tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post5083217969673597808..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: Recollections of the Electric Circus: "If you remembered much of what happened, you weren't really there."The Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-48217978381253886352014-09-30T18:55:16.834-04:002014-09-30T18:55:16.834-04:00Anybody remember seeing/hearing a band called GRAC...Anybody remember seeing/hearing a band called GRACE at Electric Circus in 1969? Or remember a girl named Liz (a regular)? Also, one of my favorite things at the time were some mimes that wld perform during band breaks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-86101197557396109072014-07-25T03:37:00.904-04:002014-07-25T03:37:00.904-04:00we were from brooklyn and we started going the ele...we were from brooklyn and we started going the electric circus in 1968 we were there every weekend we knew all the regulars every one got along every shared what ever they had with each other one nite the chambers brothers were playing and after a set they took a break and a friend of ours was a excellent drumer so he went up on the stage and started playing and instead asking him to leave the chambers brother came out and started playing a song with him playing the drums, and brian there drumer just stood on stage with a big smile as if to say the kid was good things like that just don"t happen to day also i remenber that the drink there was ice coffee is so good at that time even through it had coffee grings at the bottom of the cup but no one seemed to mind what they did in that place was bring a generation together with peace and friendship to the owners thanks you for the experanceanthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150049727002428618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-54958191920126230372014-03-26T20:44:05.436-04:002014-03-26T20:44:05.436-04:00I went there with some buddies from school in Feb ...I went there with some buddies from school in Feb 1968... I was just 15 like my friends from the city and suprised to get in but they didn´t sell booze so it was ok. I hid in a nook upstairs plastic grass for a carpet people making a chick painted my face and arms with day glow black lights out-lots of smoke and meth after frontloading some Rhinegold "Chug-a-Mugs" we got in a deli despite our age nobody even thought of carding us and took in the light show-pulsing ameobas-light struck chopped super 8 home movies....and sombody jamming...tiny stage just who I am still wonderingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-36151502271250380562013-08-15T03:21:40.741-04:002013-08-15T03:21:40.741-04:00Ah, yes the "Circus", I grew up in NYC a...Ah, yes the "Circus", I grew up in NYC and my friends and I used to go every weekend. <br />what I would give to back and be there again for a night!<br />The light shows, the crowd, strobs, and yes the bar which did not sell alcohol! wasn't necessary, everyone did drugs, uppies, downies, acid etc.<br />the carousel room wh7ch was all black with only black lights.<br />the cylindrical cubbies upstairs, make out heaven.<br /><br />jeannegenii@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-12370168678630102542013-05-04T08:52:01.298-04:002013-05-04T08:52:01.298-04:00I took my son there when he was about ten years ol...I took my son there when he was about ten years old. (I was 33). We were both enthralled by the rubber room. <br />A room with walls, floor, and ceiling lined with foam rubber. To this day we ocasionally reminisce about the experience. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com