I wanted to go out in Brooklyn this weekend to get to know my new burb better, and made the last-minute decision, after my coop shift, to head over to Monkey Town in Brooklyn which I had read about some time back in the New York Times. Its in Williamsburg, which takes about half an hour by bike (longer by subway!) and the bike ride is interesting, because its one of those trips that passes through a shifting sequence of ethnic neighbourhoods. Most distinctive is the Orthodox Jewish area of South Williamsburg. On Saturday night at around 10:30pm it was abuzz with bearded men in huge furry hats and white leggings and women dressed in dark simple dresses with prams.
MonkeyTown was a real treat: its a bar-restaurant in which the back portion is dedicated to multimedia shows, with the help of four giant projection screens on the walls of a cube-shaped room. Comfortable sofas line the screens and you can lounge back and be washed over by sound and images. This show had a line-up of ambient electronic bands (Xela, Zelienople and Helios). The music reminded me a little of the Icelandic band Sigur Ros. It was unexpectedly relaxing, and a really good evening's discovery of what Brooklyn has to offer.
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