The Read
Sakamoto dissolved Yura Yura Teikoku at their commercial peak and started making soft, funny, slightly plastic pop instead. The guitar playing is excellent and almost hidden.
The Venue
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
Webster Hall brings touring bands into an East Village gathering hall whose history includes union rallies, public meetings and dances.
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Nearby After This
Somewhere close by, only when the timing actually works.
Shape The Night
Before
B&H DairyA kosher dairy counter that opened on Second Avenue in 1938, when this block was the Yiddish theater district. Soup comes with challah baked on the premises. There are about a dozen stools along the counter and no table service.
7:30 PM · Shintaro Sakamoto
After
McSorley's Old Ale HouseOpen at 15 East 7th Street since 1854, and it still sells one thing, its own ale, light or dark, two mugs at a time. Sawdust on the floor and cash in the till. No reservations, and there is no way around the door.