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Posted in music | pictures on July 13, 2009
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Zaza & Ribbons @ South Street Seaport, NYC - pics
photos by Tim Griffin
Agit Reader: Have you found it difficult to be a band in New York? Given the deluge of music that's here, is it hard to make your mark?The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Alex, Peggy and Kip) headlined Friday's free show at the South Street Seaport (a NYC venue, much, much larger than Fat Baby). More pictures from that show below...Alex Naidus: We haven't thought of it that way. Other than having to pay for cabs to get to a show, it's fun to be a band in New York. If we started a band with the idea of "making it" then it would be hard, but we just like to play and have fun.
Peggy Wang: In New York, you're lucky because even if you play music that's not trendy or popular, there's still a niche. It's been nice to play a few shows and get momentum where people come see us play. We never had to play Fat Baby, like the last band I was in that had to play there. It's also nice because, while there's so many bands, there's quite a few bands with whom we fit and can play shows. There's always lots of options as far as bands to play with and venues.
Kip Berman: I know there's difficulties with practice space and the logistics of it, but in terms of the scene and culture being supportive of what we do, it's been great. I think of bands that play in other cities that are really good, but don't have other bands to play with and they feel really isolated. Here in New York there's other like-minded people that come to our shows and we go to their shows. It feels like a really good community.
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Comments (33)
Wow that many people showed up for these bands?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 10:47 AM
tpobpah should cut their keyboardist' mic between songs.
Posted by fidi | July 13, 2009 10:48 AM
Jesus..How old is Wang..like 50?
And what is her beef with fat baby anyways?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 10:58 AM
She looks like the hipster grifter, FR.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:02 AM
TPOBPAH = boring.
but...Fat Baby = wack
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:07 AM
TPOBPAH...ohh riding Pitchfork rave for now but will be forgotten in 6 months for sure.
Isn't Fat Baby record store?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:11 AM
50? Yeah right. She's gorge.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:18 AM
one of the most boring concerts i had been to all summer.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:18 AM
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHO WANTS TO HEAR FROM A BAND WHO SAYS EVERYTHING IS OK AND FUN. THE WORST ECONOMIC MESS SINCE THE 30s AND THIS IS THE BULLSHIT MUSIC THAT COMES OUT. TWEEDLY DEE AND EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE. FUCK OFFF
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:20 AM
only been to fat baby a few times and once it smelled like poo.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:21 AM
The Pains of Smelling Peggy Wang's fart
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:29 AM
And the climate of boring douchery continues in the BV comments section. Good work, bitter nerds.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:31 AM
yeah...they're boring.
Posted by Sweet Nerd | July 13, 2009 11:42 AM
Brooklyn MEHgan
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:46 AM
Ribbons was awesome, but Zaza brought my head down in a big way. Duran Duran without hooks.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:47 AM
Someone needs to tell Wang the Baggy era ended in 1991.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:54 AM
Hey, Wang! What's with the pictures? It's a parking lot!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:57 AM
She's right - FAT BABY sucks. They treat bands like complete crap.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:58 AM
girl with teal scarf should probably marry me
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 12:15 PM
thank you but no!
Posted by girl with teal scarf | July 13, 2009 12:31 PM
11:47. you must be on another planet if you think zaza sounded anything like duran duran. are you on drugs?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 12:57 PM
12:57. I didn't say they sounded like Duran Duran, please get off the drugs yerself and read before you comment. But if you took Duran Duran, subtracted all of the hooks and anything else that made them appealing (at the time), they might have sounded as boring as Zaza and would have faded quickly into oblivion as this band is surely destined to do. How they were able to get on this bill to play after a band as dynamic and original as Ribbons I can't possibly imagine.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:15 PM
Peggy ain't Korean and she doesn't look like the hipster grifter at all
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:18 PM
Ribbons "dynamic and origional"- all their songs sounded the same. they were the bore compared to zaza. a
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:26 PM
WTF
NKOTB > TPOBPAH
LOL
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:27 PM
I think the faces on the last crowd shot about says it all.
Posted by Travis | July 13, 2009 1:44 PM
Here's a fun fact for you 1:15, duran duran and zaza are managed by the same company
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:50 PM
MEH MEHns MEHf MEHing MEHr MEHf MEHrt
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:24 PM
they suck. too bad it did not rain.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:24 PM
some ppl got to chill the out (11:20) . so what economic crisis. if you are so concerned about it go do something about it.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 3:19 PM
you shitheads like you wouldn't understand.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 3:32 PM
I shit turds like you wouldn't believe
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 5:41 PM
i think the pains bassist is fucking sexy
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 8:56 PM