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General Info:Hot tips
This is not a complete guide to New York it has some stuff that i like to do, Time Out New York and The Voice are also very useful guides to pick up. email me if you like the suggestions and feel free to make more

The Empire State Building is has a great view definitely a Kodak moment..

Music Outside (April - October)

Central park there is so much going on there in the summer. My favorite is the roller skating disco, the funkiest spot in the park, probably because I DJ there!! Come in at w 67 street make your way down into the Center of the park, we are near the bandshell. Normally every Saturday and Sunday 2.30pm till 6.30 April to October, check web for updates. http://www.cpdsa.org/

Summer Stage has free concerts http://www.summerstage.org

Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM) has free concerts in the parks all summer, You can see great bands like Ohio Players, Kool and The Gang, Roy Ayers FOR FREE

http://www.bam.org
http://prospectpark.org/dest/main.cfm?target=band

Some of Misbehaviour's Picks..There are hundreds of places to go, the east village and lower east side are full of bars most with DJs:

I like Avenue C its pretty vibrant at the weekends here is a couple of spots

Nu Blu 62 Avenue C (off 4th Street) 212 979 9925 – Good place for live music and djs

Barazza 133, Avenue C, New York City, 212 539 0811. Good Mojitos and music predominately Latin, very lively.

Santos Party House on La fayette @ walker street one block below canal. Fairly new spot good roster of djs huge, sound system, set up for dancing which is nice and getting rarer as most places want you to sit down and buy ridiculously expensive bottles of liquor!!

LIVE VENUES

S.O.B.'s 204 Varick is very popular for hip hop gigs (and also latin artists) http://www.sobs.com 212 243 4940

Rose live music 345 Grand st between Havemeyer and marcy in williamsberg. This venue has a great vibe thursdays are a good night with dj misbehavior and mobius collective live starts 10pm

Meat Packing District

this area has developed so fast in the last few years, worth a wander around here are two spots i like

APT built its rep on booking good djs usually something interesting going on http://www.aptwebsite.com
419 west 13th st 212 414 4245

CIELO good spot for House music fans Nice sound. http://www.cieloclub.com 18 little west 12th street

NB MANY CLUBS REQURE PHOTO ID BECAUSE THIS IS A POLICE STATE AND THEY WANT YOUR MOVEMENTS TO ALWAYS BE RECORDED ;)

Some I like are

PACIFICO 269 Pacific Street (at smith street) Brooklyn 718 935 9090 very nice mexican pretty cheap good jugs of Sangria with nice indoor and outdoor space plus a real fire to keep you cosy in the winter

WALKERS bar, 16 North Moore Street 212 941-0142 (also does Guinness and the best mashed potato) nice traditional New York Irish Bar good food pretty reasonable prices

FRANK
88 2nd Avenue (between 5th & 6th Streets)New York, NY 212-420-0202 Very Good Italian Restaurant.

PLANET THAI IN WILLIAMSBERG EXCELLENT FOOD VERY REASONABLE

MADIBA 195 DEKALB AVENUE BROOKLYN 718 855 9190 South African Restaurant very nice ambiance some live music and djs at the weekends

Loads of restaurants on the dekalb strip in Fort Greene these days its kinda like the Portabello Rd of New York

Radio Stations
Hot 97 is the main station and gets my vote for the most repetitive daytime playlist ever, I think they only have about 10 songs on rotation.
Best to listen at night for more variety

Kiss is quite good for soul classics and r'n'b but again limited playlists make them very repetitive if you listen too much. 89.9 and 89.1 are others to try and any college stations are usually interesting. Flick through there are some great stations for spanish music.

105.1 kinda similar to HOT 97 again individual shows can be good

If you come to New York in the summer and can't stand the heat take a break and go sit in the movies to cool down

United Artists Broadway and 13th street big screens and lots of them late shows too, need to book at weekends.

Sunshine Cinema 143 East Houston v nice art house cinema http://www.landmarktheatres.com

BAM Rose Cinema Brooklyn some blockbusters and art house movies and films by featured directors, really comfortable cafe to chill out in too that also has events http://www.bam.org

FaT Beats 6th avenue and 9th street sell hip hop, rnb , breaks you can get many back issues. Good place to check the flyers for all the hip hop events that are being held around New York.

Rock and Soul 7th Avenue between 35th & 35th streets besides the current records you can buy many unreleased tracks, re mixes,club classic reissues and they have turntable there for you to listen to stuff, The vinyl section is rapidly shrinking but its still a low key haunt for some old skool djs. had a nice chat with Kool herc the other day.
It is also a good place to buy music equipment as you can bargain with them.

A1 Records 6th street between Ave A & 1st Ave. If you are looking for used records this is a great shop although they are expensive,they have turntables so you can spend hours in there listening to music they also sell some current hip hop.

There are quite a few record shops in that area of the village anywhere between aves A, B, 1st and 2nd and the Lower East side. in the summer can pick up some good records off street vendors too. Although many of the stores have closed down which is a real shame as now we all have to buy on line and will become more and more insular until the computer is our best and only friend.

NB Many record shops won't accept credit cards without a photo ID.