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Post by thisshitisoranges on May 3, 2006 17:01:35 GMT -5
so i'm going to NYC from the 10-16 and i wonder if you guys could give a fellow xiu xiu fan some help.
Im going with people from my musical theater choir and so some of the nights were going to be see musicals and stuff ( hah such a geek) , but other than the popular touristy stuff( which ive already seen before) what are some suggestion for cool stuff to do there?
such as:
- any cool shows
- good vegetarian restraunts
-cool bookstores
-good record stores
-shops?
-any thing else i should hit up
smithcorey, i think your from NYC?
anything would help, thanks ! ;D
p.s. im staying in upper manhatttan at the Skyline hotel or something like that?
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Post by Animals! So Weird on May 3, 2006 17:28:10 GMT -5
- any cool shows - good vegetarian restraunts -cool bookstores -good record stores -shops? -any thing else i should hit up These are the EXACT questions Devendra would ask. Hippie! |
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Post by thisshitisoranges on May 3, 2006 17:33:24 GMT -5
haha...acutally somebody recently described me as a " Straight Edge Hippie" which I thought was acutally spot on hahah
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Post by tommmmmm on May 3, 2006 18:41:54 GMT -5
yaffa: 1st ave and 9th st
ucb theater (reserve asssscat tickets)
say "oh my god a plane!!" all the time
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Post by kevin on May 3, 2006 18:56:42 GMT -5
i asked two policemen for directions in new york and they scoffed at me.
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Post by smithcorey on May 3, 2006 19:02:12 GMT -5
yeah, i'm from manhattan. here's what i suggest. some are utterly "scene", some are utterly "corporate". i'll go in order:
shows: here are the main acts for the bowery ballroom for aforementioned dates: 10-phoenix (sold out), 11-blue october, 12-white rose movement, 15 and 16-angels and airwaves (both sold out). other venues you might want to look up online are the knitting factory, tonic, mercury lounge, webster hall, etc.
vegetarian resturants: i love this thai place called LAND on w 82nd and amsterdam. anything with meat in it could be substituted for tofu or veggies. green curry with tofu is amazing. also there's a bunch of sushi places around and most burrito places have soy or tofu versions of all their meals.
bookstores: i use the good ol' 4 story barnes and nobles on 66th and broadway, lincoln center.
record stores: OTHER MUSIC, mondo kim's/kim's video. they have everything i need, usually.
shops: we have an assload of american apparels, then there's diesel, h&m, the apple store in soho
anything else: for movie theatres, there's the IFC, the angelika, the giant loews around 66th and broadway, lincoln center as well.
oh, and also at lincoln center: david blaine is getting out of his giant snow-globe at 10 pm on may 10th after holding his breath for 9 minutes, if that's your thing. (EDIT: IT'S THE 8TH IT'S HAPPENING)
go to central park, too. on a nice day.
seeing as you're from texas, leave the ten-gallon hat at home;) don't look up at the skyscrapers too much, or you'll be an easy target for homeless and vagabonds. keep your mean face on. put your wallet in your front pocket. and remember, the news tries to make new york seem much more scary and unsafe than it actually is.
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Post by patsy neville on May 3, 2006 20:57:23 GMT -5
come two days earlier to boston and i'll show you aroud free of charge.
boston > nyc
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Post by booksoutloud on May 3, 2006 21:09:16 GMT -5
wow, i was really about to make a joke about going to boston.
then i go into this thread, to post some silly comment, and find this.
this is eerie.
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Post by thisshitisoranges on May 3, 2006 21:11:03 GMT -5
haha thanks alot im also thinking about hitting up MOMA and the muesem of natural sciences.....cuz ilike meusems  |
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Post by kitchencabinet on May 3, 2006 21:15:24 GMT -5
Ohhhh dude go to Bitforms it's a software art gallery and it's fucking awesome
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Post by kitchencabinet on May 3, 2006 21:18:07 GMT -5
529 West 20th Street (between 10th and 11th)
2nd Floor
It's kind of obscure and doesn't have signage out front. Last time I was there they had a showing with a piece made of a bunch of tiny spinners that mirrored your face when you looked at it.
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Post by kitchencabinet on May 3, 2006 21:21:01 GMT -5
are you 21?
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Post by dr. strangelove on May 3, 2006 21:44:28 GMT -5
go to the met if you're going to visit any museums... it's huge and amazing... i'm a rather big modern fan, and their modern exhibit blew me away (they have picasso's "gertrude stein", which made me giddy)
when i was there, my only other requirements were to hit stonewall (cool piece of history), cbgb's (is it closed yet? so sad)
oh, and if you're a clockwork orange fan (and over 21), there's a quasi reproduction of the korova milk bar in the east village that made me laugh :-)
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Post by Animals! So Weird on May 3, 2006 22:12:44 GMT -5
(they have picasso's "gertrude stein", which made me giddy) what a horrible painting! |
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Post by thisshitisoranges on May 3, 2006 22:30:59 GMT -5
alas, i am only a mere 19
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