Planning a NYC trip

[Martin]

I would love to stay at the Flatotel (or any other hotel in that price range), but $300 a night is simply impossible on my budget - it's just beyond me. I mean, my flight is about $600 in total, and that's a return flight from Stockholm to Newark.

[Laurie]

By the by, The Flatotel's rates mysteriously went down again. It ranges from $300-something to $420 a night, which is cheaper than the Library Hotel. The Flatotel, therefore, wins. Bigger rooms, in walking distance to MOMA, and the R train is a short block away. Winner.

and if you're going to the MOMA, you'll need those extra $

I have a membership. I am not standing in line with a bunch of plebes, no sirree!

[Emily]

thats cool. do you work in a museum? or are you a philanthropist?

[Martin]

Hey, I'm going back to New York - I'll be in the city between April 16 and 22. If anyone knows about potentially great concerts, comedy nights, film screenings, art exhibits and the like during this time, I'd appreciate any suggestions. It annoys me that I'm going back on the 22nd, thereby missing the Tim & Eric show.

Would love more suggestions for good bars and restaurants too. Just found out that the Cheyenne Diner, which I had planned to visit, is closing down, which bummed me out.

(Looking back at this thread, I realize I never reported back on my first trip. The short version: it was awesome.)

[buffcoat]

Hey, I'm going back to New York - I'll be in the city between April 16 and 22. If anyone knows about potentially great concerts, comedy nights, film screenings, art exhibits and the like during this time, I'd appreciate any suggestions. It annoys me that I'm going back on the 22nd, thereby missing the Tim & Eric show.

Would love more suggestions for good bars and restaurants too. Just found out that the Cheyenne Diner, which I had planned to visit, is closing down, which bummed me out.

(Looking back at this thread, I realize I never reported back on my first trip. The short version: it was awesome.)

Quite the jetsetter, aren't we, 'Stick?

[Martin]

Don't judge!

I'm going to Vegas for a couple of days to shoot some stuff for a documentary I'm working on. I decided to take some time off after that and pass by NY on the way back.

[A.M. Thomas]

Jay Reatard at Bowery Ballroom on April 21!  I'll be there!

[buffcoat]

Don't judge!

I'm going to Vegas for a couple of days to shoot some stuff for a documentary I'm working on. I decided to take some time off after that and pass by NY on the way back.

Now Vegas I can help you with.

[Emily]

Jay Reatard at Bowery Ballroom on April 21!  I'll be there!

i'll be there too. not missing it again.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I can do this.  Pre-Big-Dipper mini meet-up?  And is it a good idea to bring my wife, who is a very nice, non-punk woman, to a Jay Reatard show?  I'm really asking, not making a weird cryptic joke.

[A.M. Thomas]

I can do this.  Pre-Big-Dipper mini meet-up?  And is it a good idea to bring my wife, who is a very nice, non-punk woman, to a Jay Reatard show?  I'm really asking, not making a weird cryptic joke.

Last time he played at Bowery Ballroom, there weren't many people and the show lasted for probably less than twenty minutes.  I met an FOT (Jed).  It's loud I guess, but I'd say it's a pretty decent atmosphere.

[Martin]

Don't judge!

I'm going to Vegas for a couple of days to shoot some stuff for a documentary I'm working on. I decided to take some time off after that and pass by NY on the way back.

Now Vegas I can help you with.

I started a Vegas thread here, but it was a complete disaster so you might aswell add any suggestions you may have in this thread instead.

Jay Reatard sounds like a good idea, but: not really my style. I'll pass.

Grote: any inside info re the world of avant-absurd theatre/performance art that week? (No weird cryptic joke here either.)

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I'm seeing the new Charles L. Mee play on Friday the 18th, and I think I can get you a free ticket.  If you don't know Mee, he's a collage artist, and his work would probably be considered hit-or-miss by most.  I think even his train wrecks are interesting and worth watching, but I can't promise it will be at all enjoyable (then again, it might be great).  I also have a pair of comps for the new Richard Foreman joint coming to me and would be happy to accompany you, but Foreman is Foreman, pretty much.  I've heard Kevin Augustine's puppet play at HERE Arts Center is pretty great, but can't get comps (I think it's cheap).

I'll look around for other stuff, but some general recommendations for artists whose work I always love and am never bored by: Young Jean Lee, Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, Soho Rep, Theater of the Two-Headed Calf, National Theater of the United States of America.  I know all of these people and am affiliated with at least one of them, but I also mean it.

[Martin]

Thanks Jason - I'm making notes of all of this. It's been way too long since I've seen anything good on stage, experimental or not. I'm staying with friends though, so I should probably wait and see how much they have planned before deciding on too much, so I'm holding off the ticket offers for now. Will keep you posted.

[buffcoat]

Don't judge!

I'm going to Vegas for a couple of days to shoot some stuff for a documentary I'm working on. I decided to take some time off after that and pass by NY on the way back.

Now Vegas I can help you with.

I started a Vegas thread here, but it was a complete disaster so you might aswell add any suggestions you may have in this thread instead.

Jay Reatard sounds like a good idea, but: not really my style. I'll pass.

Grote: any inside info re the world of avant-absurd theatre/performance art that week? (No weird cryptic joke here either.)

I gave a lot of suggestions in the thread that's referenced in your failed thread, 'Stick.  They're all still relevant.  This last time I rode all three rides on the Stratosphere.  In-freaking-tense.