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Video: Reality Television Tackles "The Scene" On The LES
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 6, 2011
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Last night we received a photo with the following message: "OPEN CASTING CALL FOR A NEW REALITY TV SHOW ABOUT STRUGGLING MUSICIANS IN NEW YORK CITY DRAWS MOB-SCENE." We've seen longer lines at Shake Shack, but still, a handful of musicians did turn up over the weekend for a new reality show called The Scene... L.E.S. (as previously seen on Craigslist). No word when or if the show will air, but they have put together a bit of a teaser (below), which has a terrible soundtrack (not a good harbinger of things to come!).
The video heavily features a Living Room-esque set of guys and gals with guitars, a starving musician asking for a cheeseburger, a girl who sounds like she's going to cry if someone steals her dream, and some guy standing outside of Arlene's Grocery talking about backstabbing competition (hah, backstabbing competition at Arlene's Grocery?!).
Kids, it's all about The Scene... Williamsburg... get some black jeans, a theramin, and start sleeping with a Todd P intern.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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