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Video: New Circle Of Hell Discovered At Times Square Guitar Center
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Ben Yakas
Published Aug 9, 2014
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Every living creature deserves to have a place they can call their own—drunks need bars, bedbugs need subways, and Steve Vai aficionados need Guitar Center. Whether they are trying out whammy pedals, offering a sacrifice to Slash, or just in the mood to show off for strangers, aspiring musicians love to plug in and jam away—regardless of what any other musicians are playing.
Thus, you end up with scenes like the one in the video below, which was shot at the newly-opened Guitar Center in Times Square. It's just like Sartre said: "Hell is other people simultaneously trying and failing to play the 'Eruption' solo."
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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