The Basement

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  cool place to catch some great music

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  Posted on 12.07.12 T S.

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  I'm sure you're totally comfortable drinking and dancing right next to the Northampton police station because if you're coming here, you more than likely live in town and you try really hard to be awesome without a car. Rich kids trying to look poor and poor kids who've got no where else to go. Wait they're not kids, because they're almost hitting or are 30.
  
  Sometimes they pour a strong drink and I like motown jams.
  
  I like drunk/high doormen who try to take legit IDs as a way of telling a girl that he likes her with that forced small talk.

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  Posted on 07.24.11 Terra N.

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  This place is super hipster and overpriced. It's smaller than a studio apartment. There is no art on the walls. The tables are rickety. The last time I was there the musician was TERRIBLE and stopped playing before midnight, and the beer was 6 dollars a glass. F**k that B******T. My crawl space has better Feng Shui then this hole in the ground.
  
  They call it the basement for a reason. But you know what they say about real estate: Location Location Location. Other than that, this place has nothing.

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  Posted on 04.21.11 Matthew Z.

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  if you like bullshit ass music, dj's who can't mix worth a fruity pebble, people who want to start a conversation about the palestine israel conflict on the dance floor, overpriced alkey, ugggly ass stinky ass hopestars, and tuesdays, suck it.

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  Posted on 03.11.11 guitar w.

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  This is what someone who I assume really likes the basement said to me regarding my thoughts on how uncomfortable this place can make me:
  
  "i would offer to dislodge the urban outfitters brand stick from your ass but it seems to be firmly wedged in there with a mixture of smug elitism and yearning for your "college radio days".  the effort you put into this backhanded review is off putting to say the least and leaves one to wonder why you continue to patronize establishments that you deem to be so mainstream and played out.  Unfortunately, the air of hipsterdom supposedly affected by the basement pales in comparison to that in which you seem to languish."

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  Posted on 07.27.10 Carly W.

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  Tuesday nights at the Basement are worth writing home about.
  
  The DJs are on hand to keep the crowd moving with hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s. The staff is friendly. If you are hip, this is the place to be. If you aren't, it's alright, just keep dancing.
  
  If guys with beards and girls (especially the girls from Smith who wander down the hill)  with bangs are your type, get your self to the Basement and be ready to leave at 1 with a ringing in your ears.
  
  A short walk from the 7-11, which provides a nice place to meet after all is said and done.
  
  No coat check, just through your stuff on the ground.

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  Posted on 02.17.09 mary b.

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  Tuesdays nights at the basement used to be my weekly work out. Best place to shake it in town. Generally good DJs, nice bar-tenders, strong gin'n'tonics. The basement was like cheers but with dancing. Or a piano.

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  Posted on 01.14.09 Michelle L.

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  I'm only there when super DJ 12XU is on the wheels of steel...but when he is...and I do go...this place is great.

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  Posted on 09.06.08 Emeyes i.

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  The Basement is, as the name suggests, a dingy little hole-in-the-wall kinda place.  I've been here a handful of times for shows and it always has a relaxed vibe, cute people and great music going on.  Get there a bit before the show starts so you can snag a spot on one of the cozy couches.

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  Posted on 07.27.08 Bethany S.

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