when i lived in nyc - late 90s, early 2000s - it was pretty terrible for live music for exactly the reasons you mention, man alive. there were a few venues downtown (luna lounge, brownie's, arlene's etc) and some weird warehousy spaces in brooklyn but practice spaces were hard to find and expensive.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
I went to Astoria Soundworks for the last time right before the lockdown, wonder if they are still open in some capacity, website doesn't say they are closed.
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
yeah even then I remember it being tough, or at least early 2000s, which was sort of the peak of my band life. There were still more venues and practice spaces than there are now, but there was this feeling that, compared to other cities, no one really gave a shit about you unless you were the hype of the moment, not much of a sense of "scene" or ease of developing a following. There were the Todd P and other DIY type shows, and I'm sure there's some equivalent now that I'm just not keyed into as an old guy, but I'm not even talking about being in a "real band" and being in a "scene" anymore, I just mean having a fucking basement so people can come over to play, instead of, like, booking a 2-hour window two weeks in advance and having to split up the payment five ways and drive 20 minutes to get there and spend another 20 minutes looking for parking, and then looking at booking shows at some crap bar in a different borough because it's the only place you can find that would book you easily.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
This is how all of these issues are related - closing the beaches, closing pools, closing cooling centers, not opening up more space outside for people. It's all related. It's an urban system that is failing because the person in charge doesn't understand how the system functions— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) May 27, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 May 2020 00:19 (three years ago) link
People Like Amy Cooper Are Why I Left New York City
Newark is awesome. I hope people like Amy Cooper stay scared of it forever.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 28 May 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"For the next few months, people are going to make their own choices. Some people are going to be comfortable on mass transit, some are not." -@BilldeBlasio— Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) May 28, 2020
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 May 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
"Some people are going to be murdered, some are not. It's New York! Fuhgeddatboutit!"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 28 May 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9BNoNFKCBI
― Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 May 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
It's the repertory movie theaters and the restaurants that are keeping me here
― Josefa, Friday, May 10, 2019 9:13 PM (one year ago)
Welp
― Josefa, Friday, 29 May 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
about 85% of why i am here is on hold
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 May 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
yup
― Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 May 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
same phenomenon in London. a lot of people wfh every day asking themselves, why am i here in this pokey apartment?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 May 2020 07:54 (three years ago) link
not my kind of place, but: foley's is closing for good
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 May 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
Not NYC, but mookie may appreciate: DC's Post Pub is closing for good
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 29 May 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
i don't think i ever went there! as long as the big hunt still lives . . .
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 May 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
Post Pub was more divey, despite location.
Hard to imagine the big hunt kicking it, but who knows?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 30 May 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/frustrated-and-struggling-new-yorkers-contemplate-abandoning-the-city-they-love/2020/05/25/153ca71e-9c5b-11ea-a2b3-5c3f2d1586df_story.html
― octobeard, Saturday, 30 May 2020 08:21 (three years ago) link
thrilled to get a curfew alert in my hospital bed
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
NYC police scanner has been pretty crazy to listen to right now
― Evan, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 03:55 (three years ago) link
that's here btw: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/32890
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
not seeing any other way to read mass arrests and looting downtown other than as a total clusterfuck; curfew appears to have escalated the situation radically.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 04:31 (three years ago) link
Shocking!
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 04:36 (three years ago) link
it was a phenomenally dumb move. Sounds like a major peaceful protest in Brooklyn came off without a problem but Manhattan got ugly.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 04:48 (three years ago) link
and now these fuckers are going to stage an 8pm curfew for tuesdayi am in full on "can't sleep clown will eat me" mode. no idea how this city and its people are going to recover over the next few weeks.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 05:01 (three years ago) link
the areas being hit - soho, union square, herald square - are predominantly the homes of the rich and hang out spots for tourists and knucklehead teenagers; it's gotta be like 95% the latter doing the looting.
Feels like a very organized effort tonight - kids have turned up with hammers and big bags, they have spotters on the corners and cars ready to go. Group of about 500 kids now running up Fifth Ave looting whatever they want pic.twitter.com/vP97YCLis7— Rachel Olding (@rachelolding) June 2, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 05:21 (three years ago) link
which is to say - and i know i'm preaching to the choir here but it feels worth noting - that the protestors are not driving or motivating this looting
Some young men just tried to loot an Aldo on 5th Ave when other protesters grabbed them, pulled one guy out the store window, and made them stop. An argument about looting then ensued. #NYCProtest #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/cQaG7GHMtR— Liam Stack (@liamstack) June 1, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 05:25 (three years ago) link
I’m rooting for the looters. Those kids are having fun out there.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 05:30 (three years ago) link
i could give a shit about macy's but those kids having fun out there are allowing nyc residents and world media to associate anti-brutality protests with smash-and-grab robberies which couldn't be more counterproductive.
bonus: a significant number of those kids having fun out there are gonna get their heads cracked open and/or potentially catch a felony when nypd decides to go over the tapes.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 05:37 (three years ago) link
and hey not for nothing but given that we've all been in full quarantine lockdown in this city for nearly three months and we've just had a buffet of local violent attacks by the cops on protesters, maybe full-on fucking looting in manhattan is maybe a bit more anarchy than any of us are down for at this precise moment.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 05:41 (three years ago) link
silby for presidetn
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 06:18 (three years ago) link
God forbid
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 06:45 (three years ago) link
I don’t think my “property crime is fine” plank is much of a winner
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 06:46 (three years ago) link
abolish property, eradicate property crime
― massage angry pixels (sic), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 07:27 (three years ago) link
garnish police brass wages to insure looted businesses
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 11:58 (three years ago) link
Fifth Ave chains can all burn with my blessing
Police scanner was invaluable last night
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, June 2, 2020 4:58 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
basically how i feel about looting in manhattan
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:02 (three years ago) link
tourism insurance
stay in Red states where you belong
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:16 (three years ago) link
where will the clothes live now
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:21 (three years ago) link
big box stores
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:31 (three years ago) link
and on white trash asses
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:32 (three years ago) link
Always me with my banal concerns but 8 pm tonight is fucking early for a curfew. Where is this giant puppy supposed to take his last piss!
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
not sure i understand the purpose or efficacy of curfews given the past few days, other than terrorizing your own populace of course
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:57 (three years ago) link
Criminalizing same, mostly.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 13:51 (three years ago) link
u good, bro xxp
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 13:58 (three years ago) link
deBlasio defending cops to hilt when his own daughter was arrested fascinates me in a sick way
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
horrible asshole
An emotional @NYPDChiefofDept tells @JoshEiniger7 that it’s time to get the agitators “out of here” - “from California, from all over this country, who are being paid to take this movement, which is a good movement, and turn it into violence.” @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/Zz87dA3UDT— Morena Basteiro (@morenabasteiro) June 1, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
Zephyr for mayor
"Under a Program presented by de Blasio, police spending accounted for only 0.3 percent of out-year budget savings; 34 percent of the spending reductions came from … cuts to education." Can we get to 2/3rds of the Council for a just budget?https://t.co/NKcNsgzfgO— Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) June 2, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
jon i am inclined to think that a white guy with a dog on a leash within a block of his home is less likely to be harassed than anyone, you should be okay
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
big box storesand on white trash assesfifth avenue chainsreified in praxis
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link