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In Reply to: RE: Packing 'em up posted by Bill Way on August 23, 2016 at 07:18:45
Just curious. Thirty-six years for me. Leaving next year.
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I was here in the 70's, and came back in 2000. It has been wonderful. There is no other city that has hundreds of musicians playing gigs every single night (most free) multiple opera, dance, ballet companies, an art scene like nowhere else, and dozens of theater performances every night. There are also 150+ recording studios... that I know of. I got to assist in Steve Addabbo's studio for over five years, and now have dozens of musician friends from those sessions who are playing all over the world. The studio assist gig paid nothing, and was the most rewarding thing I've ever done. (EVERY audiophile should spend time in a good studio.)With time, many rooms in the city become "home," though some are now gone. Iridium, Blue Note, Dizzy's Coca-Cola, the Met, the Met Museum, MoMA, Whitney, fucking-awful (for now) Geffen Hall, Koch Theater, Tully, Carnegie, BAM (still remembering Barishnikov and Willem Dafoe in the almost-nonsense "The Old Woman"), The Back Fence, Caffe Vivaldi, the Living Room, the Beacon, Apollo, Danny Kaye Playhouse, Joyce Theater, Guggenheim, Vivian Beaumont, Minetta Lane Theater (still enjoy the memory of Penny Lane and Mink Stole in The Mutilated several years ago) all Broadway/off-Broadway/off-off-Broadway/fringe theaters. Multiple theater performances that were just shattering and can never be forgotten: Elizabeth Franz' Linda Loman, Pacino's Shylock, Liv Ullman's Anna Christie (1975 - had to look up that year), Vanessa Redgrave in everything (but especially the ultra-ballsy Driving Miss Daisy with James Earl Jones) Artur Rubinstein at Carnegie (and Louis Lortie and Garrick Ohlsson and Stephen Hough.)
Making friends who are authors, playwrights, composers, singers, chefs, and, yes, critics. Restaurants become home as well: Tout va Bien (it *was* good in the 70's), Maria's Swiss Inn and Mont Blanc (both gone), Yakitori Totto, Soba-Koh, Luxembourg, Boulud's and Bouley's joints, Joe Allen, Sakamai, and the long-missed Aki. I got to work in technology for Siebel, Oracle, and a few scrappy independent consultants, a couple market researchers, and television - ABC network in the 70's *was* exciting. Being in the middle of it all, ***if you pay attention*** is like nothing else.
And it's time for a change. I'm headed to south NJ, somewhere near Barnegat Bay, to get a house and a catboat.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Edits: 08/23/16
I lived in Philadelphia for five years. And do you know that old joke I went to Philly and it was closed. Well it's no joke. the town literally closes down!!!!
I lived in Forked River and Toms River for 26 years. Barnegat bay was my backyard. Just be careful were you move. There is a reason why a LOT!!!! of people are moving out. Tropical Storm Sandy was the wake up alarm that no one listened too and are STILL ignoring. As well as NJ being literally on the brink of financial collapse!!!!!
When I got a letter in the mail saying my taxes were being raised $3000 next year because of Sandy that was my alarm clock. I listened and bailed!
If you move to NJ move as far south as possible.
You offer great advice..Thanks to Christie infrastructure will be repaired or created. Lowest credit rating in the country along with Louisiana and Alabama. What are you going to do for a health system? Most of us stick in the city because of that. Sandy destroyed my housing complex-no electricty or clean water for a month.But good luck-made the same scenes...
Thanks for the tips. Yes, the taxes are bad, but it's still lots cheaper living than NYC, and I've found they vary hugely from town to town, though the farther south, the better.
On flooding, I've found that the insurance companies maintain a shared database on claims. so once I find a property my agent can look up its history. There are also very detailed maps of the flooding that might be somewhat maybe kinda accurate. And houses that got re-done inside the last four years are automatically suspect. It's going to be an interesting hunt. I don't want to be on the water - just able to get to the boat in ten minutes or so. Maybe I'll become a piney!
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
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" There is no other city that has hundreds of musicians playing gigs every single night (most free) multiple opera, dance, ballet companies, an art scene like nowhere else, and dozens of theater performances every night."
I thought that we have that in London too? Plus 5 top rank orchestras. However NYC is a fabulous city. Only been there once, fell in love with it and hope that I may return one day.
I get a little sad whenever someone moves out of NY. Maybe my own move at one time to NJ, children studying in NY and then moving away. Wish you all the best.
Bill
It sounds like you had an amazing life here. It really is an incredible place. At least you'll still be relatively close to NYC. And just think, maybe now you have enough room to put those TC-50s on stands.
All the best to you in your new home.
Actually, I'll be looking for a pair of floorstanders - maybe Vandy Quatros or Tannoys.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Even better, although I'll bet those Spicas will always be in the back of your mind. I know mine are. Something about them - I just love them.
Where are you heading- Gary?
Back to Michigan. Left there in 1980 for NYC. Time to leave.
In my case, I was born and raised in NYC and spent 30 years there. When my mom died, I moved out here to Detroit to be closer to my uncle and cousin. I wish you all the best. FWIW, if you're moving to southeast Michigan, we have a pretty good audio club in these parts.
"Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony." --Lou Reed
I'll be a Michigan resident again before too long. And yes, SE Michigan.
Gary:
When you're settled in MI, drop me a line through the Asylum, and I can hook you up with the Southeast Michigan Audio Club, or SMAC. It's a great group that now has well over 300 members. I was in on the ground floor, and it's amazing how swiftly it's grown. I never knew how many audiophiles there were in this part of the state!
"Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony." --Lou Reed
and thanks again.
Have a good, safe move, and we'll talk when you get out here! BTW, the name's Andy.
"Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony." --Lou Reed
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