Comments on: Skoochies, City Beat and The Monastery https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/ Music Director and Music Technology Tue, 18 May 2021 21:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Kenneth Mcdonald https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1329310 Tue, 18 May 2021 21:37:41 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1329310 I was a Skoochies Pirate! I basically lived to make enough to live there Wednesday thru Sunday… It gave me a safe shelter away from Dominary and dysfunctional Catholic parents. It was my first taste of freedom and independence and self awareness. I met my wife there and we had three beautiful children. After it’s closure I could never return to my parents world and went on to a 20 year career in the Marines, hardly a social outcast, or loser.

]]> By: Christine Rosenberg https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1327124 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:28:09 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1327124 OMG! I was a serious ‘Bat Caver’ & was a regular at the Vogue & Monastery in the early 80’s I was the SUPER pale girl w/short white spiked hair & Anyone remember ‘Jet Boy’ or Michelle Cary-Criminale’’? I got to tie Jet up for his 1st flogging at the Monastery . I now have a small biz making natural soap & body care products in the SF Bay Area. Cheers!

]]> By: Reidar https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1321419 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 22:08:20 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1321419 I love this blog. As I get older, and people pass on, sadly some in our chosen family beginning from the days of these bygone clubs, suddenly searching the internet for more photos, articles and the like. My ears always perk up when someone says “Goth” but when I hear or see “Bat Caver” you have my complete attention. Thanks for a good read.

]]> By: __e https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1297305 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 01:13:39 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1297305 We loved going to these clubs and listening to The Cure, and Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Souxie, Yazz, Soft Cell, “you spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baybe, …” and “going on up to the spirit in the sky”, LOL! And also The Vogue on 1st ave., and up in B.C., what was it, The Love Affair. maybe? I don’t remember. Bunch of weirdos up there, eh?

]]> By: Cozma Sheeva https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1292640 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:14:11 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1292640 I could never enjoy Skoochies, after all of the fantastic Monastery weekends. It just wasn’t interesting enough or the music wasn’t quite right…and, of course, Skoochies didn’t have the movies or the edginess.
After The Monastery closed I (and some friends) would sit across the street from Skoochies and draw on the sidewalk with chalk. I also use to sell rubber bands to people (don’t ask me why- I don’t recall)…Sometimes we’d go to City Beat or hang out along U-District Ave…later it was Gorilla Gardens, etc.
What made me search, and find this site, was I was looking through some old photos earlier today and found a couple that show police descending on Skootchies- cop cars and kids running everywhere. I must have been across the street with my camera when they shut it all down.
I did plenty of drugs back then…made it through…went to college and am now a conservation biologist…so not the arts I’m afraid.

]]> By: askland https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1285036 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:08:17 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1285036 Hi Tobie,
I’m so glad you liked Pray the Away® the musical! That was an important project to me and I’m excited about where the show is going.

I went to Skoochies, City Beat and Monastery around the years 1982-1986. I was also usually vintage but every once in a while would rat my hair out because it was just fun to do. Incidentally, for the PTGA show we used photos from Skoochies as a guide to some of the costuming since PTGA took place in 1982. The cast had a lot of fun with that.

]]> By: Tobie https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1284603 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 19:58:08 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1284603 Conrad, this is super weird because I googled KYYX and Skoochies, Seattle today and the first thing that popped up was your blog and I know you from when I worked at the Lincoln Theatre here in MV. I am trying to figure out if I ever met you way back then. I was from Issaquah. Not a Batcaver, I wore vintage mostly. Loved Pray The Gay Away, beautiful work!

]]> By: Ron https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1278235 Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:09:24 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1278235 Boy those were the days. I was a street kid.I loved at the church off and on for about three years.I was known as little Ronnie.love you from back then. Speedy Ronnie , miss you. I ended up living with Dana at the end of his life on Madison Street. I will remember you forever Dana. If you remember me I would love to hear from you. Blessings to all

]]> By: collin mcfadyen https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1257092 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 04:30:39 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1257092 Wow… I’m writing some stories about living on the streets in Seattle in 85-86. I used the name Morgan, I’m from Portland and I hung out on Broadway with Boy Mike, Sky, Matthew, Vic, Monroe, Doug (so handsome) and Fuchsia. Of course Roxy and “That’sWhat Friends are For” at City Beat. I’m looking for a woman named Biergit who volunteered at the Orion Center and also Kassie from somewhere who let met crash at her apartment. She loved the Smiths so much and her family was so sweet. I was Gothy and Queer at the time. I remember the Winchells on Broadway and the cheap metal ashtrays that you could flatten out until they spelled “Hell’s Nut House” I knew Skinhead Pete from Corvallis, Shmoo, and a guy named John? who gave me my first skateboard because he worked at Fallout. I first moved in with a girl named Annette in a studio apartment next to the Paramount, I went to the Orion Center on Terry and spent a ton of my nights at City Beat. Also I worked for a minute at Trattoria Pagliacci on Broadway while the Orion Center put me up at the YWCA, I finally moved back to Portland and started working at Roxy Heart’s, eventually I ended up owning my own restaurant in Portland. Go figure.

]]> By: Donny C. https://conradaskland.com/blog/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1249944 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:01:40 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/03/skoochies-city-beat-and-the-monastery/#comment-1249944 I just came across this when I was searching for 1980’s monastery in Seattle. I graduated in 1982 (high school) I went to the Monastery for a dare in June (1982) on a Saturday night and “BAM” I was addicted. Incredible music, fun atmosphere and WILD people made it the “In Place to Be” on a Friday and Saturday night that dragged into Morning Madness on capital hill on Sunday. I am 55 now and those times back in 1982 until I turned 21 in 1985 will never be erased from my mind. That is the best time of my life. What a blast I had back then . I was hanging out with my best friend Mark P. and Kelly Boyd. I miss the Monastery very much !

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