New York Fuckin' City Maaaaan (1 Viewer)

[dunderhead]

I'm heading there in March, where should i go to buy vinyl? Greenwich village? Any other cool recommendations? I'm not arsed reading the whole thread.

two ones that stick in my mind are a1 records and rock it scientist. both around east village. google will sort you out. a1 great selection of of new and second hand. caters for most types of music. rock it scientists had some great old psychedelic and krautrock stuff. along with a bunch more. cant go too far wrong there

enjoy

 

[La La]

is there an amoeba in NY?

 

[the strange guy]

Only CA, AFAIK - SF, LA, BK!
I saw a lady working in the Holywood Amoeba...
I'd have married her on the spot.
Best record shop ever.

 

[RSJ]

Generation records i think it's called. Deadly spot and they do good gigs from time to time.

 

[Shay HT]

Generation records i think it's called. Deadly spot and they do good gigs from time to time.

210 Thompson Street. Heaven!

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

is there an amoeba in NY?

nope, ive heard the one in la though is focking oresome.

 

[La La]

i went to the amoeba in the haight years ago - thought i'd died and gone to heaven. convinced i would have married the dude behind the counter on the spot if he'd asked me too, oly!

 

[daydream_nation]

Generation records i think it's called. Deadly spot and they do good gigs from time to time.

what a shop. best band t-shirt selection ever in the basement, if you're into that kinda thing.

 

[flashback]

jaysus lala, you're not getting the nicest weather here on your trip. At least its warmed up to minus 4 today. Still. Yucky enough.

 

[La La]

i dont mind the cold (plus i just spent a month in toronto - i can handle it)

anyway, there's no chance of the flights being that cheap in the later spring/summer/autumn when it's nice to go, gnome sane?

all i need is to bring a few cameras and get a cupcake from the magnolia bakery and a few records and i'll be happy.

(rather be in the rain and cold in NYC than in Dublin for a week)

 

[flashback]

i had a look at the bike this morning, and had a look at the minus double digits on the thermometer... and said nah. You're grand thanks. I was in Norway for the winter... I was in the Andes for months, I've been cold places, but jesus NYC winters just feel freezing to me.

actually a saw a lad on the subway doing your david bowie avatar balls thing.
Sort of an Indian elder wise big beard long hair guy, reeking of incense.

Flying away with the balls on the subway. Steel ones though, not glass. I kept on getting transfixed by them, and then realising I was staring slack jawed at the guy like a chimp looking at a particle accelerator, and quickly look away and act cool for a second.

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/

 

[Octet]

Other Music

OM is great for new and second hand vinyl.

There's also a place on Carmine St. between Bleecker and Bedford that only sells vinyl. You won't get any new stuff there though.

 

[classic seanc]

Well, that was fun. A bit cold though, 8 inches of snow in one day and -14C with windchill. The coldest day of the season, and the schools had a snow day for the first time in 5 years. It was nice to look at though.

Ellis Island was also pretty great. I found my Great-Grandfather on the computers by complete chance, I'd forgotten that he'd gone to the States for a while. And yeah, maybe that is a bit cheesy, but it was also extraordinarily overwhelming. Seriously.

Do: Go to Chinatown, go to the Museum of Natural History, take the Staten Island Ferry, go to the pet store near Stonewalls in West Village, eat lots of bagels and pretzels, stand outside pubs and watch New Yorkers shout at each other. Also, dress for the windchill temperature, not the actual temperature.
Dont: Go to a comedy club, be late for your flight, turn around abruptly or stare at people at Penn Station ("I don't fuckin' like you, I don't fuckin' like you, I don't fuckin' like you.")

Also, apart from crazies at bus stations, New York didn't feel like a particularly dangerous place. People aren't usually rude, but they are very direct. You've a much better chance of feeling intimidated in Dublin. From what little I've seen anyways....

 

[krystal]

We were there a few weeks ago and stayed in the Gansevoort in the Meatpacking district, whupped the ass off the last time we were there and stayed in tourist-centraal off 5th avenue. Currently gagging to go back.

 

[Thebeard]

Can anybody reccomend what the best/cheapest way to travel from JFK to Manhatten? Is a taxi too dear?

 

[muffin]

We got a taxi and it was $50. It's so handy though!

 

[Unicron]

Can anybody reccomend what the best/cheapest way to travel from JFK to Manhatten? Is a taxi too dear?

Airtrain is the cheapest.

If you get a shuttle bus it'll cost about 15 dollars.

 

[Thebeard]

Thanks guys. Yeah i'll prob go for a taxi as he can drop us to the hotel door. Steep though.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I usually take a car service (not that much dearer than a cab) but most New Yorkers I know take the AirTrain and then a cab, as it's much quicker that way.