First session in a while, we filmed this in early December with the winter sun hanging low in the sky, and a relatively empty train to the Rockaways. We met up in the Franklin Ave station on the C and S trains, and rode the A train all the way out, past a massive cemetery and JFK airport to some of the farthest reaches of New York City. Agent Ribbons is an Austin band who had been putting on a series of amazing live shows that week, and has also put out two fantastic albums, “On Time Travel and Romance” and “Chateau Crone.”
Episode 8: Agent Ribbons on the A Train
Monday,
Jan
16
2012
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All New York's a Venue is a series that goes out to prove just that. The Five Boroughs make for a perfect backdrop for any music, anywhere from a park in Chelsea, to a rooftop in Red Hook, to a subway train crossing Jamaica Bay. We'll be filming great bands from New York and beyond playing acoustic, stripped down or plugged in sets just about anywhere we won't get kicked out.
All New York's a Venue came about as the New York City version of The Austin Sessions, a Take Away Shows-inspired offshoot of the award-winning KVRX/TSTV joint Local Live, which featured the best of Austin music. Stay tuned for more bands from all over, making New York a venue.
[...] bands with Texas roots. “Probably my favorite episode and location I’ve filmed was a moving Rockaway-bound A train, which happened to also feature Agent Ribbons,” says Hood. He’s also shot episodes at [...]