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so we are going to bad brains/leeway this weekend

defstarsteve - 2-16-2006 at 10:13 PM

at cb's who has the hook up for me and my wife to stay
hotel rooms, anything????

need info asap

clevohardcore - 2-17-2006 at 12:33 AM

that sounds like a awsome show. Is Bad Brains back to using the original name yet???

defstarsteve - 2-17-2006 at 01:12 AM

original name, but john joseph is singing this weekend

Voodoobillyman - 2-17-2006 at 09:08 AM

Youre on the guest list right?????? What with Leeway being your latest triumph. Wish I could help ya bro.

BDx13 - 2-17-2006 at 11:04 AM

Sorry, hommie, wish I still lived there; you'd be all set up!

I don't know what kind of budget you have or which nights you're looking for, but a quick search of hotels.com for a room this saturday yielded a few reasonable results...

The Mount Royal Hotel & Hostel on the Upper West Side with rooms starting at $50 with a shared bathroom

Days Hotel Broadway, also on the UWS, for about $100/night.

Hotel Belleclaire looks DOPE, and they have shared bathrooms for $120/night, private for $130/night.

I don't know any of these places personally, but you can always read more reviews on tripadvisor.com. If you've got a little more to spend, and you want soemthing possible more reliable or more centrally located, look into the Marriott's, Hilton's, and other big chains in heavy tourist areas like times square of wall street - they often have great last minute deals.

On the rare occasions I've needed a reasonable hotel in the city, I've gone with the Millenium Hilton. It's right across from the WTC site downtown, it was completely redesigned after 9/11, you'll be closer to CB's than the places on the Upper West Side, there are a ton of subway options right there, and there are a number of 'touristy' things to see in the area. You should be able to get a room there for under $200 a night.

To those not familiar with the city, please don't think i'm crazy for recommending a $200/night hotel to steve... in that city, that's an amazing price.

defstarsteve - 2-17-2006 at 12:09 PM

thanks big D
we are looking as all those options, thought about get a room in jersey and parking the car and jsut doing mta for everything,

but we have a few fiends there we are waiting to hear bcak from who mght have closet space for us...

yeah we have guest list, or should I say we better ha ha...

Discipline - 2-17-2006 at 04:53 PM

Is it even worth seeing Bad Brains if John Joseph is singing? As a non-fan I'm curious.

On a side note, I never liked Bad Brains but I haven't checked them out in like 10 years. If you had to recommend one album to try, what would it be. I figure since so many people on this board love them and have good taste in music I should give them another shot.

tireironsaint - 2-17-2006 at 07:31 PM

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Originally posted by Discipline
Is it even worth seeing Bad Brains if John Joseph is singing? As a non-fan I'm curious.

On a side note, I never liked Bad Brains but I haven't checked them out in like 10 years. If you had to recommend one album to try, what would it be. I figure since so many people on this board love them and have good taste in music I should give them another shot.
Pick one of these three : ROIR Sessions (also known as their self titled, it's got the famous lightning bolt/Capital building picture), Rock For Light, or Black Dots. Black Dots is the first album they recorded, but it wasn't released until the late 90s. It is kinda rough and shows a lot of the Punk influence that they were diggin' on at the time.

Discipline - 2-17-2006 at 08:28 PM

What about JJ singing for them? Would that be even remotely good?

tireironsaint - 2-17-2006 at 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by Discipline
What about JJ singing for them? Would that be even remotely good?
Based on his new band and the time I saw Bad Brains with some guy who was an H.R. imitator, I would have to say it's not worth the price if they paid me to go to their show. I love Bad Brains, but the band I know by that name died a long long time ago.

Discipline - 2-17-2006 at 10:34 PM

Figured as much.

defstarsteve - 2-17-2006 at 11:01 PM

I've seen Bad Brains withthe og lineup and it wa pretty damn good

I am going for leeway, charge, and ensign, and it'll be my first show at cb's and first time to NYC since I was 16, gonna be 33 this year...

if you got giest list ya go

Voodoobillyman - 2-18-2006 at 01:01 AM

Hey.........yer on the guest list...........you go, fuck who is singing for who, good times, rep DEF STAR.