The one in NY is where John Zorn is probably going to die playing

Huh. I was just reading earlier today that the Church of Scientology is trying to get the LA location closed down. (new window)

They used to have a really small space in NY and now they have a behemoth space... maybe that has something to do with their revenue issues? Any time I have been to a show there, in the past few years, it was sold out and packed.

That said, they also have a LOT of nights without big-name bands, which could contribute to their issues... I'm sure people go, but probably not in the numbers that they get when they have national touring bands.

hey, why not. We've already had ONE of the singers from Alabama and Debbie Reynolds.
Only way to go is sideways.

Went there once in 2000 -- saw Pere Ubu's 25th anniversary show. We snagged a table at the front of the mezzanine, it was great. If this is what it takes to keep the NYC rooms happening, I can't complain much.

Hey, if we can draw "Journey, without Steve Perry" and have "That one guy from Styx and some other dudes", along with "Chicago, featuring nobody from the original group", then we ought to have a cutting edge rock club here. Damn right.

Why? The NYC club sucks asshole. Went there once to see Immortal Technique, he had to hook up a portable cd player as the place was too crappy to have a decent system... or ANY system for that matter.

/left early and he said he'd never play there again

Most of the bands I've heard out of Boise range from really good to utterly fantastic.

The NYC club is one of the most overrated holes ever known even before they moved.

I can't even remember the last time I went to the Knit. Seriously, the one act I've seen listed there that I've had the remotest interest in seeing was a reunion of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks maybe a month or two ago, and I had to miss that because of a stupid scheduling conflict. Maybe I'm just old; it used to be one of my favorite clubs when I first moved to NY, but now I just don't get what the young people are listening to.

/actually, I think I remember the last show I saw there. Diamanda Galas, either the day before or after Valentine's Day a few years ago, singing nothing but old love song standards as only she could. That was the kind of show that could make you happy to be single.

devilslefthand: Why? The NYC club sucks asshole. Went there once to see Immortal Technique, he had to hook up a portable cd player as the place was too crappy to have a decent system... or ANY system for that matter.

/left early and he said he'd never play there again

I work at the KF and am getting a kick out of these replies.

Gear was rented. IT has been back many times. You are a dipshiat.

I knew a guy in who had his own booking agency, he told me if I ever wanted to run my own successful club was to build it in either Boise or Oklahoma, because when a band goes cross country, there's nothing between Austin and LA. So a good band driving cross country would play for next to nothing.

SpoKOMPTON.