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Mail Boxes Etc. is the New Schwab's
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Jen Chung
Published Oct 20, 2003
Modified Mar 6, 2008
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Indie rock enthusiasts and the curious will be headed to the Mail Boxes Etc. on 8th Avenue and 12th Street. MBE employee Justin Moore was given a huge profile in the NY Times as Mail Boxes Employee by day, member of band Orange Park at all other times. While an interesting look at Moore's double life, it reaffirms (and the article does so as well) that the city is full of people who have interests beyond their jobs that can take on lives of their own. (That i-banker you meet is a personal trainer on the side; the woman in accounting is a stylist.)
Some of our good friends work the staid jobs during the day and rock out at night are also playing at CMJ: Arctic Square on Thursday at Luna Lounge.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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