8/17/2023 0 Comments Famous gaslight cafe showsI’ve known Pat for a while now and it’s always interesting to talk to him about music, film and culture. He’s also the composer of the music for several television shows, including “Dexter: The New Blood” and the Nickelodeon classic “Rocko’s Modern Life,” and is a member of the band SUSS. First, he was a member of the B-52’s from 1989 to 2007. As some of you might be aware, my boss Terri’s husband is a musician named Pat Irwin. I just saw all of these people sitting at tables, enjoying drinks and bar room snacks, completely oblivious towards the sacred site that they were just sitting on.įor those that are wondering about my jobs and think “how exciting could working at a café and as an assistant be,” I’ll tell you. The stage where Lenny Bruce debated about which was more appropriate for children to see in movies, sex or violence, or where Bob Dylan performed his early works was right behind me. After being at the bar for about 40 minutes, I asked one of the bartenders if they knew where the Gaslight stage was. Just when it looked like my glass would, at last, be empty, one of the bartenders would swoop in and fill it back out. I swear to God, my water glass was never empty. Not only was their Insanely Good Cosmopolitan, well, insanely good, but the staff was friendly and attentive. This bar is underground and still feels like a speakeasy with darkness permeating every inch of the place. Despite the stage being gone and no one particularly funny in attendance, this place still felt like it had the Gaslight magic. So, you bet I went there to step on this hallowed ground. However, the location itself, at 116 MacDougal Street, still exists and is now the site of a bar called The Up & Up. Maisel,” the cafe that hosted so many iconic musicians and stand-ups folded in 1971. While modern audience might recognize this place from the film “Inside Llewyn Davis” and the series “The Marvelous Mrs. But there was one location that has become legendary, despite folding up over 50 years ago: The Gaslight Café. Many special places in the Village still uphold these ideals like The IFC Center, The Comedy Cellar and the classic landmark Cafe Wha?, which was the starting place of many icons including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen before he had the E Street Band, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen and Richard Pryor. Before this place was only inhabited by the rich who are pretending to be starving artists, this was where the poor, hopeful musicians, painters and writers flocked. Not just because of Joe’s on Carmine Street, the artists, the many restaurants and small businesses and The Cellar Dog, my favorite bar in the city, but because of the history. As I’m sure most of you can surmise, I have a special affinity for Greenwich Village. Sometimes when I’ve gone to do some errands for the LIC Corner Café, I’ll just walk outside with my sleeves rolled up in supposedly cold weather.ĭespite winter in New York being a let down, especially compared to the beautiful colors of fall and the scorching heat of summer, there’s still much fun to be had in this city. While everyone else has been bundled up in parkas, scarves and Carhart gear (even though it’s clearly obvious that some of these people wearing Carhart have never lifted anything over 50 pounds), I’ve just been wearing my normal flannels. Maybe it’s because of my Midwestern upbringing but even the cold days have felt fine to me. Everything else has been lukewarm with little snow. I can only count on one hand the amount of days that have actually felt like winter.
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