No Sleep Since Brooklyn

The wheels of the airplane carrying Sarah Pedinotti - sickened with the effects of a flu, and returning home from a tour of concert halls in the southern states - touched down on the storm-scarred earth of Jamaica Bay, where the cars slowly crept into gas stations only to face a four-hour wait for fuel.

“It’s crazy in New York City right now,” said Pedinotti, taking to the stage in Saratoga with the band RAILBIRD, several hours later, as the swirl of the mirror ball sprayed white flecks across the five-piece band in a delightfully demented revelry.  
  
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So You Think You Want a Revolution? How About a DiVinyl One

Flanked by merchants who peddle Swiss quartz watches, “Comfort” burgers, and Egyptian belly dancing scarves, figurines of Chewbacca and Elvis stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the storefront window of DiVinyl Revolution.

Inside the shop dominated by records and CD’s, images of The Clash and The Pixies frame the far wall. Peter Frampton, with a headful of shaggy hair, and Born to Run-era Bruce Springsteen stare back from an exhibit of rock ‘n’ roll pins. The shelves are lined with music cassettes and T-shirts, videos, Japanese robot toys and an original box of Mork & Mindy colorforms.

“We do have a bit of everything,” says Brittany Nasser, seated at her desk inside the eclectic pop culture shop on a subterranean level of the Saratoga Marketplace. “It’s hard to know what people aren’t going to want.”
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