Thursday, March 5, 2015

You may now watch the documentary about former East Village boutique Mod World for free


[Photo from 1997 by EVG reader Dave Buchwald]

Last year around this time we told you about "Mod World," the documentary on the offbeat boutique that had a 12-year-run (1994-2006) at 85 First Ave. near East Fifth St.

Now, filmmaker-editor Jeff Turboff, a former East Village resident, tells us that the movie is available for free viewing at Vimeo. (Watch it here.)

You can read our Q-and-A with Turboff here.
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12 comments:

  1. WalterMarch 5, 2015 at 6:32 AM

    So many of these funky little EV stores have disappeared, replaced by Chase Bank and Starbucks. Wasn't there a Spanish Wine Store for a while at that location, after Mod World?

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  2. EV GrieveMarch 5, 2015 at 6:55 AM

    You're right... Tinto Fino closed here in May 2013

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  3. AnonymousMarch 5, 2015 at 7:24 AM

    I wish time could stand still. I wish I didn't have to get older.

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  4. WalterMarch 5, 2015 at 10:18 AM

    Thanks, EVG. Yes, that's what it was 'Tinto Fino'. Wish I could have supported them better, but I'm not a wine drinker

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  5. AnonymousMarch 5, 2015 at 11:37 AM

    Mod world was a fun place to buy presents (especially change purses with holograms), and sometimes they played good music, I remember being in there in the late 90's and hearing this ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35hDrzcHnIA I also remember the owner and his dog, Romeo was it?

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  6. AnonymousMarch 5, 2015 at 11:48 AM

    What were Mod
    world's beginning and ending dates?

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  7. AnonymousMarch 5, 2015 at 12:13 PM

    I remember the owner saying he was going to LA, a year or so after the store closed.

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  8. g whizMarch 5, 2015 at 5:26 PM

    I think the owner lives in Buffalo now, RIP Mod World, Love Saves The Day, Little Ricky's and all those other fun, quirky shops of the EV

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  9. ~ evilsugar25March 6, 2015 at 12:00 AM

    @gee whiz -- YES!! to all of those and more! Cha Cha Tchotka, Atomic Passion, Waldorf Hysteria... and all those record stores and book stores!

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  10. WalterMarch 6, 2015 at 4:12 AM

    'Good Records' is still around on 5th Street between 2nd & Bowery. One of the few surviving record stores.

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  11. AnonymousMarch 7, 2015 at 10:43 PM

    I remember Downtown Music Gallery on that block in the early to mid 90s

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