Michael Hurley - Quiet Life, Brooklyn, New York, March 24, 1990

Michael Hurley - Quiet Life, Brooklyn, New York, March 24, 1990I’d never heard of Quiet Life, the short-lived late 80s/early 90s Williamsburg music venue, but it sounds like a hoot. The Village Voice’s Richard Gehr wrote: On most (and only) Saturday nights since last October, dozens — heck, scores — of locals have meandered into Quiet Life after discreetly making their presence known by tapping the door of this appropriately renamed former funeral chapel. In the dark, from the street, it lacks even the suggestion of activity. Pale light gleams through the stained-glass windows; apartment-house mailboxes greet the customer. Pay the man five dollars and mosey into a minimal sitting-and-drinking room. Where the bereaved once grieved, folks now gather in subdued conviviality. It’s a permanent wake, Jake. Pals and strangers, just hanging out and talking about stuff. Work stuff. Music stuff. You know — stuff. No fights, some light necking.In other words, just the kind of place that Michael…