Tony the Tour Guy's Mostly 1970s NYC History Blog

Welcome to Tony the Tour Guy's blog! Here we feature Tony's rants about various topics in New York City history, with particular emphasis upon that typically unappreciated decade, the Seventies. For our purposes, the era began roughly at the time when Jimi Hendrix died (9/18/70) and ended with the presidency of Ronald Reagan and the freedom of the Iran hostages (1/20/81). We cover everything from Pet Rocks to the Moonies to Checker Taxicabs here, and welcome your participation.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Lasarium

Who remembers Lasarium, the laser shows set to music produced by and at the old Hayden Planetarium?

A pretty decent sound system would play a series of tunes and a "laserist" would project images upon the planetarium's domed cealing. At the same time, the star projector would periodically come on, providing a good backdrop, especially for the spacier stuff like Pink Floyd. The first Lasarium featured a mixture of musical styles, from metal to classical, but subsequent shows were often dedicated to one musical style or performer. There was Laserrock 1, a show set to "Dark Side of the Moon," and a classical production.

Tickets were pretty reasonable, and it was a popular place to take a date.

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