sextonseven said:

and purplerein likes that mess

purplerein said:

Now it's all Disney and The Lion King play and stuff. That's not what 42nd street is all about!

sextonseven said:

sextonseven said:

Thank you.

I remember when I went back to visit after the Giuliani-era, I couldn't believe it.
Families walking around after midnight all safe and happy.


Where my low-life peoples at?





tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

used to be you could drive around and see the hookers...now, they're impossible to find

theAudience said:

ur not lookin hard enough

DanceWme said:

I can find some on the West side below 14th street, but they are all trannies.

used to be there were a few dungeons opened as well...now there's one as far as I know..

sextonseven said:

they usually right there in front of Madam Tussaud's wax museum or next door at McDonalds gettin a big mac

DanceWme said:

and you know this how...?

purplerein said:

Dont make me say it

DanceWme said:

do you have an adam's apple???!?

purplerein said:

sextonseven said:

A very good friend of mine who's a Jazz musician told me that even all the private after-hours joints had dried up.
These were places that you had to know where the were in the first place and then you couldn't get in unless they knew you.
No-holds barred spots where everything goes (and I mean everything) and Jazz musicians jammed until 5 or 6 in the morning.

The city's gone to hell in a hand basket.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

yeah, now it's all clean and safe and shit like that.

It aint that safe buddy

applekisses said:

Yezzir. Detroiters can also relate to the Blackout of 2003, late night White Castle stops and the like. I just spent a week in New York, and yes BK was off the chain.

Mara said:

Yup. The fast food joints and most other resturants all offer Halal here.

theAudience said:

LOL @ Crazy Gideon's. Those adverts have been on TV for years. Gideon running out of the electronics store in a straitjacket with a nurse chasing him. Fine television.

theAudience said:

They played their instruments at these places?

sextonseven said:

Yes, it's a strange Old World ritual.
Somewhere there may even be a museum devoted it.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Here's one for Old & New Schoolers

You know how to drop syllables.

something = su-in
nothing = na-in


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

sextonseven said:

LOL. See, now, I woulda got mad, but living in NY I find it maddening that Bloods and Crips are out here -- Bushwick Bloods, Bronx Piru, etc. I'm like damm, I thought NY was supposed to be all innovative: why y'all jockin' West Coast hoo bangin??? lollll

The thing that got me like happened a few weeks ago on a 2 train. I actually saw graffiti that read SHOT GUN CRIP, I'm like dammn, here I am in the most influential and biggest societal metropolis on the planet and they're jockin' a dime-a-dozen schoolyard gang from suburban ass Gardena!!! Come on New York. Y'all coulda claimed more notorious hoods like Rollin' 60s, Crenshaw Mafia or even the Black Peace Stones in the Jungles. *DEAD*


...
[Edited 12/24/06 19:44pm]

I only know a few of those, but then again, I technically didn't grow up in NYC.
But I have been roller skating in Crown Heights, hate the Disneyification of Times Square, was here for the black out of 03 and my cd rack was *ahem* appropriated off the street when someone else in my building was gonna throw it out.

That's NY for ya. pissy elevators

sextonseven said:

That is so awesome. We have lots of Detroit-only things like this too. It's so fun to remember all of it. Some of my friends and I talk about Detroit and Canadian (we're right on the Canadian border) kids TV shows all the time.