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February 14, 2007
The scheme for New Years day
was to attend the poetry
reading at St. Marks Church,
so we wanted a base of operations
near there.
We settled on the "East
Village Bed and Breakfest"... This place is on
Avenue C, just a
stone's throw
A nice enough place, though from The Stone, There was one
I'd have liked it more if it but I once again, night we went
was all decorated like the didn't get to back by The
owner/operator's living visit it this Tonic, to see
quarters: trip. an ensemble
of some heavy
All brick and hitters like
bicycles, with Zena Parkins.
lofts, office areas,
kitchen space, and Grossly
work benches all dissapointing:
blending into each the mix was
other. the worst
I've ever
A strange piece of artwork heard, at
hanging on the wall: like a any performance
stringed instrument on a anywhere.
framework of antlers with
attached resonator cones. The guitarist
they had right
infront of us
The woman running the place (stage left)
hears we're from SF and was drowning
comments "That's the only out the entire
other city we could live in." band.
I hear that line a Zeena Parkins
lot in New York. Myself, I'm was looking
a little up at us
more open nervously:
minded (but the whole
only a right side
little). of the
audience was
EDGE_CITY holding
their ears in
defense.
The guitarist
kept his nose
down, and
kept wailing
away without
a clue.
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