Meet Me In the Bathroom Premiere

'Meet Me in the Bathroom' premiered at New York City’s historic Webster Hall....
Meet Me In the Bathroom
Meet Me In the Bathroom Premiere

On Saturday, October 30th, Meet Me in the Bathroom (QRO review) premiered at New York City’s historic Webster Hall (QRO venue review). With a line wrapped around the corner and halfway down Third Avenue, fans and musicians alike lined up for a hometown viewing of Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern’s film adaptation of Lizzy Goodman’s 2017 oral history, chronicling the city’s explosive music scene in the early aughts. With doors opening shortly after 6:30 on a breezy October night, the frenzied crowd rushed in.

Though the film had already premiered in Los Angeles, there was a feeling that the hometown premier was special. Many of those in attendance were not only fans of the book and the bands included, but were in those bands themselves. Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Adam Green of the Moldy Peaches and former LCD Soundsystem bassist Phil Mossman were all in attendance, to name a few. 

Following the screening were two special performances, one from Adam Green of the Moldy Peaches and the other from Wah Together, a New York-based band with members from LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Longwave, and Electroputas. Adam Green’s performance was intimate and warm, performing a medley of his solo material alongside Moldy Peaches tracks including Who’s Got the Crack and Jessica from his 2003 EP of the same name. Wah Together took the night in a decidedly more punk and noise direction, blasting their way through original material that electrified much of the audience.

What followed was a Q&A moderated by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. Featuring Lizzy Goodman, Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern and Adam Green, the group discussed a wide range of topics related to the film and of that era of New York City including the process of translating the 2017 book to screen, the fashion of the era and the future of New York’s music scene. For more, read QRO’s interview with Lizzy Goodman here.

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