23:22, LES

You know The Man has won when the Lower East Side gets abbreviated to LES, 
has a couple of swanky rooftop bars and CBGB becomes a Varvatos store. 
Not quite what Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Debbie Harry, Tom Verlaine et.al. 
would have imagined for it.

Note my friend's polished Midtown manner juxtaposed against the dive pita joint 
(probably one of the few bastions of grunge left in this now-gentrified neighbourhood) 
with the unholy trinity of Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock (Brooklynites) keeping watch. 
Love it. 


Taken last week before we headed out to Sutra.

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