staying in a friend's place in Fort Greene until Sunday, so I'll be close by.

Anyone going to MBV tonight?

oh is that tonight? no one I know bought tickets, they were all annoyed at the prices (me included). I kinda had it in my head I might try to go scalp but I thought it was later in the month .... so sadly, no, ain't going.

morbs what critics voting guild syndcate thingy are you a part of?

An unimportant one that only crowns Oscary movies, or worse (the chick in Inglourious Basterds won best actress one year).

what's goin on at FMU? Recfair ain't til following weekend.

No MBV for me, sorry. Just saw that Jonathan Richman is playing next week at the Bowery Ballroom, thinking about trying to go to that. If he does "Foggy Notion" or even "Velvet Underground" might lose it though.

I actually didn't get MBV tickets myself (wasn't sure at last minute because I had to delay the trip out a couple days). Am thinking of heading up there to see if I can get a scalped one.

Wooden Shjips are also in town I see.

I went to the MBV last night and there will definitely be scalpers at the door + people who maybe just lost a member of their party on the way over

rip

hmmm...I might like to see Jonathan Richman

that is a very massachusetts thing to say

Am here now, lagged and awake very early. Got in late last night and had a beer in that Spuyten Duyvil place, nice little bar. Went to Fette Sau cos it was across the road, lol obvious tourists.

Fette Sau was okay, food was a bit cold, room was a bit cold too, I figure it's more a summer place? I had seen kinda mixed reviews.

Might go to some museums today, and attempt to stay out later tonight. And also buy a wooly hat.

you're in luck, forecast through the weekend has the temp going into the mid 60s

So loop me in if anyone makes up plans, eh? I'm going to a meeting tonight in my neighborhood but Fri/Sat/Sun are currently open. LG, do you have a phone you're using here? Or is email best?

Yep I have my phone, +44 seven five, 22453843. I'm pretty open to ideas, there's a few friends staying near me but we've no real schedule, maybe a beer at the weekend... I'll go wherever suits others.

I'll prob see a play next week if anyone is into that... not checked what's on yet tho.

that is a very massachusetts thing to say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkQSiDa4v6g

I might take in Mike Kelley on Friday too...in fact, that is kinda the main purpose of my visit.

i love fette sau but yeah i guess its better in summer when you can eat outside

i wanna go to x-tg / mike kelley in january

my fette sau experience is having discount sliders + bourbon w/ ian after 11pm.

I am crazed for the next 4 weeks with end-of-year film bullshit; I would go to the theuhtuh if anyone had told me about this goddamn Beckett radio play that is now probably sold out after the Times rave yesterday.

oh cept i am seeing the Mekons doc tom'w night at 9:45 so i guess it doesn't matter if i get drunk first.

Yeah with Fette Sau I think we arrived p late so I guess the stuff was a bit cold as they reach the end. The short rib was amazing but a bit hotter would have been good.

I missed that Beckett thing in London too, I'll take a look and see about tickets tho.

Not gonna be in town this weekend and nobody ever takes me up on this but as always I am available to take you guys out to flushing and be a culinary tour guide

Manhattan chinatown too

Just hit me up on ilxmail

ronan how long are you in town for? i am also busy all weekend :(

also when does cozen get here?

So loop me in if anyone makes up plans, eh?

^^^^^^^^^^ same

I'd do drinks if a group gets together, even though I don't really know y'all IRL

fwiw there's some good stuff in Williamsburg tomorrow night. Wooden Shjips and Cave at Knitting Factory, Dr. Dunks (Rub N Tug) at Cameo Gallery.

oh wait Wooden Shjips is tonight. dang.

fwiw there's some good stuff in Williamsburg tomorrow night. Wooden Shjips and Cave at Knitting Factory

Get there early to see Woodsman!

I'm here until 23rd. Lots of time.

Went to MoMA today, wasn't prepared for how amazing it was, dunno if it's my frame of mind this year but it was amazing.

In Proletariat on St Marks Place now, p amazing beers.

So one thing I notice so far is that bars are kind of quiet? Do people tend not to go out midweek? Maybe London is just more over-crowded without as many good bars...

Basing that on a fairly wide "research sample" last night.

Were you in brooklyn or manhattan

apparently the EV

I guess people do not go out midweek as much since everyone is either working or broke in NYC now.

fewer ppl out when its cold and dark too

Seems like it doesn't stop people in London

You see what I did there

Go out in my own neighborhood when I can. Still haven't seen actually talked to ilxor Virginia Plain although once I was checking in while she was checking out as it were.

I have 4 hrs to kill before the Mekons film tnite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ

I was in EV and Wburg, there were people around but not much more than a dozen in any bar we were in apart from one EV one. I guess London is more overcrowded, maybe just diff relationship with alcohol.

xposts

people prob just temporarily stunned by the cold

also how late were you out