Lamour

L'Amour: Rock Capital of Brooklyn, the book

Another piece of Brooklyn rock history is being documented. From the Amazon listing:During the disco drenched year of 1978, 62nd Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, was home to L’Amour, a small, unassuming discothéque thriving on a local dance crowd…

20 years later, the stage diving debate rages on (RIP Christopher Mitchell)

Stage diving is the hot topic of the week with Joyce Manor speaking out publicly against it happening at their shows. It reminded me of all the attention stage diving was getting after a kid died jumping off the stage at a Life of Agony show at L’Amour…

a benefit, 'Cro-Mags (jam)', a NYC VOD show, Sick of It All, Biohazard & other NY Hardcore-related news

Agnostic Front @ Knitting Factory, 8/21/08 (hardcoreshutterbug) Hardcore is always screaming about unity, and in times like these, it’s admirable that those aren’t empty threats…

L'amour - 'The Rock Capitol of Staten Island'

This is a catch up post…. As was first reported around the time I was in Norway, and was also mentioned in that recent NY Times article about NYC venues, L’amour is back (again), but now in Staten Island…

Brooklyn Music Terminal Closed | Show Scandal

It was only four months ago that I reported the reopening of L’Amour as Brooklyn Music Terminal. Then I read on Brooklyn Rocks that they, “wanted to see Brides of Destruction and Adema at Brooklyn Music Terminal on Friday and just found out the place was closed…

L'Amour reopens as The Brooklyn Music Terminal

The rock is back in Brooklyn (1545 63rd Street to be exact). More information on the Brooklyn Music Terminal at their Myspace page and tickets for sale at Ticketweb…