It was an otherworldly sound, yet its makings were so easily understood: its just sped up to a point of absurdity, and then turned into music. I used to have a recording from another reggae host named DJ Knapp (spelling?) Why, for all we know, we could have been walking right past an aged Don Draper and Roger Sterling on their way to a morning AA meeting. High demand fueled a growing drug trade and record levels of gang violence. No user attended. The Galleries. Child abuse had grown hugely. The Ritz was founded in 1980 by Jerry Brandt in the historic Webster Hall ballroom and concert space on 11th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. There are three seatings for dinner, which costs about $50 a couple, beginning at 5 P.M. Reggae Party every Sunday@Bar 13. In the New York City area, there are many venues where you can go and enjoy a night of reggae music. (EP16) Electricity: OMD with Mettle, March 9, 1982, 009. Activism & Politics Bars & Nightlife Staten Island 1970s 1980s Lesbian Bars, Clubs & Restaurants. Day One: Mission Accomplished A Success!! 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). The trip was put together by the University of Western Ontario art department where my pal M. Zeppelin was a student. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Past GRS Flyers. We Rule the School: Belle & Sebastian, Saturday July 6, 2013, 176. Club kids were known for their wild ensembles, which drew inspiration from punk, S&M, and clown styles. I cant recall many specifics of that first day but do distinctly remember being struck by two things in particular. Mr. Barksdale said Mr. Bastien and his friends saw the logic of this assertion and went back inside the club to dance, thinking the incident was over. 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 I took a friend with me and she enjoyed herself very much and I promised she would. The eighties were a raucous time, I dont remember ever traveling somewhere without enhancements being offered and shared. Or Peggy Olson high-stepping it towards another day at her own agency in her power pantsuit. Required fields are marked *. 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. designanator: And what were you up to on that day, John? It has the best reggae and hip hop music in Manhattan. The Big 8 was CKLW in Windsor-Detroit, then owned by RKO, a 50,000-watt clear-channel station. In short order we told him about our plans to head out to see Psychic TV at the Danceteria and let him know that four could become five, but he declined joining the gang and departed. It was more than just a wee dash of carob that made the icky to the taste, yet wholly delicious in a completely different way. To the Reggae Beat A few blocks - and worlds - away is the Reggae Lounge, 285 West Broadway (226-4598), a club of jungle greens and browns, infused with the rich sounds of reggae. Which meant that lil Sandy Duncan was down there somewhere, among the warring gladiators. 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. Hardcore was never a big thing for me but it was one of the key underground. All you had to do was throw some glitter on, Glam said. (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 those threading around us went about their business at a determined clip, we found that if we approached someone to ask for directions or information, they would routinely stop and generously give us a few moments of their time. Turns out she was on this same trip yet each had somehow missed the other until now. ". The room looks like a school cafeteria cleaned up for the prom, and some members of the crowd - which is not as fashionable as it used to be - can be spotted with cigarette packs tucked in the sleeves of their white T-shirts. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Finally I was here. For almost 20 years, those photos sat in Glams apartment in New York. A group pose for a photograph in Brooklyn. We asked for a table away frommore, changed things and Tuesday nights were no longer Reggae Nights. Locked Inside: Janelle Mone, June 23, 2012, 171. I heard someone yelling in here and thought it was a friend of mine said Mr. Street Ragz Clothing Summer Collection. Its funny to write about the episode now but we were anything but laughing at the time. History. The clientele is a colorful blend of Rastafarians, Africans, Europeans and students, about 25 and older. 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. We split a couple of cabs back to the Executive post-show, with Cousin Bennies quickly severing herself from us group of no-goodniks. It was his hobby and passion. Dear Record Store, I QUIT! (1) (1147) 6.6. The My Life in Concert.com Podcast is now here! Bar 13 NYC is one of the best lounges in Union Square Bar 13 is open 7 days week and available for private events contact us for information about Bar 13 New York City . Also envious that you saw The Clash at Danceteria. The border crossing was thankfully uneventful, after which we all tried our best the catch some, We groggily rose with the sun, squinting wearily at the dawn assaulting the window panes, lifting baggy eyes slits-wide to gaze at the grim eyesore that was urban Jersey City. The shooting yesterday came as the club was closing and patrons were walking into the street, the police said. By comparison to this, the audience moves from the Iggy Pop crowd from a year ago seemed more like hepped up quadrilles and the Flipper gig from a few months previous seemed more like a pinochle tournament. After that we headed uptown to visit a classmate at her design office and then headed over to the West Side and had a hamburger at Burger King before we parted company for the day and I headed back to catch a bus back to CT. Delivery & Pickup Options - 319 reviews of Sage Restaurant & Lounge "I explored this spot with some family one night before the whole conversion. Ahead lay almost four days of Gotham adventures before heading back around dinner hour on Saturday. (EP4) Flower: Lollapalooza 92 w/Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, & Lush, Aug 5, 1992, 056. Except that these cookies were more like chocolate hockey pucks rather than anything the Keebler elves may have whipped up. ARE YOU A PEOPLE PERSON? designanator: You must keep a journal to have that level of detail for a common-or-garden calendar day. There were college stations all over the NY/NJ/Long Island area that served all kinds of programming. Your email address will not be published. It was called GRID then and at that time seemed confined to the gay community. :0. Either let me know here or drop me a line. Sludgefeast: Dinosaur Jr., January 22, 2010, 104. Ergo, we all had to keep an eye on her. Great to read you again, and my apologies for being out of the loop for the most part. I was a DJ there from 1984-1992. Bar 13 121 University Pl. Linda: I remember you saying about how you used to go to NYC every three months: envy, Linda, envy! Also envious that you saw The Clash at Danceteria. To let loose to live bands that play everything from punk rock to jazz, visit the Ritz at 119 East 11th Street (254-2800). I had a special crack violence file that I kept to convince the geniuses in Washington who kept telling me it wasn't a problem.". The club is particularly alive on Sundays nights. At the Peppermint, admission is $11; at Danceteria it is $8 before 11 P.M. and $12 after. Reggae Lounge, Dec. 9, 1982 Collection: Hip Hop Party and Event Flyers Date: 1982-12-09 Coordinates: 40.720844,-74.004631 Latitude: 40.720844 Longitude: -74.004631 Location: 285 West Broadway Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Country: United States Venue: Reggae Lounge ID Number: HHC8052MC_0056 Collection Number: 8052 File Name: TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Now that we had an established base, beer in the fridge, and sustenance from across the street (Sky bought a whole side of ham that he intended to spend the next few days economically tucking into), the focus turned to what to do on this first night in town. Can't wait til next month.". Once down in the hotel lobby on our way out for the evening, Miss Bennies chanced to run into a cousin of hers. A woman in a slinky black dress who's been in the club for hours suddenly blurts out: ''I saw his nostril move like a little lizard's. Chiller: Always great to see you here. National Archives and Records Administration, when the New York subway was the most dangerous place on earth. Graffiti warns of the perils of crack-cocaine. Share or embed this setlist. (EP 11) You Wont See Me: 20 Acts I Wish Id Seen (1920s-1980) featuring Billie Holiday, The Sex Pistols, Fela Kuti, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles and more + 1 Honorary Mention, 019. Each camp spent those hours getting to better know the other, all of us hitting it off like a house on fire before all six found somewhere to pass out and venture deep into the land of nod, dreaming wistfully of degenerate behaviour ahead. Not the case. The first track is a brief station ID from the WHBI days which I thought best personified the broad ethnic spirit of the stations programming. Lessons are given from 7 to 8:30 and dancing continues until after midnight. 44 Berry St, Brooklyn. Smell of inscents everywhere, dancehall, afrobeat, reggae everyone's dancing, vibing out to the music. Admission is $15. The club also offers a special $6 admission for students. (EP19) Night & Day: Joe Jackson, October 4, 1982, 012. Popular with women's softball teams, it was the first official. NYC Reggae 1981 - 1991. Puts the reader right into the action. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. The club, which charges $10 on Fridays and $11 on Saturdays for admission, is a huge, two-tiered space, with rock videos playing high in the center of the room. Shed somehow lost sight of us and there were no breadcrumbs to follow. 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. "When it first started going off, nobody knew where it was coming from. " Mr. Barksdale recalled. 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? 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. 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. On weekend nights, you can dance to alternating Greek and Arab bands and watch belly dancers during the bands' breaks. At the core of the 1980s meltdown was the emergence of crack-cocaine, a highly-addictive and extremely cheap narcotic. Strictly rockers, a-yard. Here are some suggestions on the best reggae clubs in NYC. For tonight, anyway. It honestly felt like walking into Jamaica. Pictured, undercover cops arrest a drug dealer in Times Square. Mr. Friedman, who is also an executive with the management company, did not return phone calls yesterday. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. 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