Jay Malinowski, from the band Bedouin Soundclash, wrote a song about the downtown East side as part of his new solo stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FGE6CHVg3A
"Narceritos", from the album Bright Lights and Bruises.
It's not just that I have an insanely school-girl-esque crush on him, but the song is definitely worth checking out. A review I read about it had an issue with it being too "dark"... eyeroll.
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That is a pretty brooding picture of Jay on the album cover. But, I agree, a very fine song--and we could use more local referents like "Main and Hastings" in our local groups' songs.
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