New York Music Venues

Inspiring

1. Jimmy's No. 43

Neighborhood: Manhattan/East Village

Excellent beer pub, but it's more of a restaurant than a pub.  They serve a more inspired menu than the typical burgers and wings place.    I love the decor of the place, which feels very authentic...

2. Bargemusic Ltd

inspire you.  It is in no way possible to depart unenriched and unrefreshed.  The soothing rocking of the barge complements the intricacies of the piano music; both can be heightened by the wine sold...

3. Aura Lounge

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Gramercy-Flatiron

lighting, renovated furniture, stylish ambiance, and a trendy lounge theme that was much more apparent than Cyn ever was.  The music that is played here is not bad, inspiring a lot of folks who...

4. Love

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Greenwich Village

the jungle-gym inspired room in which you can crawl about in plush faux-fur caverns, a la Dr. Seuss.  A strange place, but fun that night, although I definitely felt like I was on the older end of age...

5. Music Hall of…

Neighborhood: Brooklyn/Williamsburg - North Side

by the touring bands who inspired the meat-and-potatoes hardcore kids into literally knocking kids out during a DC band's intro/first song. Boston band was up next slaying the crowd with plenty of feet first...

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Creative

1. vertexList

of these 8 bit machines. They say (and I'm sort of paraphrasing Cory Arcangel) "The limitations of these old 8 bit machines force you to really get creative when you're using them nowadays...

2. The Yard

Neighborhood: Brooklyn/Gowanus

a-heads (god, I love the wealth of creative names for those things!) and no nearby businesses to speak of when you gotta go.  And it's not as if the grass is well manicured. But when you get there (ride...

3. Lincoln Center for…

Has aged very well over the last nearly 50 years. Does everything well, to put it mildly, and was Leonard Bernstein's home away from home for most of his very creative life.  Also where Ken and dad...

4. The Duplex

Neighborhood: Manhattan/West Village

Upstairs was the area that I was in with a few friends including new ones that I met through my ex. I had one too many capecod's and couldn't think of anything else more creative to drink. Its clean...

5. Hiro Ballroom

Neighborhood: Manhattan/Meatpacking District

And that admission hand stamp with the Japanese characters. Cute.   The decor was hella creative and Japanese-ish. I'd like to decorate my house this way.   I wasn't so into the crowd though. I think I outgrew...

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