a billiards club and bar , va-da-ba-da-boom , ( 989 compact west 17th st. ) , celebrates this edgy era in a former slaughterhouse , along with the adjoining damnation station coffee shop , where you can check your email and `` pick people up '' according to several young men i met , who were still in the early stages of fixing their personal telemetry on targets that would succumb to their van damn-it charms .