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I left something out here....
Crobar, in my opinion, is a venue that finally gives you your MONEY'S WORTH for paying a cover charge....they have returned the theatre of the asurb to NYC....things go on there that are just, well, absurd....from suprisde live acts to dancers in pods to boy george running around the bar to bartenders dancing on the bar to light shows and other rancorous extravaganzas...
I met with Dirk Van Stockholm, their Marketing Director, and he explained somethings to me that really give us a lot of hope for NYC in general, and our nightlife....Crobar is really novel for us in that it really gives you an experience, rather than a concert hall type deal like Roxy...headline DJ, dance, watch, light here and there, go home. NOT the case at Crobar....no way! there are employees dancing around with flags, people prancing about doing funny things, acts come on spontaneously on the big stage up front, and there are lots of elevated boxes about where patrons can climb up and dance on....even in front of the speakers --- and let me tell you, I was dancing on one of those this past saturday and the music is so loud it was literally shooting through my body...
no one bothers you, bouncers are there to be kind and considerate, can you believe that?? im sure they have their moments, but an aspect of training at this venue is to be considerate to US, the patrons, because we are actually spending money here...Fuck all the venues that have been treating us like shit over the past two years....Crobar and Avalon do not do this, and if you get shitty treatment at either venue it is either because you are on some drugs and seem pushy or just caught the man or woman on a bad moment...trust me....I go to both of these venues every single weekend and have sat down with them and had lengthy discussions about their goals and what makes them stand out as new venues in manhattan with new missions to help fuel the fire that has been sparked in our nightlife renaissance as of late...
Here is a quote from Dirk himself...I have been saving this for an article but fuck it, i think it's worth sharing now too--
"Crobar is an entertainment package...we are bringing the show back to NYC...This is not a concert hall, and we are here to offer the best in music, staff, service...and the theatre of the absurb."
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