Results tagged “partymonster”

Gothamist has never been content with jars full of crayons and brown paper-covered tables, so when Heather, our bartender at Apocalypse Lounge, gestured to the wall and said to go crazy, we were smitten. With enough graffiti to read all all night and cute bartenders (look for the exceedingly polite John) this is the kind of place that breeds conversation, if not ADD, and we wish we’d found earlier -- like immediately upon moving here from Boston for school, years ago. The bi-level bar serves only wine (four choices at $5 apiece, all the time) and beer (most $4) but offers spoken word, comedy, even freak shows. Collages cover nearly every surface including the ceiling and where mirrors usually hang in the bathroom. Cambetta, who owned Limelight for fifteen years, wanted a place where anything goes, anyone brave enough could do their thing on stage or on the walls. His philosophy, and the mad tea party furniture (which could’ve been part of the set from the Michael Alig movie Party Monster) make the place unfussy, fun and definitely good for groups.

Caroline Waxler, VH1's Best Week Ever

The news about the new film "Party Monster," which premiered at Sundance is especially big in NY, because it caused the downfall of a certain kind of club lifestyle. This predated the gansta rap bling-bling lifestyle. The Post gives a primer on the characters in the affair. Michael Musto's column from a year ago talks about it. And Michael Alig himself writes about prison. [J, 12pm]: This case was always of special interest to me because Paul Auster's son, Daniel, was in the apartment when the murder happened and eventually got 5 years probation for stealing some of the victim's possessions. The whole thing got a lot of play in Park Slope, but it's hard to find a trace of it in the news- although a Reuters article on the sentancing can be found at the bottom of this page.