26 REDS & A BOTTLE OF WINE

I've been meaning to get to this all since Sunday morning but whatever.

Anyway. Got the message Saturday night, around 4 am that the MARCH (Multi-Agency Response to Community Hotspots) Squad had once again busted up Darkroom. These MARCH raids mean that local cops, vice cops, fire officials and the health department all descend on the bar in mass. The desired effect is to give out as many tickets as possible as a precursor to shutting a place down. This is basically Gestapo bullshit.

I’m familiar with MARCH because they used to routinely raid bars in my neighborhood, out of the tenth precinct. At the time the 10th was run by this hardnosed asshole cop named Dennis DeQuatro. A real prick, he seemed to take some sort of personal pleasure in shutting down bars and stopping the fun. He would typically raid a bar around 2 am, prime time on a weekend, just to fuck with everyone. Guess which precinct Mr. DeQuarto is running now?

If history is any indication these MARCH raids or going to make life on the LES interesting and making a living on those streets difficult. Dark Room in particular is going to get lots of attention since it can’t seem to keep it’s name out the news in connection with fast times and free drugs. The place was first boarded up after 2 NYU retards overdosed on speedball after (the New York Times reported) partying at Dark Room until 10 am. This most resent raid follows a week where Lindsey Lohan and Kate “trouble follows her” Moss were reported to have made an appearance (oddly enough, together. What are those two doing hanging out together?)

The best advice I can give is the advice your mom would give. Keep the booze inside, the cigarettes outside, the underage out and coke dealers away.

PS - The photo above it Ms. Lohan's brilliant scriping on the bathroom wall in Dark Room. It reads “Scarlett is a bloody cunt / L / Peace and love / [illegible] / fucker.” She's the voice of a generation