Upon entering, confronted with a wall of noise. It's *incredibly* loud. You can't make anything out — total wall of noise.
Near the door are some mini kegs stuck in ice. By the window are guys filling mugs from a mini kegerator. Very fratty, all around. Fratty smell, especially.
We try to figure out the bar situation. Confusing. It looks like there is no bar and patrons are just doing whatever, but really there is a bar. It's just surrounded by patrons. We eventually get drinks. My mixed drink is quite strong. This is good, as it took an eternity to get it. It was served by a bartender wearing legwarmers on her arms. As we're trying to secure drinks, we're hit by a blast of flatulence. Did I mention this place is fratty? We get our drinks and head toward the front. The girls here are CUTE.
There is a live band in the back, playing under an enormous lit sign that reads APPLAUSE. The sign is always lit. I do not clap. There is a guy on piano, trying to sing over the noise, and he's accompanied by a drummer. They're playing "When a Man Loves a Woman."
There are plastic cups everywhere.
We go for another round of drinks. We ask how much, and the bartender says "Ummm.... 30?" as if we're bartering. We pay. It seems fair for the amount of drink we're walking away with.
A cringing girlfriend leading her man away from his friends.
A group of girls enter, high-fiving each other. They are cute.
A guy in a yellow shirt starts to lose composure, head in hands. He's had enough beer.
"Thriller" is played (the pianist/drummer are done now). There is cheering, dancing.
And that's about it. We get bored and go for pizza.
Sunday, June 26: ICONICIDE PRESENTS: PUKE ISLAND 2011
As many of you know, the first Punk Island was complete and utter chaos, and 100% free expression. A badly organized bolt from the blue. Without going into detail, it's gotten way TOO organized for a lot of people.
COME ON DOWN to Tompkins Square Park on Sunday, June 26, from 2 pm - 6 pm (one week after Punk Island), and bask in what it used to be.
The schedule at this point is subject to change, and a couple bands need to be confirmed, but right now it looks like:
2PM - The Autistics
2:40 - The Straight Edge Huffers (featuring Johnny Waste)
3:20 - Sexual Suicide
4PM - Agitator
4:40 - Up Your Bucket (members of KILSLUG)
5:20 - Olde York
Add this to the long list of vanishing New York institutions: Jeffrey’s Meat Market.
When Jeffrey’s, believed by many to be Essex Street Market’s longest-tenured seller, vacated a couple of months ago, the owner and city officials hoped for its return.
But this week Jeffrey Ruhalter – the business’s charismatic fourth-generation owner – confirmed that he’s not coming back to the city-owned market on the Lower East Side.
“I’m leaving the Essex market,” said Ruhalter, 55 years old. “Right now, honestly I’m still numb from it. I started working there when I was six years old. We moved into Essex Street Market the day it opened and we’ve been there ever since. It’s hard to accept.”
7:15 PM: Music by DJ Super Jaimie
8:30 PM: Film "Contempt"
Le Mépris | Contempt
By Jean-Luc Godard | 1963
With Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Fritz Lang, Jack Palance
In French with English Subtitles
Rated PG | 103 min
Parisian screenwriter Paul Javal (Piccoli) and his wife Camilla (Bardot) join director Fritz Lang and American film producer Jeremy Prokosch (Palance) on the set of new film version of The Odyssey in Italy. Camille is not happy about this long journey away from home and among strangers...
