Talk:Elgin Theater

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I was a Chelsea resident as a kid in the 60's & 70's, having gone to the elementary school closet to the Elgin to the north (ps11) and the Jr high closest to the south (IS70)

Two pertinent points overlooked in the article on the Elgin are: rampant pot smoking -midnight shows or otherwise - I frequently left showings of planet of the apes movies with a "contact high" just from sitting in the balcony

And...after we succeeded in protesting against the "adult" theater period of it's history, but long before it's evolution into the "Joyce" theater, it briefly became an early (post Max's Kansas city)punk rock venue, sporting a GIANT paper mache and cloth figure of a "punk rocker" with red light bulbs for eyes.

I never saw any acts there, but I recall (VIVIDLY) a poster for Blondie, and I recall promo materials on display for what appeared to be a "kiss"-type band called (if memory serves) "Kong".

I recall hearing a couple of years later tha blondie did not appear due to being nookrd on the same bill as some other female fronted band with whom Blondie was "feuding" though this was at best hearsay.

A good online resource to corroborate this info (the punk venue part at least) might be Chris Stein of "Blondie". He has a blog.