tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post9115883581650991708..comments2024-03-29T09:08:56.746-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: The Stone is moving to the New SchoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72059566326867530692017-03-13T01:38:39.251-04:002017-03-13T01:38:39.251-04:00"The Stone fails in two locations . . . "..."The Stone fails in two locations . . . "<br />Huh? Putting on two shows a night, 6 days a week, for years and then one show a night, 6 days a week, for a few years is failing? I've been to the Stone dozens of times when there were twice as many people in line as seats. I've never seen an empty house. Seems to me that putting on hundreds and hundreds of shows, in a place that is only about the shows, counts as a resounding success. The music at the Stone covered a wide, wide range of styles, intentions, people, etc. but I'm hard pressed to think of any place in town that put more music on a stage than the Stone. For my ear, it was easily the most ambitious schedule in the city. I have no idea what your criteria might be for success but I can't see how the Stone, on its own terms, could have been more successful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53101181916684705622017-03-12T05:20:55.424-04:002017-03-12T05:20:55.424-04:00BS 5:26pm. I got news for you: Alphabet City never...BS 5:26pm. I got news for you: Alphabet City never had real live music venues outside of A7 which closed in the early '80s and Pyramid whose live music show heyday was through I'll say '92 and even they didn't have a ton of shows (fun fact: Nirvana's first NYC show was at Pyramid.) Shows in Tompkins don't count and neither do stinky squats who didn't flyer their shows.<br /><br />Most of the East Village live music venue action happened west of or just off Avenue A: CBGB, Coney Island High, Continental, Downtown Beirut, Mercury Lounge, The Bank, Spiral, Nightingale's, Lizmar Lounge etc. Even today the only real EV live music venue left is Bowery Electric on the Bowery.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-13712483334271979102017-03-10T17:26:44.632-05:002017-03-10T17:26:44.632-05:00Sad. Of course the aesthetic changes. It's m...Sad. Of course the aesthetic changes. It's much cooler to go to a dark, quiet corner in Alphabet City. The feeling of culture will be lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-62892330168187950252017-03-09T12:35:55.503-05:002017-03-09T12:35:55.503-05:00I doubt he will even be able to see out those grim...I doubt he will even be able to see out those grimy windows. Check out all the dirty glass on the New School. Can't they find a window washer? It's starting to look like The Old School already. Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21742728508830585342017-03-09T11:32:22.323-05:002017-03-09T11:32:22.323-05:00The Stone fails in two locations and he's rewa...The Stone fails in two locations and he's rewarded with a third location. Wack.<br /><br />Support underground music besides noise, avant garde, and jazz, John.<br /><br />I think the New School students should run the venue not a guy who doesn't attend NS and never did or will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-87217989938912585422017-03-08T20:01:48.363-05:002017-03-08T20:01:48.363-05:00Torture Garden is a masterpiece.Torture Garden is a masterpiece.JQ LLChttps://impunitycity.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69518866048959527432017-03-08T09:29:48.248-05:002017-03-08T09:29:48.248-05:00got to admit I like its location ow; out of the wa...got to admit I like its location ow; out of the way and slightly seedy (well maybe a few years ago). plus the manhole cover outside that someone fixed up to look like a frying pan with eggs...:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72349258313176962652017-03-08T08:53:51.572-05:002017-03-08T08:53:51.572-05:00This is obviously a big loss to the neighborhood, ...This is obviously a big loss to the neighborhood, but even as an occasional attendee and an even more occasional performer there, I can appreciate JZ's desire to shake things up a bit. DrGeckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480708164024012673noreply@blogger.com