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February 14, 2010
Irish Wake? Viking Funeral? Swedish Whorehouse? Bring Your Own Methaphor!
This Week In New York
Here's some fatalism mixed with support of Freddy's, located in the footprint of the proposed Atlantic Yards project.
Brooklyn institution Freddy’s, one of the city’s best places to hear free live music, keeps on battling for its survival, caught literally right in the middle of Bruce Ratner’s controversial Atlantic Yards Project, but the bar is continuing to hold events every night of the week and fighting the good fight. On Saturday, February 13, five great local acts will be supporting the club, beginning at 8:00 with Solar Punch, followed by Paula Carino and the Better Business Bureau at 9:00, the John Sharples Band at 10:00, Love Camp 7 at 11:00, and Tom Warnick and the World’s Fair at midnight. Carino will be featuring songs from her brand-new disc, OPEN ON SUNDAY, which she creatively financed through Facebook fan donations. “Could it be you just wanted a greener space to wander unharassed?” she sings on “Foxhound.” “Could it be that we remind you of some terror in your past?” Carino reveals her existential side on “Sir You Have No Bucket,” explaining, “Been banging my head on a locked metal door that isn’t even there anymore.” In addition to the new tunes, we hope the ridiculously catchy “Coming to My Senses” makes the setlist as well. Meanwhile, Love Camp 7, named after Lee Frost’s 1969 Nazi prison camp thriller, will be highlighting songs from their latest, UNION GARAGE, which we called “another infectious collection of hyperintelligent flower-power psychedelia featuring lilting harmonies, wry lyrics, and jangling guitars.” If you’ve never been to Freddy’s, you might not have many more chances, so this should be one helluva cool way to say both hello and goodbye.
NoLandGrab: Don't give up, Freddy's hasn't.
Posted by steve at February 14, 2010 8:38 AM