Mid-to-late 1990s compilation of the Sonic Groove Label
The Beginnings 1995-1999 — Sonic Groove Records (2023, Sonic Groove) was the store owned by Adam X, Frankie Bones and Heather Heart. The shop was in operations from 1995-2004––the second iteration/location of the Brooklyn-based Groove Records, which had served the DJs who had spun at raves during those years. These specific years from 1995-1999 were also, in a way, the second wave of rave culture where the music had matured and returned to the acid, electro and house music roots of 1988, though trance was also very prominent at the time, as well as drum and bass.
There was a split in sounds of the scene——which was still just starting to pick up globally, but Sonic Groove kept its focus on techno. This release is a documentation of those years, but a strict one, focusing on the essence of the shop and the sound of the Sonic Groove Records label in perspective, before gears were in shift.
Oh, Happy Day! Just got this selfie of My Lord and Master, Mr. Tobias Menzies from one of the Team!
She went to see him in the play "The Hunt" at St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York. She's letting me post it with my watermark on it. She said he was so nice, very handsome, and taller than she expected! Of course he was. ❤️😍
Imma pretend baby was looking at me that way, all smiley-eyed, looking adorable. 😍
I woke up being Tobiazed and I'm smiling from ear to ear. Let's see if I get any more deets about the encounter and/or the play. Like I told my friend, I'd forgotten she was going to see him. Had I remembered, I would have given her some "instructions" 😉.
Stacking coffee from Central America in a big warehouse at the Bush Terminal in Brooklyn, 1920. Hopeful coffee importers looked to Prohibition to increase their sales, reasoning that people would need some kind of (legal) stimulant. Instead, of course, there was just bootleg liquor.
Photo: Underwood & Underwood via the Brooklyn Public Library
word on the discord server was melting point would be the hottest rave of new year’s eve — secret location warehouse party. i saw how expensive the tickets were and decided to stay my ass in connecticut but somehow we ended up popping out to brooklyn anyway lol i got a free ticket from a good samaritan in the discord server whose friend had an extra ticket (thanks @/Mohawk), but we still had to figure out how bae was gonna get into the show. not to mention tix we’re sold out for days… so we found some folx on commenting on pauli cakes instagram tryna sell their tickets. we hit 3 ppl up and picked the person selling it for lowest price (like $5 less than original price lol). but damn we got scammed. person was acting super weird and i should have listened to my intuition and bought from one of the Black sellers anyway smh foolish me ~ but anyways, it’s okay cuz Mohawk came thru with another extra ticket 🆒🎶🌈‼️ so we went all the way to Brooklyn for a sold out rave at a secret location, then got in for free despite all odds lol. my favorite part was watching pauli cakes’ dj set 📀🧁💕🪩 uuugh why are they so cute 😚 i could watch pauli spin all year
The Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT) is a large warehouse complex in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City. The site occupies more than 95 acres (38 ha) between 58th and 63rd Streets west of Second Avenue, on Brooklyn's western shore. The complex was originally used as a United States Army Supply Terminal called the Brooklyn Army Base or Brooklyn Army Supply Base. It is now used for commercial and light industrial purposes, and also serves a NYC Ferry stop.
The Brooklyn Army Terminal was designed by Cass Gilbert. It contains two warehouses, three piers, several smaller administrative buildings, and rail sidingsfor loading cargo. When built, the warehouses were among the world's largest concrete structures. The Brooklyn Army Terminal adjoins the former Bush Terminal, which was used by the United States Navy.
Joseph Koch’s Comic Book Warehouse is invaluable and it’s a damn shame it’s closing
A timeless place runs out of time. #kochcomics #comicbook #comicstore
It takes standing in a warehouse full of comics to gain somewhat of an understanding of how vast the entire history of the medium truly is. There’s just not that many chances to do this, to take in the enormity of it all in a place filled to the brim with boxes upon boxes of single issues and adjacent merch. Joseph Koch’s Comic Book Warehouse is one such place, and the cruel march of rising rent…