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Posted in music | venues on December 17, 2007
The Bottom Line looking for a Brooklyn home
Mr. Pepper is 65, and with adjustments made for age and experience, his life today is not so different from those long-ago evenings spent listening to his radio. The dining room of his modest house in Tenafly, N.J., is cluttered with CDs and cassette tapes of recordings from the club that was his life’s passion. He is working his way through them, selecting tracks for a live boxed set to be released next year in honor of the club, which closed in 2004...........Plans for the new Bottom Line, which is backed by several investors, include not only a music club but also an adjacent pub decorated with memorabilia. The hope is that the pub’s revenue will anchor the enterprise financially and allow the club to flourish....The NY Times article goes on to say that Brooklyn would love to have the the club....
“Any place that can attract the likes of Miles Davis or Bruce Springsteen is a place we believe could attract a high degree of talent and visitorship in Downtown Brooklyn,” said Joe Chan, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership....., but that they haven't even found a space yet. Maybe they should try Vegas instead.
Posted on December 17, 2007 3:24 AM
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It would be cool if The Bottom Line moved to Brooklyn and perhaps had another run at being a premier venue like it was in the '70s. Perhaps a Joe's Pub for Brooklyn.
Posted by David McCaffredy | December 17, 2007 8:45 AM
Here's a tip. Get the idiots who run—stagnate?—the Brooklyn Lyceum and buy them out and make it a venue. It's a waste of space and the building itself deserves better.
Posted by Jack | December 17, 2007 12:05 PM
^^^
the owner of the brooklyn lyceum is a difficult guy to work with who doesn't make people want to come back to his space....he has in the past cancelled shows the night of bc he thought too many people were showing up and turned off the soundboard from his control booth in the snack bar without telling anyone actually in the space why or how the sound has gone out.
jack's right, it's a shame that the space is so underused. it would require some investment though bc the place isn't soundproofed properly and the building is becoming structurally questionable (some big cracks in the facade).
in the end though, the guy doesn't want to sell it. too bad.
Posted by Anonymous | December 17, 2007 12:40 PM
^^^
the owner of the brooklyn lyceum is a difficult guy to work with who doesn't make people want to come back to his space....he has in the past cancelled shows the night of bc he thought too many people were showing up and turned off the soundboard from his control booth in the snack bar without telling anyone actually in the space why or how the sound has gone out.
jack's right, it's a shame that the space is so underused. it would require some investment though bc the place isn't soundproofed properly and the building is becoming structurally questionable (some big cracks in the facade).
in the end though, the guy doesn't want to sell it. too bad.
Posted by Anonymous | December 17, 2007 12:46 PM
My understanding of the Brooklyn Lyceum owner is that he became a dot-com millionaire and used his money to buy and "refurbish" the place. When I first moved back to NYC, it seemed like a cool bit of altruism. After going to a few shows there—comedy, music and theater—it's clear the place is a mess.
Sell the damned place to someone who can do something with it. It's right near a subway and is perfect for a real venue. Not a half-arsed venue with a rotting Septa trolley (yes, why?) in it's yard.
Posted by Jack | December 17, 2007 1:44 PM
My understanding of the Brooklyn Lyceum owner is that he became a dot-com millionaire and used his money to buy and "refurbish" the place. When I first moved back to NYC, it seemed like a cool bit of altruism. After going to a few shows there—comedy, music and theater—it's clear the place is a mess.
Sell the damned place to someone who can do something with it. It's right near a subway and is perfect for a real venue. Not a half-arsed venue with a rotting Septa trolley (yes, why?) in it's yard.
Posted by Jack | December 17, 2007 1:45 PM
My understanding of the Brooklyn Lyceum owner is that he became a dot-com millionaire and used his money to buy and "refurbish" the place. When I first moved back to NYC, it seemed like a cool bit of altruism. After going to a few shows there—comedy, music and theater—it's clear the place is a mess.
Sell the damned place to someone who can do something with it. It's right near a subway and is perfect for a real venue. Not a half-arsed venue with a rotting Septa trolley (yes, why?) in it's yard.
Posted by Jack | December 17, 2007 1:45 PM
Alan Pepper is actually a really nice guy. But I am not sure The Bottom Line would work by just moving it to Brooklyn. It was a space of it's time and era. I would love to raid his house though to get my hands on some of those board tapes he is sitting on.
Posted by Anonymous | December 17, 2007 1:52 PM