It's funny, but I lived in New York City for thirty years and never one time went to the Apollo!

Of course I knew about it, and I had a lot of respect for it, but at the time (and now for that matter) I was seeing a lot of avant garde music, a lot of rock music, a lot of electronic music (which unfortunately took over the world).

I would have gone on half an excuse, but it didn't happen, ah well. I saw many thousands of music shows, including some world class, unrepeatable shows (the Butthole Surfers at the World stands out for the best combination of musical value and underground wildness).

Seems like it's mostly dark these days: https://www.apollotheater.org/calendar/month/

Thanks as usually for a bit of NYC history.