is New York City dead?

Oneida played that gig too. I was there. It was out in by Might Robot and the Twisted Ones, both of whom deserved mention. I complained about that but did later notice Monster Island was mentioned, which was a later Might Robot thing, when it first became Secret Project Robot.

Yes! Oneida with their weird little crap piano thing they were hammering on iirc.

I would have killed to be at that! YYY's are my fave and one of my old colleagues' husband is in Oneida but I've never seen them.

Yes the original location of planet Thailand was on Bedford between n 6 and 7 if I recall. They had this amazing ground pork salad

I feel like it was closer to the water but yes basically that's it. YES THE PORK SALAD I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT.

original location was in part of the space that became Spike Hill

No there was a location before that. Tiny. Like three formica tables. It was like N 1st near the water. I swear I didn’t dream this.

ok, I'm curious: was the pork salad larb or something different?

xp Hm. Before my time, surely. Like earlier than '94?

Yes larb

The bigger location when they moved around the corner on 7th was still excellent, there was that huge moving rowboat sculpture

Josefa I’ve looked around online and I guess I did dream the location. from a bit of web research it seems like it was always on Bedford, even when it was tiny. memories are hazy naturally. I went there in the summer of ‘95 and then from ‘96-‘97. i think i’m associating it with the Right Bank because i was always there in those days.

i personally don't mind, but the level of cloudiness lately has been remarkable

my brain is dying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFdqHEubzg

they were fine at the time. Don't let nostalgia cloud you. Come to Queens where the thai food is.

Here’s a demo of New York City’s new automatic side loading garbage truck lifting large on street containers. A pilot program is expanding to all of Community Board District 9 in West Harlem. pic.twitter.com/d9NmXaupOC

— Emma G. Fitzsimmons (@emmagf) February 1, 2024

lmao the soundtrack too funny

it's wild how garbage is handled in NYC currently though

From what I’ve always seen the way they handle garbage in New York is they put it in bags on the sidewalk and it sits there forever

Haven’t been in a while

. . . largely true

they jumped straight from 19th century sanitation to 21st century sanitation

Slush crusher

lame storm

https://i.imgur.com/2OuISDc.jpg

Isn't this the first snow in New York in two years or something though?

Second this winter iirc

We got 1.7 inches (Central Park) on January 15-16.

In the 2022-23 cold season we only got 2.3 inches, which was the lowest total since record keeping began in 1869.

Post Civil War weather vibes

https://i.imgur.com/imesp9t.jpg
much to pore over here

Victor Borge!

Yeah trying to figure out what year that pic is supposed to be could keep me busy theoretically forever

‘Hook’ plus the Pepsi logos suggests 1991

But Victor Borge suggests 1983
It’s impossible to pin down because it’s a composite
That’s one of the reasons why it’s great

Borge also played Carnegie Hall in ‘88, but yeah it’s surely a fool’s errand to make this make sense.

Smells of weed everywhere

otm

I’d never heard of this artist , Ken keeley, but I think he’s pretty good

Joe Camel’s presence is a solid vote for 1990
The HoJo’s was there until 2006

HoJo's was on the corner iirc, not mid block. Also does anyone remember a Times Sq B&N location? I don't.
It's all recognizable but slightly askew.

Yeah, not bad

Noticed that too and I recall is that bookstores were more prevalent 35 years ago. It’s possible I guess

the main thing that looks off is how clean and uncluttered the bldg on the right is
like someone dropped a corporate hq in times sq
find myself somewhat buying into the illusion but second guessing
even that mtv building has way more shit going on

Well also the total absence of anything lascivious or low-brow? Wouldn’t there have been at least one triple-X marquee?

https://hellgatenyc.com/brooklyns-tallest-tower-radiates-pure-evil-and-i-love-it

What’s funny about this building is that it’s on the same block as Junior’s. So if you’re ever out and need to eat cheesecake or sit at a bar from 1982, head for the dark tower

And then if you want to enjoy a live show like it's 1962 go right across the street to the reborn Brooklyn Paramount and behold the dark tower from there.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's (D-NY) response to anyone who doesn't want the National Guard or state police to search their bags on the NYC subways:

"Then go home. We're not going to search you, you can say no, but you're not taking the subway." pic.twitter.com/hJ1fecGdx8

— The Recount (@therecount) March 7, 2024

“you can take a helicopter just like me”

it's going to extra weird summer in the city this year i feel