Cherches & Sharp, The Return of Sonorexia, NYC January 4

[Pete C]

Downtown Like It Used To Be

Relive the golden years of the downtown literary and performance scene as we celebrate publication of the anthology Up Is Up, But So Is Down (NYU Press). This action-packed evening features a reading by Ann Rower, a showing of films by avant garde godfather Richard Kostelanetz, and literary/musical performances by New Randy (Holly Anderson & Lisa B. Burns) and Sonerexia (Peter Cherches & Elliott Sharp in their first performance together in over 20 years).

Thursday, January 4, 2007 - 10 PM
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
212.614.0505

Admission $5

[Cem]

Congratulations, Pete! Happy to see you're back at it... wish I could be there to catch Mr. PC & e# rocking it out... Break a leg! (still ok to wish this, you guys are not seniors)

[BFrank]

Is Elliott going to be at the SF gig?

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by David Gitin

Great to see you're active.
Sorry I can't fly in (recovering from hernia surgery; it will take a while).

I'm reading at City Lights on 2/15. I'll post details closer to that time.

[Pete C]

Sonorexia audio page:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...?bandID=260210

[Cem]

Originally Posted by David Gitin

I'm teaching a once-a-week Literature class on Thursdays. Let me know if you have any gigs next Summer?

Class trip on 2/15?

[Cem]

I think if you have drinks at Vesuvio's before & after (not the drivers) it qualifies as a literary trip and makes 125 miles more bearable. Plus, Cherches will make sure you eat well.

Pete, have you ever checked out the US Restaurant in North Beach? Old school Italian-American place. Great sourdough bread & calamari, big portions, great blue-plate vibe, as I recall. A place, you could easily take Cantiello & know he'll be satisfied.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by Cem

Pete, have you ever checked out the US Restaurant in North Beach?

It's awful!

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by David Gitin

it's 125 miles each way on a Thursday night.

How far is it on a Saturday night?

[Cem]

Originally Posted by Pete C

It's awful!

Well, I just read that the ownership changed. It used to be owned by Cippolina's. I went in '92, I think. Really loved it. More like an East Coast, institution type place.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by Cem

Well, I just read that the ownership changed. It used to be owned by Cippolina's. I went in '92, I think. Really loved it. More like an East Coast, institution type place.

My awful experience was in the 80s. I can't imagine it has gotten better. Most North Beach Italian is as bad as NYC Little Italy.

[Cem]

I can't help it, if you have no taste, Cherches.

[Dr Dave]

Originally Posted by Pete C

My awful experience was in the 80s. I can't imagine it has gotten better. Most North Beach Italian is as bad as NYC Little Italy.

Easy, big guy. Not everybody has easy access to Lupa and Via Emilia.

[Paul B]

Originally Posted by Pete C

It's awful!

Yes, in its current incarnation. When it was on the corner of Broadway and Stockton many years ago it was a different animal. That corner has never been the same--one failed joint after another.

The best low-key Italian joint in the neighborhood remains Sodini's, on Green just below Grant. Gino's, a few doors down, is the best bar in the immediate vicinity. Of course, a short walk brings you to the great triptych: Specs, Vesuvio's, and Tosca.

[Monte Smith]

Sonerexia, wow. I'm very interested to hear what inferior Italian eateries have to say about these guys.

[BFrank]

Pete doesn't know it yet, but he will be eating at the nearby House of Nanking.

US Restaurant is decent, filling and cheap......but I wouldn't call it groundbreaking or unusual. Definitely like a lot of those Little Italy places in NYC.

As for those bars, Vesuvio, Specs & Tosca, they're literally in the same block as City Lights. Jazz at Pearl's is right there, too.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by BFrank

Pete doesn't know it yet, but he will be eating at the nearby House of Nanking.

I doubt it. It has gone way downhill since it was a single storefront.

[BFrank]

Originally Posted by Pete C

I doubt it. It has gone way downhill since it was a single storefront.

Hmmmmm. Don't know about that, but.....

... how about Pauline's Pizza?

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by BFrank

... how about Pauline's Pizza?

Don't know it. I think the only place I've eaten pizza in SF is at Pazzia.

[John L]

[BFrank]

Originally Posted by Pete C

Don't know it. I think the only place I've eaten pizza in SF is at Pazzia.

Don't know Pazzia, myself.

BTW, Pauline's doesn't have wild boar as a topping.

[Gary Sisco]

Cool, Pete. Glad to hear about it.

[Root Doctor]

Congrats, Pete.

[BFrank]

One more worth thinking about: Delfina. They have both a regular restaurant and a pizza restaurant next door.

Link for Pauline's

[Pete C]

But how did we get on the subject of pizza in the first place?

[Ron Thorne]

Look, kids, another morphing thread!

[steve(thelil)]

Originally Posted by Pete C

But how did we get on the subject of pizza in the first place?

I think "wild boar" (sp?) was the connecting concept.

[Pete C]

We'll try our best to be wild without being boars.

[John L]

Good luck tonight, Pete. I wish that I could be there.

[Ron Thorne]

Have fun tonight, Pete.

I'd love to hear you take things "outside" a bit on your new kazoo.