Goodbye Blue Monday

Goodbye Blue Monday @ Bushwick, originally uploaded by photophobia.

Head out to Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick, Brooklyn to see new bands play in the surreal surroundings of a junk emporium. It’s a bit of a trek but worth the effort to get to this frontline of hipsterdom.

There’s all kinds of furniture and books piled floor to ceiling, but find a spot to perch and enjoy the music. The venue has a great story and the owner books anyone who wants to play.

There’s a bar that serves beer, wine and coffee and a sculpture garden out back. Oh, and everything is for sale.

1087 Broadway, nr Dodworth Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn

(Kosciusko Street on the J train)

Zebulon

you are really so many, originally uploaded by Disguised as Meat.

Zebulon is a great little music bar, owned and run by musicians. It’s dark, atmospheric and intimate (you have to squeeze past the band to get to the bathroom) with nightly performances at 9pm and 11pm. There’s no cover charge save for a hat that’s passed around.

The music is eclectic and it’s worth turning up even if you don’t know who is playing. The best, and most random, thing I saw there was a French marching band, who gradually stripped their clothes off as the night wore on. I’ll add their name when I remember it.

The place is generally quiet up until a few minutes before the gig, then everyone disappears. They do good bar snacks, such as cheese and cold meat plates. Many a night there has gotten out of hand and gone on way, way too late.

Wythe @ N 3rd, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
(Bedford Ave stop on L train)