In a feeble attempt to combat my constant homesickness, I compile tales of New York City rock & roll landmarks, most of 'em long gone. Moronic musings on various other enthusiasms are also thrown in for good measure.
Selected 1971 Voice ads for the Rock Pile in Island Park. The ones I found spanned only March to early July.
3/11/71 issue.
3/18/71 issue.
3/25/71 issue.
4/1/71 issue.
4/1/71 issue.
4/8/71 issue.
4/15/71 issue.
4/22/71 issue.
4/22/71 issue.
4/29/71 issue.
5/6/71 issue.
5/13/71 issue.
5/20/71 issue.
[Incidentally, I watched this earlier today--Mott the Hoople keyboardist Morgan Fisher talking over super-8 footage from a '74 tour. Includes some NYC street scenes and discussion of the New York Dolls and Leee Black Childers. Thanks to Crawdaddy Simon for the link.]
Selected 1971 Voice ads for the Electric Circus. The ads stopped in midsummer, so I guess the Circus left town around that time--though possibly with little fanfare, as I can't recall seeing a mention about its closure in any "Scenes" or "Riffs" column.
1/7/71 issue.
1/14/71 issue.
1/21/71 issue.
1/28/71 issue.
2/4/71 issue.
2/11/71 issue. Planetarium--forerunner to Laser Floyd uptown at the Hayden???
2/18/71 issue.
2/25/71 issue.
3/4/71 issue.
3/11/71 issue.
3/25/71 issue.
4/1/71 issue.
4/8/71 issue.
4/15/71 issue.
4/29/71 issue.
5/6/71 issue.
5/13/71 issue.
5/2/71 issue.
6/3/71 issue.
6/10/71 issue.
6/17/71 issue.
6/24/71 issue.
7/1/71 issue--damn, I guess the Groovies backed out.
7/8/71 issue.
7/15/71 issue--partially cut-off in the microfilming process.
7/22/71 issue.
7/29/71 issue. I think Silverlight was the predecessor to Free Being.
