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Posted in music | venues on February 15, 2007
Panda Bear loves Mercury Lounge
"It's near the East Village downtown, and it's where Animal Collective would play a lot when we were just starting out in that city. It's not really big, but the sound was always really good there for a smaller place, and the feeling inside was always good. I saw Herbert there once, and it was really great. I suppose all kinds of things can sound good in there, and I think that speaks very well for the place. I remember I think the second or third show we were playing there, they were having a sort of residency for the Strokes-- they were playing there every Monday for a month. I wish I'd seen one of those shows, but I never saw them live until they were playing really big places (or festivals), but it was still ripping anyways." [Panda Bear to Pitchfork]
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Comments (7)
I don't get it. Never liked the place.
Posted by Anonymous | February 15, 2007 1:23 PM
maybe he should play there instead of bowery.
Posted by Anonymous | February 15, 2007 1:24 PM
one of my favorite venues...i'm disheartened to see a 25-story luxury apartment complex go up basically right on top of it. the investment wankers and trust fund kids will surely do more harm than good, in one way or another.
Posted by db | February 15, 2007 2:49 PM
Looks like if the mercury had a dick, he'd blow it
Posted by Anonymous | February 15, 2007 3:27 PM
That doesn't even make sense. So if you like anything in this world it means you want to perform oral sex on it? Please tell me you're a teenager. It would be the only logical excuse.
Posted by will | February 15, 2007 4:28 PM
never understood the appeal of mercury
small yes, impossible to navigate
gets so packed. can't see shite from back
once your up front can never get a beer/piss
Posted by soup monster | February 16, 2007 11:33 AM
Mercury Lounge was great years ago. The front bar area was always free, and you only needed a ticket for the back room. But then Mercury Lounge got smart and made everyone get a ticket. So if the show room is packed and you can't get in, tough luck, Mercury Lounge already got your money.
Mercury Lounge was one of the best clubs in the '90s along with Brownies. The latter is gone and the former is barely hanging on.
Posted by Anonymous | February 16, 2007 11:44 AM