by Peter Y. 
I was not sure whether to be excited or afraid about meeting the bands playing our upcoming showcase at Bar Matchless.
At the last Greenpointers showcase, I got pressed up against a sweaty man in polyester shorty-shorts, and calf-length socks, who was sporting an alto saxophone. It was in a narrow hallway.
His band had just finished playing a set where the lead singer repeatedly expressed his love for weed and…
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