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Sound Fix Lounge is Closing, Again
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 28, 2009
Modified Jan 28, 2009
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It seems like just yesterday that Sound Fix Lounge (the bar/venue attached to the record store) in Williamsburg was being shut down, only to be joyously reopened soon after. Well kids, now your precious Sound Fix is being taken away again! Reportedly "the license to serve booze will go bye-bye a little over a month from now" (and we all know comedy, nor music, work without alcohol). Word is that "the owner simply didn't want to fight the neighbors on this any longer." One of whom is allegedly Teresa Polonski, who works for Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, and as speculated last time she may have brought the Mayor's task force down on the venue.
Max Silvestri, who draws a crowd there each week for his comedy night Big Terrific, confirmed that "neighbors were not fans of a very quiet bar that always closed by midnight. It's a shame, because I think people were really starting to count on Sound Fix Lounge as a place to go for consistently great and surprising comedy. But twenty-somethings laughed and drank PBR before Sound Fix, and I'm sure they'll keep doing that. We are definitely going to find a new home for Big Terrific. We're not sure where yet, but we hear Times Square is amazing and a perfect spot for alternative comedy." But that place isn't even off the L.
Expect a closing date sometime at the end of February. In the meantime, this Saturday you can catch Loney, Dear (seriously one of the quietest bands on earth) play for free at the lounge. They'll go on early (like many acts there have), so the performance will likely not even disturb Polonski as she washes the blood from her hands.
Photo via Jaunted.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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