Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Flashbacks: An afternoon sitting at the Mars Bar listening to David Bowie



Last week, we posted a new video short by East Village-based filmmaker Jenny Woodward titled "Last Days of the Mars Bar."

In the entertaining 8-minute video, Hank Penza, the owner of the Mars Bar who died last November, shared some history of the corner space on Second Avenue and East First Street.

Now our friend Alex found a 90-second clip on YouTube ... a rather serene slice-of-Mars-Bar life showing a few people quietly sitting while David Bowie's "China Girl" plays on the jukebox.

The video isn't dated ... it was uploaded in April 2012 — about nine months after the Mars Bar closed for good. It's aptly titled in part "Sweet Memories."

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 27, 2016 at 3:54 PM

    And the 13th Step and its likes apologistas saying that the EV was always loud...

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  2. AnonymousApril 27, 2016 at 4:28 PM

    It wasn't as loud because nobody would want to be on the streets since it was full of junkies, muggers, gangs and other criminals and generally unsafe (particularly for women) after dark. Ahh, the good old days.

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  3. AnonymousApril 27, 2016 at 5:40 PM

    I really love this video. People are not playing to the camera. Signs of life. The soundtrack with people talking and moving, wonderful.

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  4. AnonymousApril 28, 2016 at 10:33 AM

    david and mars together, double dream<3

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  5. Edmund DunnApril 28, 2016 at 10:41 AM

    "It wasn't as loud because nobody would want to be on the streets since it was full of junkies, muggers, gangs and other criminals and generally unsafe (particularly for women) after dark. Ahh, the good old days."

    Such BS. Ben? Steven?

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  6. AnonymousApril 28, 2016 at 11:21 AM

    Let it go already.

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